Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to the last sale of 2019 two weeks ago, steer calves under 550 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves under 550 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher, steer and heifer calves over 550 lbs and yearlings steady. Demand good, supply heavy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.21/cwt on 6,184 head.

Average price

$151.21

6,184 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$992

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$539

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$54.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.94

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	408	173.75	709	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	592	152.57	904	1,123
Medium and Large 1	671	151.24	1,014	4,953
Medium and Large 2	544	141.34	770	26
Medium 1-2	672	136.59	917	17thin
Medium 2-3	440	120.00	528	24
Large 1-2	1,044	119.50	1,248	25

One grade step is worth $54.25/cwt here — about −$539 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6,184 hd

151.21

—

MO average14 barns · 20,749 hd

153.15

−1.94

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

119 lots · USDA AMS · Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	544	7
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	510	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	965	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	154.42/cwt	143.00–162.00	591	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	133.04/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,026	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	135.23/cwt	128.00–141.00	910	436
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	385	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	608	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	138.01/cwt	137.00–142.00	645	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	423	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	172.54/cwt	160.00–185.00	583	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	174.70/cwt	165.00–185.00	680	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	168.55/cwt	160.00–180.00	732	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	148.76/cwt	143.00–154.00	852	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	434	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	803	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	673	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	956	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	546	142.68/cwt	142.00–143.00	779	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	136.33/cwt	136.00–137.00	791	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	794	8
Steers	Large 1	—	480	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	768	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	713	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	955	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	125.98/cwt	121.00–128.00	920	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	140.43/cwt	130.00–144.00	587	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	137.78/cwt	130.00–146.00	664	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	462	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	691	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	739	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	530	125.39/cwt	120.00–130.00	665	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	674	19
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	649	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	896	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	550	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	629	129.22/cwt	128.00–133.00	813	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	741	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	864	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	815	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	138.67/cwt	137.00–142.00	881	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	167.39/cwt	165.00–172.00	798	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	146.84/cwt	140.00–156.25	988	713
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	155.31/cwt	150.00–167.00	902	551
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	173.41/cwt	167.00–185.00	836	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	141.79/cwt	140.50–142.50	1,331	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	208.96/cwt	200.00–215.00	717	17
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	488	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	586	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	133.70/cwt	133.00–135.00	582	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	329	156.22/cwt	152.00–158.00	514	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	260	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	429	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	130.08/cwt	120.00–143.00	800	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	130.67/cwt	124.00–134.00	738	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	130.75/cwt	127.00–133.50	884	36
Steers	Large 1	—	375	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	675	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	606	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	854	14
Bulls	Medium 2	—	239	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	335	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	858	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	374	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	701	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	159.59/cwt	151.00–167.00	844	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	145.61/cwt	140.00–150.00	901	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	140.00/cwt	137.00–140.50	1,149	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,222	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	117.53/cwt	100.00–126.00	968	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	509	140.87/cwt	140.00–143.00	717	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	736	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	876	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	135.21/cwt	128.00–139.50	846	462
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	146.64/cwt	140.00–157.00	708	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	152.38/cwt	143.00–163.00	655	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	133.48/cwt	130.50–134.50	1,109	35
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	500	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	335	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	429	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	609	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	472	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	146.57/cwt	142.50–147.00	727	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	616	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	857	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	689	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	875	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	152.93/cwt	150.00–162.00	896	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	144.90/cwt	138.50–152.75	1,046	797
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	143.17/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,167	580
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	166.61/cwt	160.00–174.00	876	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	186.38/cwt	170.00–200.00	785	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	132.57/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,285	21
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	427	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	512	19
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	412	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	482	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	585	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	553	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	702	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	387	143.11/cwt	137.00–145.00	554	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	442	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	133.62/cwt	127.00–140.00	700	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	141.19/cwt	132.00–146.00	528	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	145.76/cwt	140.00–147.50	491	49
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,044	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,248	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	509	156.79/cwt	145.00–159.00	798	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	452	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	728	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	584	142.07/cwt	141.00–143.00	830	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	317	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	626	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	141.13/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,016	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	164.84/cwt	157.00–172.50	793	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	140.75/cwt	136.00–144.00	944	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	140.64/cwt	138.00–142.50	1,087	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	138.81/cwt	137.00–139.00	909	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	123.92/cwt	117.00–128.00	963	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	130.57/cwt	130.00–130.75	768	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	126.95/cwt	125.00–129.00	795	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	136.52/cwt	132.00–148.00	790	622
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	144.49/cwt	136.00–161.00	753	385
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	134.68/cwt	129.00–139.50	971	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	155.57/cwt	150.00–160.00	518	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,221	19
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	524	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	639	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	597	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	716	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	721	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	585	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	144.47/cwt	140.00–147.00	758	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	514	164.22/cwt	160.00–170.00	844	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	417	176.87/cwt	171.00–182.00	738	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	148.08/cwt	144.00–153.00	927	608
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	143.78/cwt	139.00–149.50	1,116	413
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	144.95/cwt	140.50–151.00	1,251	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	197.60/cwt	190.00–207.50	739	60

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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