Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 700 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand good, supply moderate to heavy. Weigh-ups and flesh condition favorable to the Buyers side, along with good quality kept the trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.97/cwt on 3,267 head.

Average price

$159.97

3,267 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$540

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 2

$36.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.77

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	601	164.62	989	2,261
Medium 1-2	460	158.45	729	22
Medium and Large 2	443	157.00	696	45
Medium and Large 1-2	644	149.69	964	876
Medium 1	528	149.00	787	11thin
Large 1	714	142.45	1,017	31
Small 2	351	128.00	449	21

One grade step is worth $36.62/cwt here — about $540 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 sale3,267 hd

159.97

—

MO average18 barns · 13,585 hd

156.20

+3.77

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

105 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	128.11/cwt	127.00–130.00	933	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	182.26/cwt	175.00–189.00	802	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	166.58/cwt	162.00–182.00	795	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	189.44/cwt	182.00–200.00	815	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	147.77/cwt	140.50–159.00	1,003	337
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	487	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	959	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	162.55/cwt	155.00–173.00	876	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	153.72/cwt	152.50–155.00	889	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	242	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	399	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	559	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	732	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	744	7
Steers	Large 1	—	653	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	973	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	161.47/cwt	160.00–164.00	633	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	154.86/cwt	147.00–165.00	750	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	154.90/cwt	146.00–163.00	807	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	371	168.36/cwt	168.00–170.00	625	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	146.50/cwt	143.00–152.00	760	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	150.86/cwt	150.00–152.00	545	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	136.89/cwt	131.00–143.00	771	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,248	6
Bulls	Large 1	—	685	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	932	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	286	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	586	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	170.58/cwt	165.00–176.00	810	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	778	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	804	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	387	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	712	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	686	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	878	5
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	489	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	792	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	179.70/cwt	177.00–182.00	701	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	140.42/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,104	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	187.62/cwt	185.00–195.00	698	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	374	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	576	7
Steers	Small 2	—	351	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	449	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	779	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	504	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	129.19/cwt	124.00–135.00	807	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	152.75/cwt	151.50–162.00	875	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	141.17/cwt	131.00–148.50	939	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	148.52/cwt	143.00–153.00	927	25
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	407	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	672	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	390	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	515	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	640	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	813	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	149.09/cwt	142.00–152.00	790	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	584	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	656	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	781	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	898	7
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	272	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	408	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	201.75/cwt	180.00–215.00	531	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	150.04/cwt	144.00–154.00	641	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	125.20/cwt	125.00–126.00	816	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	366	161.72/cwt	152.00–165.00	592	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	424	151.26/cwt	148.00–154.00	641	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	141.19/cwt	131.00–147.00	877	494
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	132.11/cwt	129.25–137.50	959	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	136.45/cwt	130.00–138.00	921	98
Steers	Large 1	—	837	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,088	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	620	125.22/cwt	120.00–127.00	776	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	664	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	737	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	492	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	620	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	176.77/cwt	172.00–180.00	826	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	183.41/cwt	180.00–187.00	796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	164.96/cwt	155.00–175.00	965	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	181.45/cwt	170.00–190.00	869	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	139.36/cwt	132.00–148.50	1,153	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	198.34/cwt	190.00–210.00	625	41
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	471	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	707	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	140.87/cwt	133.00–148.00	742	124
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	628	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	134.67/cwt	133.00–134.75	1,061	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,123	16
Steers	Medium 1	—	528	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	787	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	632	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	167.38/cwt	155.00–177.00	584	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	637	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	530	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	853	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	238	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	452	11
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	139.76/cwt	134.00–142.50	1,005	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	159.26/cwt	150.00–168.00	838	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	145.23/cwt	135.00–150.00	700	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	457	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	873	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	550	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	831	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	162.97/cwt	152.00–167.00	629	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	347	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	566	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	135.88/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,245	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	136.05/cwt	133.00–137.50	1,188	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	145.60/cwt	139.00–156.50	1,064	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	184.44/cwt	165.00–194.00	968	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	159.00/cwt	148.00–164.00	994	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	929	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	369	181.98/cwt	180.00–184.00	672	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	592	104.17/cwt	100.00–105.00	617	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	411	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	600	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	484	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	668	17
Steers	Large 1	—	712	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,011	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	174.80/cwt	170.00–176.00	538	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	160.52/cwt	155.00–165.00	681	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	148.67/cwt	137.00–157.00	853	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	273	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	478	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	694	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	513	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	128.22/cwt	127.00–128.50	977	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,162	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,208	38
Bulls	Large 1	—	524	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	817	7

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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