Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*MID-SESSION/CLOSE* Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, few steady, yearlings steady to 2.00 lower. Demand and supply moderate. The USDA Cattle On Feed report showed 102 percent On Feed, 111 percent Placements, 99 percent Marketed. Placements numbers much larger than early estimates. Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle futures closed with double and triple digits losses.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.73/cwt on 2,344 head.

Average price

$143.73

2,344 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$68.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.13

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	148.92	991	1,242
Medium and Large 1-2	669	141.92	950	850
Medium and Large 2	569	137.78	784	92
Medium 1	625	132.00	825	6thin
Medium 1-2	812	125.25	1,017	53
Medium 2	868	113.18	982	94
Large 3	1,057	80.00	846	7thin

One grade step is worth $68.92/cwt here — about $146 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 sale2,344 hd

143.73

—

MO average17 barns · 9,968 hd

149.85

−6.13

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

121 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	149.41/cwt	142.00–157.00	771	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	342	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	523	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	135.29/cwt	126.00–141.00	781	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	997	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	512	136.30/cwt	135.00–138.00	698	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	172.43/cwt	160.00–182.00	664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	690	6
Steers	Large 3	—	1,057	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	846	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	500	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	569	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	777	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	402	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	611	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	150.42/cwt	150.00–152.00	554	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	706	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	939	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	146.95/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,060	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	145.39/cwt	135.00–151.00	925	300
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	148.70/cwt	141.00–153.00	638	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	723	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	991	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	155.20/cwt	147.50–167.00	658	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	174.13/cwt	170.00–176.00	625	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	580	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	795	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	142.03/cwt	132.00–145.00	675	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	127.57/cwt	125.00–133.00	845	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	128.23/cwt	127.00–130.00	737	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	290	201.66/cwt	195.00–207.00	585	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	194.79/cwt	190.00–200.00	617	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	625	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	147.32/cwt	140.00–153.00	781	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	121.39/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,016	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	137.51/cwt	129.00–146.00	914	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	138.29/cwt	131.00–142.50	1,206	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	871	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	827	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	124.32/cwt	120.00–126.00	786	50
Heifers	Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	6
Heifers	Medium 3	—	584	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	130.13/cwt	127.00–135.00	557	10
Steers	Medium 2	—	931	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,024	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	324	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	616	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	495	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	698	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,021	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	129.16/cwt	122.00–130.00	944	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	479	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	146.72/cwt	145.00–149.00	555	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	139.78/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,008	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	320	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	496	4
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	357	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	436	17
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	782	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	837	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	708	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	779	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	491	135.84/cwt	128.00–137.00	667	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	573	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	923	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	153.61/cwt	149.00–159.00	882	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	130.05/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,023	100
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,168	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	702	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	772	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	843	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	965	33
Bulls	Large 1Unweaned	—	656	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	146.67/cwt	140.00–150.00	852	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	129.28/cwt	127.00–131.00	811	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	367	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	145.44/cwt	138.00–149.00	756	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	145.63/cwt	138.00–151.00	910	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	132.86/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,039	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	569	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	831	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	388	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	138.77/cwt	135.00–141.00	785	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	137.29/cwt	133.00–141.50	1,063	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	150.06/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,020	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	550	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	726	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	140.25/cwt	140.00–142.00	687	53
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	512	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	655	6
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	492	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	635	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	135.79/cwt	135.00–136.00	841	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	797	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	821	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	428	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	578	6
Bulls	Large 1	—	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	162.00/cwt	157.00–167.00	701	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	127.78/cwt	125.00–132.00	795	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	140.58/cwt	135.00–142.00	596	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	412	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,030	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	138.06/cwt	134.50–145.00	936	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	145.42/cwt	139.00–150.00	833	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	523	148.37/cwt	147.00–150.00	776	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	637	131.99/cwt	130.00–133.00	841	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	144.79/cwt	143.00–147.00	707	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	159.43/cwt	157.00–164.00	768	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	152.33/cwt	146.00–160.00	958	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	809	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	148.13/cwt	145.00–149.00	637	51
Heifers	Large 1	—	837	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	937	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	526	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	663	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	760	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	735	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	812	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,017	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	673	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	145.95/cwt	140.00–152.00	775	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	140.18/cwt	133.00–144.00	666	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	144.29/cwt	140.00–150.00	541	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	136.65/cwt	127.00–146.00	727	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	500	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	635	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	131.09/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,083	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	153.55/cwt	150.00–158.00	728	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	653	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	882	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	123.21/cwt	121.00–126.00	875	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	133.63/cwt	132.00–134.50	973	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	154.38/cwt	153.00–160.00	829	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	136.67/cwt	131.00–142.00	1,132	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	157.11/cwt	154.00–161.00	737	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	133.33/cwt	130.00–134.00	747	48
Heifers	Large 1	—	722	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	931	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	622	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	790	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	962	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	702	6

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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