Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steer calves and yearlings steady, except yearlings over 800 lbs weak to 2.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.31/cwt on 2,561 head.

Average price

$145.31

2,561 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$120

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$26.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.56

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	150.16	966	1,279
Medium and Large 1-2	652	142.69	930	1,060
Medium 1-2	611	134.00	819	12thin
Medium and Large 2	660	130.67	863	179
Medium 2	729	126.00	919	5thin
Large 1	880	123.31	1,085	26

One grade step is worth $26.86/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale2,561 hd

145.31

—

MO average15 barns · 8,857 hd

147.87

−2.56

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

111 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 1Unweaned	—	612	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	869	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	370	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	133.05/cwt	126.50–135.00	874	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	138.05/cwt	131.00–142.00	868	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	473	6
Steers	Large 1	—	807	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,065	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	165.12/cwt	161.00–170.00	712	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	137.09/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,152	125
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	831	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	158.98/cwt	146.00–170.00	529	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	633	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	810	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	154.06/cwt	149.00–155.00	652	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	141.19/cwt	136.00–145.00	882	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	143.08/cwt	140.00–146.00	826	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	147.87/cwt	141.00–150.00	972	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	146.03/cwt	142.00–151.00	840	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	143.76/cwt	142.00–145.00	694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	627	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	769	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,055	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	186	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,001	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	130.43/cwt	124.00–131.00	966	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	699	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	797	5
Steers	Large 1	—	726	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,002	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	174.53/cwt	173.00–175.00	644	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	140.17/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,079	111
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	837	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,063	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	132.50/cwt	131.00–134.50	1,072	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,139	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	518	149.32/cwt	146.00–155.00	773	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	142.85/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,020	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	145.41/cwt	142.00–149.00	701	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	886	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	709	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	730	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	133.85/cwt	132.00–136.00	751	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	153.44/cwt	150.00–159.00	884	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	129.56/cwt	129.10–130.50	1,141	96
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	611	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	819	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	772	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	514	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	663	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	125.32/cwt	121.00–126.00	974	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	140.42/cwt	139.00–142.00	549	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	136.47/cwt	134.00–139.00	771	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	555	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	760	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	149.29/cwt	145.00–152.00	618	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	537	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	848	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	157.58/cwt	152.00–161.00	591	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	154.71/cwt	152.00–158.00	732	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	153.48/cwt	144.00–158.00	724	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	132.68/cwt	130.00–134.50	954	79
Heifers	Large 1	—	757	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	961	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	139.48/cwt	133.00–142.00	718	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	820	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	146.70/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,056	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	161.45/cwt	160.00–164.00	769	102
Steers	Medium 2	—	729	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	919	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	131.08/cwt	125.00–134.00	608	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	575	124.43/cwt	124.00–125.00	715	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	136.57/cwt	130.00–141.00	656	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	133.89/cwt	132.00–142.00	454	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	403	147.76/cwt	147.00–148.00	595	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	650	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	819	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	130.79/cwt	128.00–132.00	875	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	488	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	153.62/cwt	147.00–159.00	642	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	524	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	136.43/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,044	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	145.20/cwt	140.00–148.00	828	92
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	528	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	649	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	158.99/cwt	147.00–170.00	583	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	131.91/cwt	128.00–133.00	822	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	173.80/cwt	172.00–175.00	653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	153.42/cwt	149.00–157.00	968	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	156.85/cwt	150.00–161.00	828	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,199	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	648	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	485	130.81/cwt	128.00–132.00	634	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	138.31/cwt	132.00–143.00	734	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	141.45/cwt	135.00–143.00	624	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	137.51/cwt	136.00–140.00	725	15
Dairy Steers	Medium 3-4	—	732	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	417	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	739	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	140.15/cwt	135.00–147.50	669	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	148.61/cwt	147.00–152.00	568	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	128.86/cwt	125.00–130.10	1,014	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	137.78/cwt	135.00–143.00	868	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	122.46/cwt	120.00–123.50	1,097	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	145.93/cwt	140.00–155.00	778	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	803	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	134.79/cwt	130.00–137.00	834	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	140.17/cwt	134.00–143.50	939	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	140.84/cwt	135.00–146.00	665	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	106.48/cwt	106.00–108.00	954	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	134.58/cwt	129.00–140.00	781	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	133.75/cwt	133.00–135.00	568	35
Steers	Large 1	—	1,183	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,088	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	183.67/cwt	177.50–190.00	610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	154.35/cwt	141.00–158.00	1,014	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	443	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	766	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	147.44/cwt	142.50–157.00	674	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	186.13/cwt	182.00–190.00	508	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	145.96/cwt	145.00–151.00	607	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	150.75/cwt	148.00–153.00	478	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	146.11/cwt	142.00–150.00	758	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	146.31/cwt	141.00–151.50	910	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	157.77/cwt	155.00–165.00	529	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	123.41/cwt	121.50–124.00	1,153	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	567	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	805	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	985	42

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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