Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves steady, yearling steers steady, yearling heifers steady to 3.00 higher with the increase on the 600 weights. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate. The offering a mix of un-weaned and wean vac calves, along with several yearlings. Dry conditions continue to persist in southwest Missouri, with the U.S. Drought monitor showing Abnormally Dry to Moderate Drought conditions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.40/cwt on 2,142 head.

Average price

$143.40

2,142 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$90

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2

$47.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.95

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	147.81	982	947
Medium and Large 1-2	601	142.77	858	947
Medium and Large 2	570	133.44	760	146
Large 1	722	132.90	960	58
Medium 2-3	641	121.82	781	17thin
Large 1-2	1,065	100.56	1,071	27

One grade step is worth $47.26/cwt here — about −$90 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 sale2,142 hd

143.40

—

MO average15 barns · 8,631 hd

145.34

−1.95

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

135 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 2	—	579	126.48/cwt	121.00–128.00	732	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	484	127.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	617	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	427	139.39/cwt	136.00–146.00	595	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	133.31/cwt	128.00–137.50	761	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	134.21/cwt	128.00–137.00	884	72
Heifers	Medium 1	—	516	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	722	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	667	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	760	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	133.23/cwt	133.00–134.00	574	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	139.80/cwt	133.00–143.00	726	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	747	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	131.77/cwt	126.00–138.00	688	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	131.74/cwt	127.00–148.00	630	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	135.02/cwt	132.00–137.00	641	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	133.63/cwt	127.00–140.00	835	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	487	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	701	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	558	121.82/cwt	118.00–127.00	680	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	806	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	875	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	139.49/cwt	137.00–143.00	790	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	605	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	787	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	109.23/cwt	109.00–111.00	925	34
Heifers	Large 1	—	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	349	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	650	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	806	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	123.69/cwt	113.00–127.00	606	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	145.51/cwt	135.00–149.00	611	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	802	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	137.00/cwt	135.00–140.00	389	20
Heifers	Medium 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	536	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	659	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	519	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	737	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	508	127.87/cwt	123.00–130.00	650	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	123.92/cwt	120.00–131.00	425	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	141.90/cwt	139.00–144.00	670	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	141.59/cwt	137.00–146.00	895	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	902	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	447	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	586	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	492	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	290	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	441	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	161.89/cwt	152.50–172.50	457	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	183.28/cwt	182.00–187.00	605	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	288	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	547	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	119.09/cwt	111.00–127.00	753	18
Heifers	Large 1	—	609	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	828	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	138.75/cwt	135.00–140.00	508	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	133.55/cwt	132.00–134.00	644	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	132.84/cwt	130.00–137.00	950	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	142.77/cwt	142.50–143.00	550	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	127.89/cwt	120.00–132.00	913	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	131.28/cwt	130.00–133.00	746	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,061	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,020	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	133.07/cwt	120.00–134.00	881	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	377	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	543	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	136.86/cwt	127.50–142.50	724	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	137.33/cwt	134.00–142.00	591	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	156.89/cwt	150.00–160.00	538	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	159.22/cwt	150.00–170.00	675	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	641	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	126.67/cwt	124.00–132.00	713	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	649	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	831	6
Bulls	Large 1	—	515	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	685	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	742	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	154.85/cwt	150.00–170.00	554	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	783	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	834	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	689	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	909	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	145.97/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,051	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	166.02/cwt	161.00–175.00	704	11
Steers	Large 1-2	—	799	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,087	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	130.62/cwt	124.00–132.00	887	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	140.88/cwt	133.00–146.00	931	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	130.12/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,075	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	146.40/cwt	145.00–149.00	852	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	143.22/cwt	142.00–145.00	875	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	150.26/cwt	146.00–153.50	999	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	155.95/cwt	154.00–158.00	820	18
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,065	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,118	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	133.66/cwt	122.00–137.00	821	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	907	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	689	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	145.35/cwt	140.00–149.00	469	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	144.79/cwt	144.00–145.00	607	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	754	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	686	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	607	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	759	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	124.05/cwt	120.00–130.00	628	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	685	129.19/cwt	126.00–131.00	885	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	143.43/cwt	140.00–150.00	825	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	133.38/cwt	130.00–134.50	1,032	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	157.16/cwt	148.00–162.00	827	66
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,258	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,082	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	161.04/cwt	157.00–162.00	781	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	141.72/cwt	141.50–141.75	1,166	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	172.22/cwt	166.00–175.00	673	19
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,187	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	561	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	735	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	142.73/cwt	141.00–146.00	542	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	633	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	817	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	731	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	140.51/cwt	139.00–144.00	738	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	154.30/cwt	150.00–162.50	565	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	141.70/cwt	136.00–145.00	876	124
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	413	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	137.84/cwt	137.00–140.00	721	21
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	585	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	813	5
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	665	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,150	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	151.20/cwt	147.00–152.00	948	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	157.90/cwt	154.00–162.00	679	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	139.04/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,016	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	141.30/cwt	137.00–146.25	954	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	530	133.62/cwt	129.00–141.00	708	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	126.05/cwt	125.00–128.00	768	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	576	137.27/cwt	132.00–143.00	791	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	144.45/cwt	142.00–145.00	715	16
Steers	Large 1	—	629	140.71/cwt	139.00–142.00	885	30
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	546	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	132.08/cwt	129.50–133.50	1,154	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	150.35/cwt	148.00–152.00	880	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	148.42/cwt	140.00–152.00	767	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	360	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	590	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	486	145.08/cwt	140.00–155.00	705	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	598	12
Steers	Large 1	—	453	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	725	11
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	711	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	164.05/cwt	162.00–167.00	787	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	142.49/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,111	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,014	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,075	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	154.51/cwt	147.00–162.00	723	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	418	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	732	4

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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