Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Close Compared to last week, steer calves sold steady to to 4.00 higher, yearlings unevenly steady. Heifers weak to 5.00 lower with a few lightweight heifers trading as much as 9.00 lower. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.02/cwt on 2,425 head.

Average price

$142.02

2,425 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

per head · Large 2 over Medium 2

$26.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.89

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 2	487	148.37	723	27
Medium and Large 1	675	147.14	993	1,158
Medium and Large 2	456	141.28	644	64
Medium 1-2	479	140.14	671	22
Medium and Large 1-2	668	138.68	926	997
Large 1-2	524	134.10	703	32
Medium 2-3	535	128.31	686	16thin
Medium 2	571	121.65	695	109

One grade step is worth $26.72/cwt here — about $28 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 sale2,425 hd

142.02

—

MO average18 barns · 8,800 hd

146.90

−4.89

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	143.43/cwt	141.00–146.00	624	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,189	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	125.15/cwt	117.00–135.00	717	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	128.29/cwt	122.00–135.00	668	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	508	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	599	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	124.48/cwt	117.50–132.00	784	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	960	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	127.92/cwt	117.00–131.00	875	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	133.18/cwt	131.00–137.00	569	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	574	132.14/cwt	131.00–133.00	758	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	677	124.57/cwt	122.00–128.00	843	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	517	136.93/cwt	130.00–141.00	708	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	130.36/cwt	124.00–134.00	691	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	136.53/cwt	135.00–144.00	658	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	136.44/cwt	133.00–141.00	913	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	422	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	549	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	486	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	497	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	132.77/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,049	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	159.26/cwt	155.00–165.00	736	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	131.28/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,063	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	150.34/cwt	150.00–152.00	648	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	147.27/cwt	137.00–152.00	717	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	138.86/cwt	132.00–140.00	986	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	146.14/cwt	140.50–154.00	1,052	312
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	137.26/cwt	125.00–143.00	666	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	701	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	131.11/cwt	123.00–134.75	1,166	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	133.22/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,076	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	129.39/cwt	124.00–134.00	604	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	150.89/cwt	145.00–155.00	566	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	114.42/cwt	112.00–116.00	777	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	122.64/cwt	117.00–133.00	579	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	553	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	653	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	123.36/cwt	121.00–126.00	883	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	104.76/cwt	101.00–110.00	922	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	135.81/cwt	133.00–143.00	519	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	118.32/cwt	117.00–124.00	525	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	124.27/cwt	121.00–131.00	770	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	498	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	588	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	422	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	118.01/cwt	117.00–119.00	603	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	356	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	452	15
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	778	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,004	7
Heifers	Large 2	—	382	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	523	19
Heifers	Large 2	—	558	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	675	13
Steers	Large 2	—	456	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	716	13
Steers	Large 2	—	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	9
Steers	Large 2	—	347	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	521	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	3
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	569	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	700	11
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	459	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	643	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	559	119.31/cwt	118.00–120.00	667	12
Steers	Large 1-2	—	472	139.31/cwt	138.00–140.00	658	17
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	954	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	973	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	753	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	413	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	599	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	634	117.90/cwt	115.00–120.00	747	35
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	510	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	694	6
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	632	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	777	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	418	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	332	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	432	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	446	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	642	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	680	120.44/cwt	117.00–124.00	819	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	707	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	813	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	479	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	132.82/cwt	127.00–138.00	822	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	134.05/cwt	132.00–136.00	973	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	126.58/cwt	125.00–130.00	977	42
Heifers	Medium 2	—	474	122.20/cwt	122.00–123.00	579	15
Heifers	Medium 2	—	393	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	499	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	621	112.35/cwt	111.00–115.00	698	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,110	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	154.49/cwt	148.00–161.00	811	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	132.22/cwt	130.00–133.00	707	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	141.36/cwt	140.00–142.00	462	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	139.08/cwt	135.00–142.00	460	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	136.82/cwt	125.00–152.00	839	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	174.99/cwt	170.00–180.00	544	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	152.24/cwt	150.00–158.00	853	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	145.68/cwt	140.00–149.50	979	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	139.12/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,195	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	121.66/cwt	118.00–124.00	707	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	115.42/cwt	112.50–119.00	779	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	133.48/cwt	125.00–136.00	918	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	157.34/cwt	152.00–164.00	672	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	148.66/cwt	141.00–152.00	932	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	143.16/cwt	137.00–149.00	769	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	139.34/cwt	134.00–147.50	807	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	164.05/cwt	155.00–171.00	633	24
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	583	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	787	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	613	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	883	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	132.14/cwt	130.00–135.00	584	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	582	120.33/cwt	118.00–124.00	700	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	532	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	729	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	142.86/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,109	200
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	481	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	630	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	506	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	708	18
Steers	Medium 2	—	579	117.29/cwt	115.00–120.00	679	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	130.88/cwt	130.00–132.00	772	23

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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