Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, yearlings heifers steady. Demand and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.74/cwt on 2,077 head.

Average price

$127.74

2,077 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$20.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.41

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	663	132.96	882	1,108
Large 1	567	123.54	700	26
Medium and Large 1-2	544	122.88	669	795
Medium 2	367	118.83	437	39
Medium and Large 2	566	114.52	648	97
Medium 1-2	617	112.75	696	12thin

One grade step is worth $20.21/cwt here — about $186 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 sale2,077 hd

127.74

—

MO average18 barns · 6,629 hd

131.15

−3.41

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

122 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 1Unweaned	—	632	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	813	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	147.17/cwt	136.00–153.00	705	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,236	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	145.84/cwt	135.00–150.00	458	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	135.24/cwt	127.00–141.00	848	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	133.44/cwt	130.00–136.50	624	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	112.87/cwt	110.00–120.00	646	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	132.80/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,044	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	113.20/cwt	113.00–113.50	1,092	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	137.62/cwt	133.00–142.50	374	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	137.61/cwt	130.00–145.00	784	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	994	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	123.37/cwt	121.00–124.00	702	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	130.28/cwt	130.00–131.00	481	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	124.64/cwt	117.50–128.00	835	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	135.76/cwt	130.00–141.00	901	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	147.43/cwt	140.00–155.00	630	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	109.82/cwt	108.00–114.00	692	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	486	117.58/cwt	115.00–124.00	571	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	141.62/cwt	140.00–142.50	440	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	117.35/cwt	110.00–121.00	960	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	122.79/cwt	115.00–128.00	761	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	294	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	135.15/cwt	132.00–137.50	961	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	144.89/cwt	134.00–151.00	751	118
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	658	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	691	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	136.06/cwt	126.00–139.00	735	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	131.78/cwt	126.00–137.00	966	394
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	167.02/cwt	162.00–170.00	638	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,072	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	136.56/cwt	133.00–142.75	915	171
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	702	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	135.31/cwt	133.00–140.00	580	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	147.23/cwt	138.00–153.00	1,066	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	128.48/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,212	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	147.64/cwt	141.00–156.00	849	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	133.26/cwt	131.00–135.50	782	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	125.70/cwt	125.00–126.00	659	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	137.51/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,077	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	152.25/cwt	146.00–157.00	790	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	137.92/cwt	131.00–143.50	1,119	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	143.40/cwt	135.00–147.00	892	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	128.89/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,013	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	286	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	154.07/cwt	149.00–156.00	736	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	137.44/cwt	129.00–145.50	862	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	132.42/cwt	130.50–133.50	1,161	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	127.76/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,036	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	137.15/cwt	135.00–140.00	927	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	586	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	615	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	781	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	583	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	711	4
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	458	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	664	17
Steers	Large 1	—	569	131.59/cwt	131.00–133.00	749	14
Steers	Large 1	—	676	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	913	7
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	594	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	802	16
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,024	97.74/cwt	92.50–103.00	1,001	8
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	502	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	602	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	421	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	495	11
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	520	114.01/cwt	112.00–115.00	593	34
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	703	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	791	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	531	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	600	6
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	419	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	494	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	312	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	374	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	164.84/cwt	150.00–170.00	677	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	129.87/cwt	128.00–131.00	623	21
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	540	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	713	5
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	570	110.26/cwt	109.00–112.00	628	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	514	148.60/cwt	140.00–155.00	764	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	406	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	617	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	117.99/cwt	115.00–122.00	503	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	112.21/cwt	112.00–113.00	585	20
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	384	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	480	5
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	312	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	374	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	112.23/cwt	112.00–112.50	807	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	658	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	621	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	683	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	632	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	546	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	533	121.50/cwt	117.50–125.00	648	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	547	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	122.60/cwt	120.00–125.00	884	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	653	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	725	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	118.20/cwt	116.00–120.00	734	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	904	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	126.56/cwt	124.00–133.00	711	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	103.18/cwt	97.00–118.50	904	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	125.89/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,044	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	148.58/cwt	142.50–152.50	553	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	701	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	770	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	124.66/cwt	121.00–131.00	600	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	119.72/cwt	118.00–122.00	885	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	126.59/cwt	120.00–131.00	665	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	262	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	432	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	198	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	347	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	153.80/cwt	145.00–170.00	423	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	575	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	130.41/cwt	126.00–134.00	559	119
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	153.44/cwt	140.00–167.50	557	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	533	130.90/cwt	130.00–135.00	698	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	484	137.96/cwt	135.00–140.00	668	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	340	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	581	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	634	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	715	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	563	113.89/cwt	110.00–115.00	641	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	522	118.85/cwt	114.00–122.00	620	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	576	128.24/cwt	125.00–130.00	739	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	606	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	764	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	429	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	515	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	108.70/cwt	105.00–114.00	730	13

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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