Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steer calves under 450 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, steer calves over 450 lbs steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, yearlings steady, except 650 to 700 lbs steers steady to 6.00 higher. Demand good, supply heavy,

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.97/cwt on 4,907 head.

Average price

$144.97

4,907 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$51.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.25

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	149.92	943	2,891
Medium and Large 1-2	698	139.14	971	1,828
Medium and Large 2	708	127.58	903	155
Medium 2	618	120.07	742	27
Medium 3	682	98.00	668	6thin

One grade step is worth $51.92/cwt here — about $275 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 sale4,907 hd

144.97

—

MO average17 barns · 15,480 hd

146.22

−1.25

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

109 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	—	532	147.02/cwt	146.00–149.00	782	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	136.15/cwt	134.00–138.00	852	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	133.35/cwt	128.00–137.75	841	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	143.85/cwt	140.00–146.00	479	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	127.17/cwt	125.00–128.50	717	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	299	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	499	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	122.61/cwt	121.00–124.00	763	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	567	141.49/cwt	135.00–144.00	802	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	550	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	864	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	141.23/cwt	134.00–145.00	657	185
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	447	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	688	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	796	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	563	128.63/cwt	125.00–134.00	724	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	133.26/cwt	129.00–135.50	897	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	463	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	833	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	134.16/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,175	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	117.46/cwt	117.00–118.00	795	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	129.32/cwt	122.00–134.50	1,183	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	143.86/cwt	130.00–155.00	696	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	131.35/cwt	129.00–135.00	701	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	308	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	641	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	145.65/cwt	142.00–150.00	763	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	564	124.49/cwt	120.00–127.00	702	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	853	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	138.77/cwt	130.00–143.00	792	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	117.80/cwt	116.00–121.00	737	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	122.11/cwt	120.00–122.50	1,010	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	382	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	764	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	172.90/cwt	165.00–182.00	671	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	128.25/cwt	123.50–130.00	989	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	140.91/cwt	136.00–147.00	888	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	373	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	627	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	140.65/cwt	135.00–145.00	612	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	146.35/cwt	140.00–150.00	544	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	147.36/cwt	136.00–155.10	978	622
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	134.52/cwt	127.00–138.00	768	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	146.10/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,042	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	135.77/cwt	129.50–143.00	711	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	130.83/cwt	126.00–133.50	959	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	175.78/cwt	165.00–185.00	726	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	146.61/cwt	140.00–150.00	850	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,233	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	134.46/cwt	132.00–139.10	1,186	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	158.19/cwt	151.00–167.50	750	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	154.89/cwt	148.00–165.00	816	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	139.74/cwt	137.00–141.75	1,140	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	138.45/cwt	133.00–140.50	1,070	257
Steers	Medium 3	—	682	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	668	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	741	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	845	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	886	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	975	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	501	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	589	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	581	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	715	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	507	140.91/cwt	140.00–142.00	714	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	604	129.20/cwt	128.00–130.00	780	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	671	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	126.86/cwt	126.00–128.00	832	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	855	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	131.92/cwt	131.00–135.00	905	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	753	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	723	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	941	114.70/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,079	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	706	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	716	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	913	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	743	128.17/cwt	127.00–130.00	952	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	282	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	451	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	349	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	524	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	769	126.22/cwt	122.00–128.00	971	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	543	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	392	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	480	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	818	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,023	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	706	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	519	125.24/cwt	123.00–127.00	650	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	141.91/cwt	137.50–147.50	602	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	455	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	863	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,087	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	295	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	681	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	763	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	126.84/cwt	126.00–128.00	734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	495	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	594	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	138.83/cwt	137.00–140.00	512	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	139.23/cwt	130.00–140.25	1,061	491
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	156.86/cwt	149.00–165.00	673	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	133.42/cwt	126.00–136.50	971	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	136.10/cwt	132.50–138.50	1,102	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	537	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	126.31/cwt	124.00–128.00	840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,151	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	126.12/cwt	120.00–134.50	725	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	114.08/cwt	105.00–121.00	883	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	126.99/cwt	125.00–130.00	668	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	126.24/cwt	120.00–130.50	780	136
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	141.52/cwt	130.00–144.00	943	374
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	765	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	145.11/cwt	138.00–147.00	638	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	143.01/cwt	142.00–145.00	418	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	131.02/cwt	129.00–135.00	625	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	729	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	744	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	132.99/cwt	126.00–150.00	446	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	706	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	742	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	125.18/cwt	122.00–128.00	903	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	139.12/cwt	139.00–140.00	676	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	612	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	710	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	131.82/cwt	126.00–137.00	562	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	617	14

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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