Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steer calves under 650 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, steers over 650 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower, heifers under 550 lbs and over 800 lbs steady, heifers 550 to 800 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand moderate to good, supply heavy. The offering consisted of mostly wean/vac calves with a few unweaned calves in the mix and yearlings. Demand best of light calves suitable for winter grazing.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.08/cwt on 5,256 head.

Average price

$144.08

5,256 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$29.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.09

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	684	145.71	997	3,808
Medium and Large 1-2	658	141.23	929	1,162
Medium and Large 2	600	140.25	842	197
Large 1	730	133.08	971	13thin
Medium 1-2	608	123.93	754	17thin
Medium 2-3	681	116.45	793	59

One grade step is worth $29.26/cwt here — about $204 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 sale5,256 hd

144.08

—

MO average10 barns · 9,616 hd

144.17

−0.09

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 1Unweaned	—	580	144.97/cwt	136.00–153.00	841	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	134.79/cwt	130.00–138.00	965	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	129.97/cwt	125.00–133.00	750	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	146.34/cwt	143.00–150.00	555	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	153.58/cwt	147.00–161.00	811	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	682	132.65/cwt	130.00–135.00	905	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	140.19/cwt	132.00–150.00	662	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	576	119.66/cwt	118.00–120.00	689	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	124.36/cwt	120.00–131.00	719	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	124.53/cwt	118.00–130.50	785	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	181.73/cwt	180.00–190.00	612	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	133.21/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,238	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	130.23/cwt	121.00–134.00	817	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	468	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	651	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	520	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,124	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	141.87/cwt	136.00–150.00	604	116
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	168.82/cwt	160.00–171.00	716	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	141.79/cwt	133.00–146.00	1,151	719
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	132.95/cwt	129.00–140.00	897	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	168.50/cwt	165.00–172.50	634	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	133.31/cwt	128.00–135.50	1,030	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	132.52/cwt	122.00–134.50	949	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	389	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	869	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	390	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	593	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	180.99/cwt	180.00–182.50	702	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	567	125.36/cwt	118.00–129.00	711	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	138.42/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,092	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	145.09/cwt	139.00–152.50	904	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	662	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	828	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	119.84/cwt	118.00–121.00	747	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	150.68/cwt	144.00–159.00	877	467
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	139.12/cwt	130.00–143.00	851	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	159.96/cwt	151.00–167.00	854	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	134.17/cwt	129.00–140.00	700	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	477	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	128.65/cwt	123.00–134.00	664	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	280	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	448	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	167.52/cwt	161.00–174.00	794	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,238	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	135.86/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,201	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	131.00/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,022	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	139.73/cwt	135.00–144.50	1,006	671
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	171.98/cwt	166.00–177.50	753	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	140.41/cwt	135.00–144.00	952	355
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	662	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	841	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	5
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	586	107.52/cwt	105.00–110.00	630	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	582	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	693	8
Steers	Large 1	—	898	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,167	5
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	625	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	844	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	600	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	122.14/cwt	120.00–125.00	587	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	128.99/cwt	121.00–131.50	863	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	809	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,052	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	747	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,001	6
Steers	Medium 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	633	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	775	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	708	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	152.95/cwt	147.00–160.00	731	50
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	836	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	811	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	571	121.78/cwt	110.00–134.00	695	10
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	404	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	517	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	928	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	165.10/cwt	150.00–170.00	702	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	134.54/cwt	133.00–135.00	838	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	146.70/cwt	137.50–150.00	745	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	479	158.64/cwt	150.00–164.00	760	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	127.60/cwt	115.00–131.00	929	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	133.83/cwt	132.00–135.00	488	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	778	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	655	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	613	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	852	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	148.71/cwt	144.00–156.00	796	177
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	587	138.34/cwt	138.00–139.00	812	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	523	140.52/cwt	140.00–142.00	735	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,009	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	452	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	768	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	1,190	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	126.26/cwt	124.00–130.00	669	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	134.12/cwt	126.00–142.00	569	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	141.09/cwt	140.00–143.00	471	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	514	121.71/cwt	110.00–125.00	626	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	320	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	576	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	530	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	138.05/cwt	133.00–141.00	867	128
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	638	118.98/cwt	113.00–125.00	759	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	143.98/cwt	140.00–149.00	834	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,229	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	521	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	776	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	853	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	139.57/cwt	130.00–143.00	674	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	636	115.43/cwt	115.00–118.00	734	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	129.24/cwt	125.00–134.00	610	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	130.48/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,135	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	729	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	973	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	536	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	120.76/cwt	118.00–123.00	642	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	120.94/cwt	115.00–126.00	816	71

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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