Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs steady, steers over 700 lbs and heifers (all weights) steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady compared to last Wednesday's sale. Demand moderate to good, supply heavy. The weather was much improved over last Monday helped with gathering and transporting cattle to market .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.00/cwt on 3,792 head.

Average price

$141.00

3,792 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$58.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.15

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	508	148.01	752	94
Large 1	578	147.54	853	35
Medium 1-2	458	146.00	669	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	676	142.64	964	1,111
Medium and Large 1	786	140.02	1,101	2,537
Medium and Large 2-3	821	90.00	739	5thin

One grade step is worth $58.01/cwt here — about $13 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 sale3,792 hd

141.00

—

MO average14 barns · 11,123 hd

146.15

−5.15

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

126 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	578	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	355	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	172.50/cwt	170.00–175.00	633	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	615	130.41/cwt	127.50–133.00	802	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	157.79/cwt	150.00–162.00	751	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	411	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	584	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	468	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	669	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	249	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	392	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	466	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	279	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	495	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	571	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	657	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	497	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	657	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	606	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	836	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	773	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	341	149.11/cwt	140.00–154.00	508	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	631	112.54/cwt	108.00–114.00	710	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	123.45/cwt	121.00–124.00	657	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	136.09/cwt	130.00–145.00	687	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	864	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	149.37/cwt	145.00–155.00	508	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	768	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	153.21/cwt	141.00–160.00	725	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	129.39/cwt	124.00–131.10	951	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	143.39/cwt	135.00–151.00	671	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	133.82/cwt	129.00–138.00	752	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	142.40/cwt	134.00–149.00	970	291
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	157.40/cwt	150.00–167.50	743	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	379	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	136.61/cwt	133.00–140.00	714	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	143.51/cwt	139.00–148.00	614	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	148.47/cwt	140.00–152.00	572	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	161.38/cwt	155.00–172.00	847	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	129.09/cwt	127.25–131.35	1,055	454
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	131.20/cwt	130.00–131.50	895	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	131.86/cwt	126.00–134.50	840	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	136.00/cwt	132.25–138.00	1,134	364
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	178.41/cwt	170.00–184.00	773	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	137.64/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,068	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,102	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	150.66/cwt	150.00–150.75	957	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	135.87/cwt	133.00–138.75	1,198	688
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	132.00/cwt	130.25–134.50	1,199	371
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	157.39/cwt	156.00–161.00	828	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,237	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	696	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	919	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	143.89/cwt	132.00–150.00	1,026	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	155.59/cwt	147.00–163.00	896	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	168.17/cwt	162.50–172.50	789	27
Heifers	Small 4	—	342	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	263	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	123.66/cwt	120.00–131.00	657	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	134.76/cwt	134.00–135.00	818	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	123.31/cwt	117.00–124.00	703	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	734	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	145.60/cwt	142.00–159.00	849	28
Heifers	Large 1	—	644	121.89/cwt	120.00–123.00	785	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,027	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	924	7
Steers	Large 1	—	492	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	777	7
Steers	Large 1	—	608	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	876	6
Steers	Large 1	—	671	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	919	10
Steers	Large 1	—	537	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	816	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	444	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	666	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	759	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	702	67
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	566	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	470	29
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	438	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	320	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,063	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	882	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	515	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	649	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	891	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	140.55/cwt	136.00–144.00	784	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	699	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	839	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	808	100.40/cwt	100.00–101.00	811	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	176.77/cwt	172.50–185.00	658	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	821	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	739	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	102.60/cwt	102.00–105.00	708	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	332	186.88/cwt	185.00–190.00	620	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	484	130.35/cwt	127.50–131.00	631	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	459	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	90.75/cwt	79.00–103.00	664	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	303	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	530	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	200	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	350	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	347	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	545	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	137.17/cwt	120.00–147.00	726	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,023	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,064	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	502	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	628	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	134.89/cwt	125.00–135.75	1,090	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	155.50/cwt	142.50–160.00	829	124
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	516	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	800	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	131.24/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,033	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	133.85/cwt	133.85–133.85	1,147	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	165.57/cwt	157.00–175.00	720	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	125.36/cwt	120.00–132.00	710	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	136.24/cwt	131.00–139.00	643	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	145.06/cwt	138.00–154.00	818	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	138.23/cwt	137.00–141.00	951	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	128.87/cwt	128.75–129.00	1,191	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	141.55/cwt	140.00–148.00	900	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	117.79/cwt	111.00–123.00	860	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	291	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	415	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	137.71/cwt	130.00–141.50	1,007	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	135.64/cwt	130.00–140.00	570	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	123.00/cwt	113.00–129.50	833	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	129.12/cwt	120.00–136.00	673	100
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	165.77/cwt	165.00–167.50	633	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	158.18/cwt	145.00–172.50	663	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	129.10/cwt	122.00–130.50	786	131
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	767	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	848	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	812	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	589	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	692	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	134.73/cwt	131.00–140.00	493	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	114.97/cwt	108.00–124.00	658	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	416	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	520	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	261	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	342	11

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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