Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, feeder steers under 600 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 higher, over 600 lbs. steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-5.00 lower, except those under 500 lbs. which sold steady to 4.00 higher. The supply of feeders was heavy with several load lots of heavier weight yearlings in the offering. Demand was moderate to good especially for thin fleshed pee wee calves. Conditions in the country are getting muddy as snow and ice melts following some winter weather over the last few day. The market remained strong all day despite everyone in attendance watching futures drop all day. Nearby live cattle contracts closed 2.72 to 3.00 lower, and feeders closed 4.00-4.20 lower

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.70/cwt on 6,074 head.

Average price

$139.70

6,074 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$38.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.79

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	696	145.15	1,010	2,061
Large 1-2	597	141.67	845	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	696	137.50	957	3,502
Medium and Large 2	625	135.19	845	360
Medium 1-2	616	134.62	830	60
Large 2	539	126.81	684	41
Medium 2	533	115.00	613	22
Medium and Large 2-3	683	107.00	731	16thin

One grade step is worth $38.15/cwt here — about $280 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 sale6,074 hd

139.70

—

MO average7 barns · 7,990 hd

140.50

−0.79

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

97 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	—	1,003	126.10/cwt	126.10–126.10	1,265	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	115.53/cwt	109.00–120.00	908	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	129.68/cwt	126.25–131.50	746	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	126.46/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,101	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	126.57/cwt	124.50–129.00	928	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	136.38/cwt	130.00–141.00	910	766
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	342	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	487	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	770	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	157.37/cwt	150.00–167.00	831	158
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	146.10/cwt	132.50–148.00	779	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	167.71/cwt	162.00–177.00	728	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	139.46/cwt	132.00–142.50	587	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	145.53/cwt	138.00–154.00	838	470
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	609	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	808	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	165.23/cwt	160.00–169.00	778	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	628	131.39/cwt	125.00–138.00	825	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	132.64/cwt	130.00–138.00	960	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	526	171.71/cwt	171.00–175.00	903	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	122.57/cwt	117.00–126.00	836	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	501	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	129.25/cwt	127.00–130.50	1,064	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	173.44/cwt	170.00–182.00	669	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	140.78/cwt	137.00–143.00	884	352
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	135.35/cwt	134.00–141.00	520	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	137.56/cwt	134.00–141.00	992	354
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	688	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	140.45/cwt	140.00–141.50	963	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	130.94/cwt	130.00–133.25	1,120	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	157.51/cwt	154.00–164.00	874	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	142.81/cwt	138.00–145.00	661	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	167.51/cwt	160.00–175.00	866	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	148.54/cwt	145.00–152.00	627	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	135.87/cwt	132.00–145.50	1,046	534
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	175.19/cwt	165.00–181.00	825	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	427	154.41/cwt	154.00–155.00	659	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	181.98/cwt	180.00–188.00	708	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	136.97/cwt	132.25–139.50	1,135	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	143.70/cwt	141.00–145.50	897	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	181.81/cwt	179.00–183.00	793	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	488	182.90/cwt	180.00–187.50	893	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	420	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	794	18
Steers	Large 2	—	588	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	676	9
Steers	Large 2	—	640	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	806	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	606	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	739	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	536	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	643	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	662	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	861	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	782	124.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	970	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	618	136.43/cwt	136.00–137.00	843	16
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	678	126.10/cwt	125.00–131.00	855	22
Steers	Large 2	—	466	132.30/cwt	128.00–135.00	617	21
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	684	108.50/cwt	108.00–109.00	742	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	512	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	727	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	461	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	530	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	528	121.37/cwt	120.00–122.00	641	23
Steers	Medium 2	—	533	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	613	22
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	365	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	591	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	131.59/cwt	129.00–135.00	692	84
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	591	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	123.25/cwt	121.50–126.00	948	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	128.16/cwt	125.00–129.85	861	239
Heifers	Medium 2	—	587	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	652	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	378	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	491	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	130.98/cwt	130.00–134.00	485	25
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	615	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	692	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	861	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	870	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	731	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,013	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	126.78/cwt	125.00–128.00	789	168
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	155.55/cwt	150.00–165.00	574	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,074	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	115.80/cwt	113.00–118.00	660	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	138.51/cwt	130.00–143.00	802	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	130.69/cwt	127.50–134.00	874	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	711	112.19/cwt	105.00–113.00	798	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	922	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,097	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	784	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	800	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	114.32/cwt	112.00–118.00	720	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	639	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	125.68/cwt	122.00–130.00	606	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	127.72/cwt	125.00–129.00	920	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	153.61/cwt	152.50–155.00	728	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	769	126.48/cwt	125.00–127.00	973	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	121.00/cwt	117.00–123.50	979	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	148.20/cwt	147.00–150.00	615	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	130.47/cwt	122.00–136.00	626	230
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	138.06/cwt	130.00–145.00	721	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	123.92/cwt	119.00–127.50	716	451
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	137.24/cwt	137.00–138.00	862	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	119.34/cwt	117.00–125.50	863	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	123.88/cwt	118.00–128.50	782	491
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	171.94/cwt	170.00–175.00	543	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	128.78/cwt	127.00–131.00	543	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	120.57/cwt	120.00–121.50	1,173	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	127.93/cwt	124.00–136.00	670	435
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	131.36/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,017	650

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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