Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last Monday, feeder steers and heifers traded steady with active bidding. Supply was heavy with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.70/cwt on 5,473 head.

Average price

$153.70

5,473 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$26.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.69

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	155.54	1,000	4,048
Medium and Large 2	503	149.95	754	130
Medium and Large 1-2	595	149.44	889	1,224
Medium 2	602	128.96	776	71

One grade step is worth $26.58/cwt here — about $223 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 sale5,473 hd

153.70

—

MO average16 barns · 16,880 hd

150.00

+3.69

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

111 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	139.84/cwt	129.00–142.00	668	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	711	109.55/cwt	109.00–111.00	779	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	971	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	144.48/cwt	144.00–147.00	478	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	123.49/cwt	122.00–127.00	764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	137.39/cwt	132.00–142.00	592	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	821	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	972	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	156.97/cwt	150.00–157.50	763	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	144.30/cwt	143.00–145.00	834	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	478	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	144.67/cwt	138.00–149.00	689	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	135.57/cwt	134.00–138.25	1,040	386
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	197.71/cwt	190.00–205.00	751	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	148.59/cwt	141.00–155.00	996	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	143.70/cwt	136.00–152.00	757	501
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,073	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	153.57/cwt	150.00–157.00	749	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	538	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	990	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	543	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	847	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	180.19/cwt	173.00–190.00	858	391
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	146.14/cwt	143.00–152.00	618	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	122.24/cwt	121.00–123.00	880	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	159.74/cwt	157.50–162.00	633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	123.29/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,185	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	155.65/cwt	150.00–159.00	520	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	132.10/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,091	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	164.06/cwt	160.00–175.00	702	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	131.07/cwt	128.00–133.00	966	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	153.38/cwt	148.00–160.00	804	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	127.73/cwt	124.00–130.00	923	317
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	123.29/cwt	121.00–124.25	1,012	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	130.17/cwt	125.00–136.00	881	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	167.37/cwt	160.00–172.00	788	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	138.42/cwt	134.00–140.00	862	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	132.11/cwt	126.00–133.50	1,026	228
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	142.68/cwt	135.00–145.00	832	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	122.06/cwt	120.50–124.50	1,066	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,039	118.73/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,234	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	298	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	130.26/cwt	126.50–134.25	1,128	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	125.89/cwt	124.85–128.00	956	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	151.72/cwt	150.00–157.00	645	125
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	140.80/cwt	134.00–146.00	866	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	169.87/cwt	162.00–184.00	895	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	138.63/cwt	134.00–144.00	998	463
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	124.38/cwt	123.50–126.00	1,151	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,027	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	682	128.63/cwt	128.00–130.00	877	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	156.86/cwt	150.00–163.00	599	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	492	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	954	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	612	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	991	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	184.71/cwt	177.00–197.50	791	196
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	154.95/cwt	152.00–162.00	826	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	688	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	204.21/cwt	191.00–217.00	668	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	151.96/cwt	141.00–160.00	948	523
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	132.81/cwt	124.50–140.00	829	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	164.18/cwt	159.00–174.00	946	444
Steers	Medium 2	—	836	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	936	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	814	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	586	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	398	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	398	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	590	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	838	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	475	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	672	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	990	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	941	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	532	159.08/cwt	156.50–161.25	846	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	153.72/cwt	151.00–156.00	864	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	570	175.76/cwt	174.50–176.75	1,002	147
Heifers	Medium 2	—	487	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	584	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	901	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	721	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	696	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	142.48/cwt	135.00–148.00	541	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	117.16/cwt	113.00–121.00	787	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	886	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	584	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	625	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	541	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	638	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	524	139.02/cwt	132.00–140.00	728	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	140.90/cwt	138.00–145.00	754	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	120.22/cwt	118.00–122.00	755	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	119.63/cwt	117.00–121.00	694	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	414	124.51/cwt	122.00–128.00	515	12
Heifers	Medium 2	—	608	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	164.20/cwt	160.00–167.50	614	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	795	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	747	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	142.83/cwt	132.00–150.00	814	547
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	752	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	884	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	936	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	684	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	752	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	525	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	809	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	176.50/cwt	175.00–180.00	600	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	146.02/cwt	140.00–149.00	548	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	129.93/cwt	124.00–133.00	751	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	132.86/cwt	125.00–135.00	715	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	154.12/cwt	147.00–158.00	886	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,038	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	121.07/cwt	113.00–123.50	946	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	135.44/cwt	130.00–140.00	916	97
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	154.96/cwt	151.00–159.00	739	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	180.50/cwt	170.00–189.00	673	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	122.68/cwt	120.00–124.00	756	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	413	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	301	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	687	6

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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