Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Supply and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.45/cwt on 2,441 head.

Average price

$162.45

2,441 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.93

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	621	163.13	1,013	1,862
Medium and Large 1-2	541	162.13	877	514
Large 1	687	154.71	1,064	34
Medium and Large 2	516	142.90	738	23
Medium 2	693	113.13	784	8thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $229 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 sale2,441 hd

162.45

—

MO average17 barns · 10,156 hd

158.52

+3.93

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 1	—	529	176.06/cwt	165.00–186.00	931	192
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	159.55/cwt	154.00–166.00	758	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	171.90/cwt	170.00–172.50	631	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	170.33/cwt	165.00–175.00	809	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	514	189.26/cwt	187.00–192.00	973	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	467	191.71/cwt	191.00–193.00	895	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	146.13/cwt	137.00–155.00	766	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	157.98/cwt	152.50–162.50	829	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	1,116	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	440	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	137.66/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,140	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	149.03/cwt	141.00–153.50	1,006	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	143.32/cwt	136.00–154.00	826	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	129.49/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,009	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	156.19/cwt	140.00–163.00	917	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,197	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	327	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	605	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	657	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	184.42/cwt	170.00–190.00	686	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	133.02/cwt	130.00–134.00	757	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	136.03/cwt	133.00–138.00	861	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	632	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,043	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	130.86/cwt	126.00–135.00	957	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	154.58/cwt	150.00–161.00	737	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	143.17/cwt	139.00–149.00	677	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	130.60/cwt	126.00–131.25	1,178	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	139.32/cwt	135.50–144.00	1,091	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	159.38/cwt	153.00–166.00	510	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	131.22/cwt	128.00–132.50	1,029	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	125.22/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,027	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	143.41/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,033	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	135.94/cwt	132.50–137.25	1,207	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	201.63/cwt	195.00–207.50	643	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	168.26/cwt	160.00–181.00	967	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	184.28/cwt	177.50–192.00	873	195
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	213.44/cwt	210.00–216.00	617	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	156.04/cwt	142.00–164.00	978	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	663	145.02/cwt	143.00–146.25	961	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	287	171.85/cwt	162.50–180.00	493	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	188.58/cwt	180.00–200.00	800	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	195.27/cwt	191.00–203.00	715	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	612	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,028	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	155.33/cwt	150.00–159.00	657	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	123.84/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,272	42
Heifers	Large 1	—	455	148.52/cwt	146.00–150.00	676	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	2
Steers	Large 1	—	671	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	966	4
Steers	Large 1	—	521	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	959	9
Steers	Large 1	—	1,080	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,296	5
Steers	Large 1	—	838	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,115	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	413	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	698	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	637	143.26/cwt	142.50–146.00	913	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	869	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,208	30
Heifers	Large 1	—	794	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,020	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	560	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	801	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	539	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	760	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	627	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	834	25
Steers	Large 1	—	604	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	954	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	846	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	981	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	131.01/cwt	127.00–135.00	579	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	147.89/cwt	145.00–149.00	544	47
Steers	Medium 2	—	436	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	567	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	847	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	872	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	522	115.01/cwt	110.00–120.00	600	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	566	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	784	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	135.32/cwt	125.00–143.00	851	95
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	158.36/cwt	154.00–162.00	903	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	283	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	594	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,022	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	117.48/cwt	115.00–118.50	1,016	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	132.03/cwt	121.00–135.00	912	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	144.93/cwt	140.00–148.00	629	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	157.66/cwt	153.00–161.00	602	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	135.81/cwt	126.00–141.00	913	152
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	172.70/cwt	172.50–175.00	748	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,056	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	136.46/cwt	136.00–137.00	768	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	790	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	121.56/cwt	121.00–123.00	883	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	131.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	698	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,115	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	113.32/cwt	112.50–115.00	820	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	131.59/cwt	130.00–133.00	875	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,042	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,177	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,041	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	130.25/cwt	130.00–131.00	948	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	132.87/cwt	131.00–135.00	642	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	784	108.22/cwt	100.00–115.00	848	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	188.15/cwt	180.00–190.00	632	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	136.74/cwt	135.00–139.00	938	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	843	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	149.81/cwt	147.50–155.00	713	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	170.95/cwt	165.00–177.50	727	56

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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