Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder steers traded steady to 5.00 lower; while feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 lower. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.14/cwt on 2,346 head.

Average price

$152.14

2,346 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$6.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.24

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	153.62	1,028	998
Medium and Large 1-2	620	151.93	942	1,061
Medium 2	442	148.76	657	85
Medium and Large 2	569	147.34	839	202

One grade step is worth $6.27/cwt here — about $189 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 sale2,346 hd

152.14

—

MO average18 barns · 11,215 hd

159.38

−7.24

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

91 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 1-2	—	909	125.12/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,137	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	134.16/cwt	132.00–135.00	767	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	967	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	144.62/cwt	140.00–149.00	685	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	188.57/cwt	180.00–190.00	645	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	145.50/cwt	140.00–149.00	620	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	131.22/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,156	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	150.54/cwt	146.00–153.00	555	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	180.78/cwt	175.00–187.50	680	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	136.52/cwt	133.00–145.00	704	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	154.37/cwt	143.00–162.50	880	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	139.83/cwt	137.00–144.00	815	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	141.71/cwt	140.00–144.00	889	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	122.06/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,001	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	140.41/cwt	134.00–146.00	942	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	139.51/cwt	131.00–144.00	864	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	168.10/cwt	162.00–177.00	805	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	134.66/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,119	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	135.85/cwt	135.85–135.85	1,166	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	153.56/cwt	150.00–156.00	780	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	154.73/cwt	147.00–160.00	967	128
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	181.61/cwt	178.00–185.00	874	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	129.02/cwt	124.00–133.00	996	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,186	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	133.48/cwt	125.00–136.25	980	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	143.22/cwt	137.00–154.00	1,040	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	157.93/cwt	156.00–161.00	493	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	195.69/cwt	195.00–197.00	614	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	119.20/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,222	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	152.64/cwt	147.50–157.00	1,020	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	171.40/cwt	165.00–180.00	902	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,182	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	140.03/cwt	137.00–144.50	1,078	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	163.92/cwt	162.00–167.00	931	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	754	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	369	154.72/cwt	140.00–162.50	571	27
Bulls	Medium 2	—	507	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	705	14
Bulls	Medium 2	—	767	114.90/cwt	114.00–117.00	881	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	869	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	965	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	338	157.88/cwt	157.50–160.00	534	12
Bulls	Medium 2	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	487	128.49/cwt	125.00–131.00	626	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	804	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	909	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	410	145.36/cwt	145.00–147.00	596	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	152.45/cwt	150.00–155.00	703	89
Steers	Medium 2	—	373	157.31/cwt	150.00–167.00	587	31
Heifers	Medium 2	—	903	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	650	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	442	124.82/cwt	121.00–130.00	552	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	487	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	706	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	562	141.08/cwt	140.00–142.50	793	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	923	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	559	134.59/cwt	132.00–136.00	752	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	157.71/cwt	155.00–158.00	620	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,082	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	143.31/cwt	136.00–151.00	741	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	136.51/cwt	133.00–140.00	926	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	126.33/cwt	120.00–130.00	716	51
Heifers	Medium 2	—	375	135.19/cwt	133.00–136.00	507	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	462	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	155.12/cwt	150.00–157.00	673	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	864	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,002	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	140.40/cwt	140.00–142.00	747	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	130.12/cwt	130.00–131.00	681	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	1,000	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,080	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	129.56/cwt	129.50–130.00	1,083	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	157.22/cwt	150.00–169.00	827	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	132.92/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,008	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	132.41/cwt	131.00–134.00	826	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	169.33/cwt	162.00–175.00	723	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	137.31/cwt	135.00–139.00	593	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	157.02/cwt	150.00–160.00	685	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,027	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	150.50/cwt	145.00–154.00	483	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	763	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	142.59/cwt	142.00–143.00	817	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	861	123.02/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,059	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	170.58/cwt	170.00–172.50	660	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	127.42/cwt	122.00–129.00	934	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	142.45/cwt	137.00–144.00	544	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	154.26/cwt	150.00–160.00	745	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	688	127.97/cwt	124.00–136.00	880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	146.82/cwt	145.00–149.00	831	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	134.65/cwt	132.00–139.00	645	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	121.73/cwt	115.00–125.00	828	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	154.54/cwt	150.00–158.00	658	72

How this sale compares

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