Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 500 lbs. traded 10.00-15.00 lower with heavier weights trading 2.00-5.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded 4.00-12.00 lower. Supply heavy with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.24/cwt on 4,809 head.

Average price

$169.24

4,809 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$339

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$28.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.81

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	178.48	1,143	2,122
Medium and Large 1-2	668	162.49	1,085	2,186
Medium and Large 2	588	162.46	955	378
Medium 2	535	150.37	805	123

One grade step is worth $28.11/cwt here — about $339 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 sale4,809 hd

169.24

—

MO average15 barns · 13,623 hd

174.04

−4.81

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

113 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	—	709	161.83/cwt	156.00–165.00	1,147	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	206.72/cwt	200.00–215.00	645	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	180.92/cwt	172.00–190.00	1,048	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	206.99/cwt	197.00–211.00	985	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	182.00/cwt	175.00–195.00	668	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	157.55/cwt	154.00–162.00	977	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,083	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	145.88/cwt	144.00–146.50	1,199	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	984	134.19/cwt	133.00–136.50	1,320	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,297	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	187.30/cwt	180.00–192.50	798	75
Steers	Medium 2	—	403	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	594	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	155.04/cwt	146.00–163.00	1,067	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,353	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	151.15/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,075	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	182.48/cwt	173.00–190.00	956	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	183.43/cwt	175.00–190.00	611	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	793	145.20/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,151	30
Steers	Medium 2	—	725	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	928	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	172.93/cwt	170.00–182.00	662	14
Steers	Medium 2	—	575	154.58/cwt	140.00–160.00	889	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	142.25/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,246	193
Steers	Medium 2	—	333	162.40/cwt	160.00–165.00	541	13
Steers	Medium 2	—	478	157.46/cwt	155.00–160.00	753	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	527	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	640	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	896	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	698	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	963	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	147.00/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,007	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	150.66/cwt	145.00–153.50	1,156	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,288	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	200.03/cwt	195.00–212.00	850	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	167.19/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,119	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	605	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,049	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,458	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	183.80/cwt	175.00–193.00	875	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	428	214.96/cwt	213.00–216.00	920	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	210.67/cwt	200.00–217.00	809	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	152.33/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,235	464
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	154.99/cwt	154.00–157.00	1,214	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	674	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,065	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	197.53/cwt	191.00–208.00	1,037	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,116	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	686	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,166	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	756	158.55/cwt	158.00–159.50	1,199	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	616	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,140	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	518	208.79/cwt	207.00–211.00	1,082	40
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	372	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	484	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	469	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	586	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,100	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	891	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	172.23/cwt	164.00–179.00	1,066	271
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	609	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	853	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	726	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	154.12/cwt	150.00–155.00	808	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	842	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	634	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	747	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	161.75/cwt	157.00–166.00	833	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	489	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	883	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	949	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	154.37/cwt	152.00–156.00	908	16
Bulls	Medium 2	—	671	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	872	23
Bulls	Medium 2	—	487	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	143.94/cwt	137.00–146.50	761	86
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	132.10/cwt	131.00–133.00	869	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,144	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	509	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	150.50/cwt	148.00–158.00	948	404
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	143.43/cwt	136.00–151.00	684	108
Heifers	Large 1	—	604	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	876	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	767	133.27/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,022	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	121.82/cwt	120.00–123.00	889	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	143.54/cwt	138.00–147.00	609	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	163.57/cwt	160.00–177.00	762	130
Heifers	Medium 2	—	320	144.36/cwt	142.00–150.00	462	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	141.37/cwt	136.00–146.00	810	107
Heifers	Medium 2	—	520	126.74/cwt	120.00–135.00	659	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	150.03/cwt	147.00–155.00	561	49
Heifers	Medium 2	—	386	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	502	27
Heifers	Medium 2	—	444	136.85/cwt	135.00–140.00	608	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	621	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	776	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	142.76/cwt	136.00–146.00	885	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	138.98/cwt	134.00–142.00	999	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	144.49/cwt	139.00–147.00	897	180
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	171.50/cwt	170.00–172.50	809	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	619	184.54/cwt	184.00–185.00	1,142	123
Steers	Medium 2	—	523	152.68/cwt	150.00–160.00	799	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	166.03/cwt	160.00–172.50	719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	887	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,197	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	150.11/cwt	145.00–152.00	919	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	168.58/cwt	162.50–172.50	888	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	133.80/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,115	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	165.97/cwt	160.00–171.00	969	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	155.31/cwt	150.00–159.00	739	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	151.37/cwt	151.00–152.00	999	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	166.13/cwt	160.00–171.00	704	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	525	210.83/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,107	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	150.42/cwt	146.00–155.00	796	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	498	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,071	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	160.96/cwt	157.50–164.00	594	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	163.22/cwt	159.00–168.00	934	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	166.87/cwt	165.00–171.00	616	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	154.64/cwt	150.00–159.00	668	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	138.25/cwt	136.00–140.50	1,071	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	170.89/cwt	165.00–181.00	550	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	150.09/cwt	147.00–156.00	865	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,072	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,189	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	143.73/cwt	139.00–146.50	967	229
Heifers	Medium 2	—	577	131.41/cwt	131.00–132.00	758	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,226	49
Heifers	Medium 2	—	804	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,061	16
Heifers	Medium 2	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	5

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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