Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, feeder steers under 700lbs traded 4.00 to 6.00 higher and steers over 700lbs traded mostly steady. Feeder heifers traded from steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a moderate to light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.00/cwt on 1,951 head.

Average price

$176.00

1,951 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,111

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$615

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$63.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.18

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	181.27	1,132	1,286
Medium 1-2	435	177.50	772	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	637	168.56	1,074	588
Medium and Large 2	596	152.94	911	42
Large 1-2	979	130.12	1,274	25
Medium 2	440	117.50	517	5thin

One grade step is worth $63.77/cwt here — about $615 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 sale1,951 hd

176.00

—

MO average15 barns · 8,323 hd

180.18

−4.18

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

82 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	—	333	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	179.28/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,040	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	165.44/cwt	160.00–172.50	1,059	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	157.38/cwt	157.00–159.00	1,062	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	142.48/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,147	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	157.47/cwt	150.00–160.00	926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	160.36/cwt	155.00–167.50	858	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	160.30/cwt	154.00–160.50	1,154	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	148.66/cwt	141.00–153.00	1,174	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,026	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	144.91/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,204	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	202.56/cwt	200.00–206.00	770	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	180.82/cwt	177.00–186.00	1,127	112
Steers	Large 1-2	—	970	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,261	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	161.85/cwt	156.00–165.00	1,068	51
Steers	Medium 2	—	440	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	517	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	144.61/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,258	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	162.70/cwt	160.00–174.50	1,199	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	208.10/cwt	200.00–220.00	880	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	182.37/cwt	170.00–187.00	965	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	190.49/cwt	180.00–195.00	811	36
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	435	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	772	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	193.69/cwt	187.00–203.00	1,125	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	520	204.52/cwt	204.00–205.00	1,064	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	157.67/cwt	157.00–159.50	1,282	89
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,046	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	186.11/cwt	177.50–191.00	880	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	195.94/cwt	187.50–201.00	1,013	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	202.56/cwt	192.50–209.00	968	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	218.13/cwt	205.00–225.00	809	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	177.30/cwt	167.00–186.50	1,206	88
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	780	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	850	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	619	188.92/cwt	187.00–190.00	1,169	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	169.36/cwt	165.00–175.00	960	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	162.08/cwt	160.00–165.00	857	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	186.10/cwt	185.00–187.00	895	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	607	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,032	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,024	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	177.57/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,007	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	186.42/cwt	175.00–194.00	708	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	160.45/cwt	157.50–170.00	847	94
Bulls	Medium 2	—	351	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	491	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	168.34/cwt	165.00–175.00	805	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	174.87/cwt	170.00–190.00	762	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	150.09/cwt	140.00–158.00	1,004	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	142.22/cwt	130.00–145.00	623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	853	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	131.73/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,043	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	137.55/cwt	126.00–147.50	1,003	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	156.09/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,113	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	153.95/cwt	145.00–159.00	894	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	154.64/cwt	147.50–159.00	810	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	325	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	647	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	503	170.27/cwt	170.00–171.00	856	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	133.52/cwt	132.00–138.00	825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	791	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	169.33/cwt	165.00–170.00	567	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	884	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	365	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	429	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	162.01/cwt	152.00–167.50	684	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	163.80/cwt	157.00–170.50	1,004	62
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	841	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	917	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	164.79/cwt	159.00–170.00	616	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	145.61/cwt	140.00–155.00	996	163
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	443	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	653	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	159.62/cwt	150.00–165.00	766	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	649	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,012	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	798	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	1,207	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	152.20/cwt	142.00–156.00	954	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,090	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	170.21/cwt	166.00–180.00	730	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	166.33/cwt	165.00–171.00	818	93
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	136.82/cwt	132.50–139.00	1,033	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	174.11/cwt	172.50–175.00	642	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	160.33/cwt	157.00–165.00	924	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	156.95/cwt	156.50–157.50	1,201	83

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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