Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers under 475 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 higher. Heavier weights sold steady. Heifers calves weighing 310 lbs. sold at 280. 450 head of heifers weighing 674 lbs. sold for 194.00. Supply was heavy with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $206.69/cwt on 3,496 head.

Average price

$206.69

3,496 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$720

per head · Medium 2 over Large 1-2

$31.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.10

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 2	341	215.00	733	7thin
Medium and Large 1	702	207.89	1,459	2,241
Medium and Large 2	498	205.52	1,024	156
Medium and Large 1-2	654	204.87	1,340	1,058
Large 1	682	193.00	1,316	18thin
Large 1-2	792	183.50	1,453	16thin

One grade step is worth $31.50/cwt here — about −$720 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 sale3,496 hd

206.69

—

MO average16 barns · 11,358 hd

214.79

−8.10

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

85 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 2	—	431	214.34/cwt	210.00–220.00	924	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	183.23/cwt	179.00–185.00	1,512	494
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	179.68/cwt	178.75–186.00	1,549	272
Steers	Medium 2	—	341	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	733	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	203.03/cwt	193.00–216.00	1,474	181
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	212.95/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,014	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	202.33/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,171	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,266	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	743	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	175.14/cwt	175.00–176.00	1,450	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	686	171.03/cwt	168.00–176.00	1,173	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	242.69/cwt	235.00–250.00	920	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,540	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	231.60/cwt	225.00–241.00	991	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	205.18/cwt	190.00–213.00	1,278	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	262.12/cwt	250.00–275.00	828	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	173.13/cwt	163.00–174.00	1,508	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	169.69/cwt	168.25–171.00	1,656	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	220.02/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,263	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	257.39/cwt	252.00–276.00	963	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	206.07/cwt	191.00–211.00	1,374	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	186.54/cwt	182.00–189.00	1,461	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	231.40/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,118	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	245.56/cwt	242.00–250.00	810	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	239.22/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,337	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	187.83/cwt	180.00–192.00	1,388	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	223.06/cwt	213.00–235.00	1,354	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	217.93/cwt	213.00–224.00	1,451	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	221.02/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,176	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	238.80/cwt	232.00–252.00	1,249	266
Steers	Large 1-2	—	792	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,453	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	247.21/cwt	241.00–261.00	1,199	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	177.33/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,640	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	488	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,288	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	252.08/cwt	242.00–265.00	1,076	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,667	40
Bulls	Medium 2	—	445	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	899	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	915	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	987	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	217.57/cwt	215.00–225.00	996	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	203.40/cwt	190.00–208.00	1,066	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	927	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	367	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	998	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	310	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	868	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,081	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	938	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	199.20/cwt	190.00–208.00	851	125
Heifers	Large 1	—	657	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,117	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,253	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,037	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	184.43/cwt	170.00–190.00	887	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	180.97/cwt	175.00–182.00	751	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	171.78/cwt	168.00–174.50	1,321	109
Heifers	Large 1	—	584	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,040	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	218.62/cwt	210.00–235.00	700	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	205.72/cwt	202.00–207.00	778	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	173.74/cwt	170.00–175.00	943	22
Heifers	Medium 2	—	365	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	639	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	165.05/cwt	158.00–171.50	1,358	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	165.20/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,110	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	170.94/cwt	166.50–175.00	1,227	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,198	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	194.19/cwt	177.00–203.00	1,023	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	200.68/cwt	190.00–208.00	945	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	182.51/cwt	176.50–189.50	1,321	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	182.20/cwt	172.00–191.00	1,233	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	220.07/cwt	205.00–235.00	821	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	185.87/cwt	175.00–192.00	1,173	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	167.37/cwt	165.00–169.50	1,475	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	192.52/cwt	179.00–200.00	1,113	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	216.19/cwt	210.00–224.00	1,036	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,419	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	223.13/cwt	210.00–234.00	933	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	249.04/cwt	235.00–260.00	907	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	194.23/cwt	194.00–196.00	1,305	560
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	196.52/cwt	192.00–201.00	1,246	205
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	221.29/cwt	215.00–227.00	814	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,440	22
Steers	Large 1	—	682	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,316	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	250.46/cwt	235.00–265.00	819	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	203.82/cwt	202.00–206.00	1,156	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,543	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	182.98/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,142	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	206.58/cwt	201.00–211.00	1,070	268
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	199.33/cwt	190.00–207.00	1,050	18

How this sale compares

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