Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 750 lbs. sold 6.00-9.00 lower with heavier weights steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 6.00-10.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate. The offering again this week contained high numbers of plain cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $253.65/cwt on 2,367 head.

Average price

$253.65

2,367 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$774

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$42.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.48

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	707	260.35	1,840	1,124
Medium and Large 1-2	675	251.06	1,694	945
Medium and Large 2	559	239.52	1,338	258
Medium 2	490	217.60	1,065	40

One grade step is worth $42.75/cwt here — about $774 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 sale2,367 hd

253.65

—

MO average17 barns · 8,334 hd

264.13

−10.48

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

93 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	273.55/cwt	267.00–278.00	993	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	274.70/cwt	270.00–280.00	852	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	276.72/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,187	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	250.15/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,588	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	205.96/cwt	204.00–214.00	1,736	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	241.71/cwt	235.00–259.00	1,245	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	263.19/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,113	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	244.48/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,396	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	272.83/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,026	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	263.79/cwt	252.00–276.00	1,345	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	304.81/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,164	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	287.88/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,393	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,672	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	224.40/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,602	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	793	225.05/cwt	222.00–226.00	1,785	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	2,276	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	308	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	678	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	309	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	773	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	883	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	249.69/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,703	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	299.96/cwt	287.00–320.00	1,275	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	266.88/cwt	259.00–281.00	1,655	105
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	230.68/cwt	222.00–240.00	1,456	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	225.66/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,494	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	270.25/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,300	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,529	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	226.95/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,895	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	256.28/cwt	251.00–260.25	1,971	91
Steers	Medium 2	—	485	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,128	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	245.59/cwt	234.00–246.50	1,952	169
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	233.86/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,253	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	248.28/cwt	240.00–249.50	2,014	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	243.08/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,745	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	265.84/cwt	252.00–271.00	1,499	114
Steers	Medium 2	—	528	214.53/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,133	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	257.72/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,881	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	226.32/cwt	224.00–229.00	2,114	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	285.62/cwt	276.00–300.00	1,474	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	229.99/cwt	220.00–230.50	2,045	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,157	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	258.22/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,077	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	268.89/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,000	15
Bulls	Medium 2	—	533	197.20/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,051	31
Bulls	Medium 2	—	344	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	774	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,350	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	382	207.21/cwt	205.00–212.00	792	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	212.67/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,325	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	236.40/cwt	230.00–240.00	993	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,401	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	222.56/cwt	216.00–232.00	1,346	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	230.54/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,220	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	214.63/cwt	201.00–221.00	1,127	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	215.28/cwt	204.00–219.00	1,225	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	811	180.41/cwt	173.00–190.00	1,463	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	437	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	970	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	481	214.67/cwt	204.00–219.00	1,033	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	224.96/cwt	215.00–232.00	1,370	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	227.42/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,299	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	233.74/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,103	10
Bulls	Medium 2	—	575	208.60/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,199	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	225.56/cwt	211.00–232.00	1,290	28
Heifers	Medium 2	—	436	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	889	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	251.33/cwt	240.00–256.00	839	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,603	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	237.71/cwt	230.00–242.00	875	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	225.26/cwt	222.00–230.00	964	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	240.75/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,379	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	243.42/cwt	239.00–251.00	1,487	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	238.09/cwt	237.50–240.00	2,093	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	250.22/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,063	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	247.69/cwt	242.00–260.00	1,186	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	224.86/cwt	224.50–226.50	1,833	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	237.63/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,145	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,718	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	207.30/cwt	202.00–213.00	1,806	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,800	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	300.44/cwt	285.00–305.00	958	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	254.22/cwt	247.00–265.00	986	63
Heifers	Medium 2	—	477	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	859	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	238.58/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,028	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	251.17/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,213	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	216.36/cwt	216.00–217.00	1,889	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	223.59/cwt	210.00–225.50	1,628	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	232.55/cwt	227.00–235.00	756	19
Heifers	Medium 2	—	341	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	682	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	222.14/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,073	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	228.22/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,200	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	232.95/cwt	231.50–235.00	1,717	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	244.40/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,662	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	223.25/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,728	77

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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