Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 6.00-9.00 lower with feeder heifers 6.00-12.00 lower. Supply was heavy with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $236.81/cwt on 3,952 head.

Average price

$236.81

3,952 head · 708 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$893

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$47.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.73

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	745	239.60	1,785	2,135
Medium and Large 1-2	677	234.12	1,584	1,640
Medium and Large 2	540	230.08	1,243	163
Large 1	728	221.00	1,609	6thin
Medium 2	465	192.00	893	8thin

One grade step is worth $47.60/cwt here — about $893 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 sale3,952 hd

236.81

—

MO average18 barns · 12,988 hd

245.53

−8.73

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

94 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	—	714	241.31/cwt	236.50–245.50	1,723	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,859	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	310.11/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,123	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	213.77/cwt	207.00–220.00	913	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	191.20/cwt	181.00–194.00	1,273	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	224.88/cwt	223.00–236.00	1,889	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,041	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,061	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,016	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	271.98/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,172	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	302.58/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,304	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	215.15/cwt	210.00–226.50	2,001	487
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,051	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	322.89/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,053	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	218.62/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,799	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	224.33/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,496	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	271.11/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,418	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	241.92/cwt	234.00–263.00	1,502	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	229.82/cwt	222.00–231.00	1,705	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	291.16/cwt	290.00–292.00	975	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	465	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	893	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	229.56/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,758	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	219.15/cwt	213.00–223.50	1,911	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	264.55/cwt	259.00–281.00	1,503	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	267.46/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,286	154
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	242.61/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,162	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	225.40/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,170	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	225.73/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,307	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	237.39/cwt	225.00–254.00	1,367	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	244.67/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,285	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,939	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	195.19/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,298	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	198.86/cwt	197.50–200.00	1,269	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	707	196.73/cwt	182.50–200.00	1,391	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	226.72/cwt	217.00–233.00	1,403	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	205.39/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,953	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	591	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,483	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	266.25/cwt	255.00–275.00	998	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,556	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	289.40/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,077	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,458	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	251.54/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,082	15
Bulls	Medium 2	—	415	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	859	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	653	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,110	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,085	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	219.54/cwt	210.00–232.00	1,056	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	239.29/cwt	232.50–247.50	1,266	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	498	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,076	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	752	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,263	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,206	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	208.60/cwt	185.00–216.00	1,389	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,158	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	203.06/cwt	195.00–214.00	1,147	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	232.22/cwt	227.00–247.00	1,217	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,549	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	701	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,500	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	327	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	997	13
Heifers	Large 1	—	670	198.93/cwt	196.00–205.00	1,333	18
Heifers	Large 1	—	569	205.07/cwt	201.00–208.00	1,167	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	224.06/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,266	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	252.39/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,058	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	214.82/cwt	214.00–217.00	1,220	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,145	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	269.49/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,000	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	218.04/cwt	215.00–231.00	1,354	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	205.81/cwt	197.00–211.00	1,577	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	192.71/cwt	189.00–196.00	1,588	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	216.64/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,443	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	539	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,186	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	206.13/cwt	193.00–210.00	1,499	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	209.94/cwt	198.00–214.00	1,421	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	204.45/cwt	190.00–214.00	1,274	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	797	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,459	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	209.64/cwt	209.00–209.75	1,711	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	252.19/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,251	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	231.73/cwt	221.00–242.00	994	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	213.13/cwt	207.00–225.00	1,119	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	633	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,386	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	227.05/cwt	217.00–232.50	865	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	244.33/cwt	237.00–252.00	797	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	225.63/cwt	218.00–235.00	1,079	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	187.57/cwt	175.00–192.00	1,187	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,312	6
Steers	Large 1	—	728	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,609	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	188.98/cwt	170.00–196.00	990	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	208.85/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,199	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	248.26/cwt	237.00–255.00	938	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	417	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	922	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	658	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,253	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	229.50/cwt	228.50–232.00	1,955	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	293.68/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,389	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	191.47/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,116	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	209.41/cwt	193.00–216.00	997	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	239.49/cwt	232.00–248.00	1,617	292

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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