Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-15.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. A large crowd was on hand for this Presidents' Day auction. 21 head of 375 lb. steers sold for 405.00. 15,769 quality feeder cattle went thru the ring today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $266.37/cwt on 7,431 head.

Average price

$266.37

7,431 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$675

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$14.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.60

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	697	268.90	1,874	5,556
Large 1	655	266.00	1,742	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	660	259.12	1,710	1,725
Medium and Large 2	471	254.78	1,199	132

One grade step is worth $14.12/cwt here — about $675 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 sale7,431 hd

266.37

—

MO average15 barns · 17,945 hd

269.97

−3.60

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

110 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	—	412	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,030	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	293.79/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,131	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	286.79/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,362	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	320.63/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,093	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,174	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	227.87/cwt	220.00–234.50	2,085	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	286.22/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,219	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	224.17/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,823	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	274.58/cwt	265.00–288.00	1,834	505
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	229.93/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,780	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	309.18/cwt	292.00–326.00	1,753	593
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	246.73/cwt	235.00–255.50	1,900	636
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	225.90/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,986	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	255.92/cwt	237.50–263.00	1,727	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	318.90/cwt	302.50–335.00	1,524	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	353.78/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,341	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	432	373.53/cwt	367.00–377.50	1,614	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	237.84/cwt	233.00–245.00	1,965	569
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	309.16/cwt	292.00–340.00	1,629	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	278.78/cwt	267.00–304.50	1,734	465
Steers	Large 1	—	730	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,862	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,235	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	545	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,526	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	575	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,392	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	254.36/cwt	243.00–266.00	1,831	805
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	325.54/cwt	305.00–360.00	1,380	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	453	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	261.77/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,647	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	280.00/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,618	289
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	284.18/cwt	265.00–292.00	1,512	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,743	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	513	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,734	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	337.33/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,278	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	229.17/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,668	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	596	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,520	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	252.60/cwt	230.00–272.50	1,212	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,266	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	654	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,799	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,380	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	268.34/cwt	250.00–280.00	886	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	413	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,198	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	609	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,523	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	534	307.74/cwt	302.00–323.00	1,643	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,434	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	568	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,659	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	711	255.98/cwt	255.50–257.00	1,820	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	634	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,772	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	872	236.75/cwt	236.75–236.75	2,064	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,315	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,463	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,144	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	255.43/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,453	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	361	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,101	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	728	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,347	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,438	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	465	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,544	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	559	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,761	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,234	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	232.29/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,545	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	278.15/cwt	274.00–283.00	1,547	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	277.18/cwt	274.00–283.00	1,455	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	244.47/cwt	235.00–259.00	1,640	503
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	274.19/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,566	390
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	230.62/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,444	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	641	247.29/cwt	242.50–252.00	1,585	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	308.89/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,177	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	794	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,556	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	318.54/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,051	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	248.58/cwt	239.00–273.00	1,551	746
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	361	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,282	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	723	227.13/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,642	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,810	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	235.97/cwt	227.00–248.25	1,687	679
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,753	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	230.34/cwt	210.00–234.00	1,555	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	278.97/cwt	265.00–302.00	1,459	340
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	226.29/cwt	224.50–227.50	1,742	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,793	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,834	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	271.52/cwt	270.00–275.00	945	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	223.76/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,168	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	679	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,698	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	231.53/cwt	228.00–237.00	2,012	577
Steers	Large 1	—	580	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,607	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	785	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,753	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	207.07/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,804	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	469	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,243	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	500	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,260	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	237.71/cwt	232.00–242.50	1,139	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	247.20/cwt	230.00–260.00	927	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	254.99/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,081	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	221.04/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,603	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	728	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,813	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	931	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	273.90/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,057	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	250.99/cwt	230.00–262.50	1,338	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	234.56/cwt	213.00–244.00	1,480	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	218.18/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,667	655
Heifers	Medium 2	—	397	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,020	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	222.47/cwt	210.00–229.00	1,270	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	245.51/cwt	230.00–257.00	1,402	239
Heifers	Medium 2	—	571	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,028	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	304.28/cwt	275.00–330.00	1,299	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	289.03/cwt	275.00–327.00	1,382	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	261.16/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,267	153

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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