Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.78/cwt on 680 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −160.54 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$309.78

680 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$386

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

$71.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.88

vs MO average

−6.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	321.44	1,742	426
Medium and Large 1-2	559	292.56	1,636	240
Medium and Large 2	542	250.00	1,355	14thin

One grade step is worth $71.44/cwt here — about $386 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $391.50, median $470.32 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale680 hd

309.78

—

MO average16 barns · 3,075 hd

311.65

−1.88

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

−6.29

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−160.54

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

83 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	700–750	714	271.19/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,936	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	336.10/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,119	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	287.11/cwt	271.00–302.50	1,915	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,222	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,570	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,412	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,121	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	408.59/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,340	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	295.09/cwt	280.00–317.00	1,847	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	272.30/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,841	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	626	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,646	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	281.93/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,469	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,174	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	320.79/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,225	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	325.29/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,701	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,836	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	226.13/cwt	225.50–228.00	1,771	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	250.41/cwt	246.00–264.00	1,913	304
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,867	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	235.01/cwt	232.50–237.50	2,019	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	360.34/cwt	340.00–391.00	1,567	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	341.02/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,637	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	251.08/cwt	241.00–258.00	1,685	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	297.79/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,400	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	343.00/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,128	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	278.33/cwt	262.50–290.00	1,575	382
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,167	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	240.98/cwt	236.00–247.50	1,981	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,849	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	258.19/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,629	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	214.90/cwt	209.00–226.00	1,762	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	309.35/cwt	287.50–330.00	1,336	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	242.69/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,743	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,734	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	416	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,664	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	265.66/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,642	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,468	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,668	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,761	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	268.82/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,151	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	561	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,374	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	275.60/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,301	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	280.24/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,230	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	253.93/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,470	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	470	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,372	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	240.94/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,178	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	230.21/cwt	227.50–234.00	1,892	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	280.44/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,329	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,348	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	307.25/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,164	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	951	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,997	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	246.07/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,910	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	323.06/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,257	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,939	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	264.69/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,810	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	271.43/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,300	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	318.21/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,368	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	313.67/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,493	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	271.01/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,694	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	291.15/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,677	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	252.92/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,829	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	195.91/cwt	194.50–204.00	1,740	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	295.86/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,538	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	255.54/cwt	247.50–270.00	1,347	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	292.59/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,071	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,044	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	233.00/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,556	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,455	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	224.81/cwt	213.00–229.00	1,621	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	541	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,407	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	216.28/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,670	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	285.77/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,332	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	253.89/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,442	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	314.14/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,784	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	273.00/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,174	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	586	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,553	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	243.63/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,547	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,656	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	268.10/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,550	26

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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