Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 8.00 higher with some heavy 4 weight steers selling 25.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 3.00 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 $314.12/cwt on 686 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −156.19 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$314.12

686 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$383

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

$74.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.76

vs MO average

−4.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	322.37	1,769	508
Medium and Large 1-2	568	297.57	1,691	153
Medium and Large 2	559	247.79	1,386	25

One grade step is worth $74.58/cwt here — about $383 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale686 hd

314.12

—

MO average15 barns · 2,535 hd

317.89

−3.76

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−4.17

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−156.19

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

87 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	900–950	916	227.62/cwt	222.50–233.25	2,085	527
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,013	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,026	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	239.04/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,573	377
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	316.77/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,049	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	247.83/cwt	238.75–255.00	2,017	570
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	301.41/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,863	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	213.12/cwt	205.00–213.75	2,223	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	682	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,756	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	939	205.49/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,930	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	382.13/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,464	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	278.91/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,581	443
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	266.67/cwt	257.00–280.00	1,955	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	260.49/cwt	253.00–267.00	2,019	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	327.48/cwt	310.00–365.00	1,736	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	681	280.40/cwt	278.00–282.00	1,910	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	304.81/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,302	168
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	324.83/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,397	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,240	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	546	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,802	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	363.43/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,566	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	365.48/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,743	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	216.62/cwt	212.00–219.50	1,774	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,002	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	343.19/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,126	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	327.85/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,246	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	281.68/cwt	271.00–307.50	1,921	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	258.08/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,690	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	236.23/cwt	229.00–249.00	1,689	388
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	260.23/cwt	247.50–275.00	1,619	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	282.44/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,488	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	397.56/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,221	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	228.66/cwt	224.00–242.00	1,768	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	237.18/cwt	235.00–246.00	2,056	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	288.63/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,365	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	216.78/cwt	211.00–222.00	1,903	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,891	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	351.63/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,625	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,533	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	452	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,853	13
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	7
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	468	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,240	8
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	877	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,903	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,051	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,473	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	303.05/cwt	280.00–318.00	1,873	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	314.29/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,798	213
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	283.68/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,645	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	293.58/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,268	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	263.04/cwt	232.50–275.00	1,786	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	754	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	249.91/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,407	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	232.75/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,329	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	240.78/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,365	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	252.21/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,453	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	233.68/cwt	222.50–235.00	1,968	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	262.60/cwt	225.00–274.00	1,820	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	950–1000	963	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,502	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	301.13/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,476	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	339.01/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,458	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	243.24/cwt	223.00–257.00	1,781	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	261.24/cwt	240.00–267.50	1,364	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	591	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,507	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,340	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	296.85/cwt	282.50–308.00	1,737	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	243.28/cwt	237.00–252.00	1,900	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	232.52/cwt	225.00–233.25	2,065	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	223.57/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,645	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	230.84/cwt	227.00–232.50	2,221	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,887	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,328	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	356.94/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,314	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	299.54/cwt	280.00–307.50	1,564	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	219.32/cwt	210.00–220.50	1,669	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	299	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,091	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	273.32/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,738	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,552	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	278.98/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,177	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	200.92/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,768	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	315.62/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,490	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	243.49/cwt	234.00–247.00	1,563	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	314.11/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,162	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	275.85/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,313	147
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	333.04/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,296	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	688	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,514	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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