Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 6.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 8.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand. There were more of the plain type of cattle than in the last 2 weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.74/cwt on 660 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −166.57 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$303.74

660 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$56.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.54

vs MO average

−5.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	318.50	1,750	364
Large 1	522	310.00	1,618	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	287.69	1,577	260
Medium and Large 2	569	262.50	1,494	30

One grade step is worth $56.00/cwt here — about $256 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 sale660 hd

303.74

—

MO average19 barns · 3,455 hd

315.28

−11.54

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−5.97

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−166.57

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

86 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 1-2Value Added	750–800	777	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	308.76/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,167	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	272.26/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,176	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	218.33/cwt	211.00–221.00	1,589	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,698	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	339.49/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,582	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	273.68/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,812	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,395	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	266.36/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,508	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	226.32/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,417	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,765	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	344.65/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,317	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	948	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,048	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	264.38/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,407	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	224.36/cwt	219.00–229.00	2,082	97
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,274	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,043	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,792	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	241.77/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,990	476
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	227.73/cwt	226.00–233.00	1,997	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	232.83/cwt	224.00–239.00	1,690	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	362.00/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,245	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	317.16/cwt	296.00–335.00	1,792	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	296.44/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,236	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	255.10/cwt	247.00–261.00	1,857	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	343.38/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,497	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	282.82/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,473	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,096	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	227.22/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,756	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	267.37/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,516	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	331.70/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,234	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	239.12/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,628	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	342.91/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,149	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	252.76/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,921	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	250.50/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,553	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	294.46/cwt	285.00–322.00	1,396	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	211.76/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,751	113
Heifers	Medium 2-3	500–550	511	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	802	10
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	601	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,310	10
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	437	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,158	5
Steers	Medium 2	650–700	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	109
Steers	Large 1	500–550	522	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,618	6
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	285.21/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,771	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,596	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,493	5
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	498	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,121	6
Heifers	Medium 2-3	400–450	439	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	746	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	232.77/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,194	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	994	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,690	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	976	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	263.00/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,518	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	320.20/cwt	307.00–345.00	1,697	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	215.17/cwt	213.25–216.25	2,081	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	208.42/cwt	207.25–210.00	2,018	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	224.40/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,984	82
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	241.00/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,518	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	336.38/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,285	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	317.18/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,529	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	283.77/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,376	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	902	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,551	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	250.12/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,096	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	207.25/cwt	207.25–207.25	1,712	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	257.47/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,377	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	258.97/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,745	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	554	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,607	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,331	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,235	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	249.29/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,466	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	212.82/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,647	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	231.76/cwt	222.00–238.00	1,812	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	231.26/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,929	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,110	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,020	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	316.88/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,369	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,623	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	274.89/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,295	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,604	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	265.40/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,672	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	284.30/cwt	277.00–292.00	1,643	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	289.34/cwt	270.00–302.50	1,528	140

How this sale compares

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