Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steer calves sold 10.00-20.00 higher with yearling steers selling 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifer calves sold 8.00-15.00 higher with yearling heifers selling steady. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.55/cwt on 567 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −156.77 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$313.55

567 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$30.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.13

vs MO average

+12.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	325.83	1,798	341
Medium and Large 1-2	553	295.01	1,633	226

One grade step is worth $30.82/cwt here — about $165 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 sale567 hd

313.55

—

MO average18 barns · 2,499 hd

313.68

−0.13

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

+12.89

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−156.77

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

68 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 1-2	550–600	581	257.30/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,495	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	944	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,214	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,235	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	253.40/cwt	247.00–257.00	2,073	373
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	346.59/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,300	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	334.44/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,431	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	245.93/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,571	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	964	184.99/cwt	184.00–191.00	1,783	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,238	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	268.96/cwt	250.50–278.00	1,931	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	247.52/cwt	235.00–252.25	2,285	304
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	338.09/cwt	336.00–350.00	1,319	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	302.52/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,376	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	248.11/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,838	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	264.13/cwt	253.00–274.00	1,614	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	280.80/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,589	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	343.05/cwt	341.00–345.00	1,616	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	295.64/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,543	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	314.83/cwt	302.00–330.00	1,804	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	257.24/cwt	254.00–263.50	2,017	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	221.36/cwt	220.50–226.00	1,897	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	237.45/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,847	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	255.98/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,697	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,935	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,216	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	308.75/cwt	296.00–320.00	1,473	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	223.87/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,858	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	325.88/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,411	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,530	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,712	6
Steers	Large 1	800–850	821	242.60/cwt	242.50–243.00	1,992	60
Steers	Large 1	900–950	907	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,145	33
Steers	Large 1	850–900	879	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,189	21
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	770	229.51/cwt	221.00–232.00	1,767	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	238.98/cwt	238.00–241.00	2,091	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	244.94/cwt	234.00–257.00	1,786	353
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,510	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	502	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,466	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,574	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	306.34/cwt	285.00–317.00	1,605	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	262.61/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,775	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	222.71/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,597	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,672	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,197	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	228.13/cwt	210.00–234.00	1,761	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	243.37/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,864	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	285.69/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,391	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	236.29/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,609	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	239.74/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,374	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	275.00/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,469	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	290.16/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,265	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	246.01/cwt	242.00–246.50	2,062	98
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,823	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	289.14/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,394	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	285.18/cwt	270.00–306.00	1,651	121
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,670	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,225	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	286.49/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,914	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	280.33/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,738	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	311.99/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,345	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	254.48/cwt	249.50–259.00	2,191	486
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	307.40/cwt	294.00–327.00	1,918	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,888	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	337.03/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,786	169

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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