Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00-9.00 higher with some light 5 weight steers selling 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 800 lbs. sold 5.00-9.00 higher with heavier weights selling steady to 2.00 lower. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 10,622 head went across the scales in just over 11 hours.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.52/cwt on 430 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −163.80 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$306.52

430 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$58.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.44

vs MO average

+3.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	316.74	1,730	310
Medium and Large 1-2	567	285.64	1,619	96
Medium and Large 2	554	258.00	1,428	24

One grade step is worth $58.74/cwt here — about $302 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 sale430 hd

306.52

—

MO average5 barns · 1,357 hd

325.96

−19.44

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+3.61

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−163.80

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

62 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 1-2	900–950	919	242.90/cwt	239.00–244.00	2,232	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	310.67/cwt	289.00–335.00	1,768	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	259.55/cwt	255.00–266.00	2,162	1,042
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	251.73/cwt	234.00–254.00	2,092	689
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,568	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	302.60/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,882	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	248.89/cwt	244.00–252.75	2,282	1,136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	266.17/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,661	413
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	279.53/cwt	271.00–305.00	1,641	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	549	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,894	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	390.27/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,288	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	279.49/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,878	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	237.19/cwt	234.00–246.00	2,301	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	231.53/cwt	229.00–234.00	2,010	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	234.31/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,926	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	266.83/cwt	256.00–278.00	2,073	740
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	254.22/cwt	252.00–260.00	2,202	708
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	224.91/cwt	221.00–226.00	2,026	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	260.94/cwt	248.00–275.00	1,756	480
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	303.30/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,432	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	319.17/cwt	305.00–332.00	1,376	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	293.02/cwt	288.00–335.00	1,544	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	269.16/cwt	263.00–278.00	1,951	316
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	242.73/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,864	340
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	252.41/cwt	244.00–270.00	1,820	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	319.79/cwt	300.00–334.00	1,673	146
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	296.72/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,587	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	311.42/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,489	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,428	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	321	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,236	5
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	402	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	945	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,308	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,727	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	255.22/cwt	243.00–262.00	1,848	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,022	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,330	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	286.14/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,331	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	350.43/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,517	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	292.88/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,128	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,344	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	275.07/cwt	252.00–286.00	1,436	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	263.89/cwt	247.00–274.00	1,512	151
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,257	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	253.00/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,485	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	259.35/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,792	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	287.60/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,671	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	288.32/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,240	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	248.25/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,557	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,454	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	253.77/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,974	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	799	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,862	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,229	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	247.21/cwt	228.00–252.50	2,158	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	280.62/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,490	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	288.53/cwt	269.00–295.00	1,414	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	327.45/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,271	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	223.45/cwt	222.00–224.00	1,955	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	238.17/cwt	232.00–243.50	1,729	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,307	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	345.46/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,637	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	245.71/cwt	235.00–249.00	1,673	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,808	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	271.82/cwt	257.50–280.00	1,693	97

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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