Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 775 lbs. sold 3.00-7.00 lower with heavier weights selling steady. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-8.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.01/cwt on 404 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −153.31 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$317.01

404 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$69.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.42

vs MO average

+29.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	324.65	1,763	328
Medium and Large 1-2	561	286.11	1,605	71
Medium and Large 2	589	255.00	1,502	5thin

One grade step is worth $69.65/cwt here — about $261 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 sale404 hd

317.01

—

MO average16 barns · 1,701 hd

313.59

+3.42

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

+29.22

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−153.31

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

67 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	1100–1150	1,135	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,599	123
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	292.25/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,254	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	258.03/cwt	255.00–260.50	2,098	341
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	331.69/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,430	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,212	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	283.50/cwt	278.00–287.00	1,307	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	308.24/cwt	291.00–318.00	1,461	77
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,766	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	282.60/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,930	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	295.53/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,229	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	334.38/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,568	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,589	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,036	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	241.42/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,893	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	240.47/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,996	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	268.96/cwt	255.00–278.00	1,673	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	224.59/cwt	223.00–226.00	2,051	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	329.98/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,706	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	254.68/cwt	253.00–257.00	1,722	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	269.66/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,653	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	280.29/cwt	271.00–287.00	1,578	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	281.93/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,466	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,259	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,393	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	254.34/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,829	130
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,666	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,530	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	318.08/cwt	297.00–334.00	1,829	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	254.51/cwt	251.00–258.00	2,204	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	249.04/cwt	244.50–253.50	2,289	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	263.45/cwt	259.00–277.00	2,021	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	276.90/cwt	269.00–285.00	1,991	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	302.32/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,886	253
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	871	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,916	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,481	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,342	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,280	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	255.61/cwt	250.00–257.00	2,004	169
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,149	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	255.53/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,612	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	320.33/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,073	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	269.62/cwt	262.00–273.00	1,828	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	288.46/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,125	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	285.86/cwt	265.00–293.00	1,667	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,502	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	309.46/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,482	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	261.23/cwt	252.00–272.00	1,392	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	262.90/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,935	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,048	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,306	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	240.75/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,558	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	252.92/cwt	248.00–253.50	2,076	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	299.49/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,249	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,117	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	262.62/cwt	247.00–267.50	1,505	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	309.89/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,029	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	286.60/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,485	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	241.14/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,620	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	284.59/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,210	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	240.11/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,750	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	235.24/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,818	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,206	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	280.30/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,331	99
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	249.69/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,578	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	272.08/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,401	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,286	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	265.67/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,533	18

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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