Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers sold from 5.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-8.00 lower. Supply was heavy with good demand. The largest draft of the day was 468 steers weighing 944 lbs. that crossed the scales at 227.10, for a total of over one million dollars.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.68/cwt on 966 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −197.64 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$272.68

966 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$415

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$70.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.77

vs MO average

+4.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	291.83	1,583	441
Medium and Large 1-2	560	261.37	1,462	444
Medium and Large 2	561	233.70	1,311	59
Medium 2	527	221.62	1,168	22

One grade step is worth $70.21/cwt here — about $415 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale966 hd

272.68

—

MO average13 barns · 2,096 hd

281.45

−8.77

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+4.48

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−197.64

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

99 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 2	400–450	438	246.00/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,077	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	305.59/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,164	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	232.50/cwt	222.00–234.50	1,927	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	243.09/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,514	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	261.06/cwt	245.00–272.50	1,509	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	223.62/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,977	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	263.10/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,389	131
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	233.48/cwt	226.00–242.00	1,331	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	280.04/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,593	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	253.34/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,832	463
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	227.53/cwt	222.50–233.00	2,109	1,357
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,131	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	236.90/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,237	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	222.36/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,368	19
Steers	Large 1	900–950	934	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	2,010	17
Steers	Large 1	850–900	858	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,965	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	241.46/cwt	236.00–252.00	1,888	795
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	298.31/cwt	275.00–317.00	1,578	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	268.97/cwt	256.00–279.00	1,684	463
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	365	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	799	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	218.75/cwt	212.00–235.00	1,271	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,341	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	205.62/cwt	205.00–208.00	2,101	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	244.23/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,185	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	234.46/cwt	228.00–238.00	2,028	517
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	256.52/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,737	509
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,051	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,965	9
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	527	221.62/cwt	200.00–242.00	1,168	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	466	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,072	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	571	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,313	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	270.50/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,293	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	869	197.59/cwt	194.00–203.00	1,717	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	875	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,562	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	692	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,695	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	517	256.25/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,325	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	212.78/cwt	205.00–216.00	1,983	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	236.60/cwt	222.00–245.00	1,730	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	241.28/cwt	229.00–252.00	1,653	197
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	217.59/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,449	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	233.83/cwt	220.00–240.50	1,838	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	273.38/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,162	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,531	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,268	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	241.48/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,379	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	255.17/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,095	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	231.78/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,337	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,408	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,024	177.14/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,814	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	906	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	249.35/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,446	362
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	429	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,287	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,240	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	240.81/cwt	232.00–255.00	1,257	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	245.82/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,524	358
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	264.30/cwt	248.00–268.00	1,374	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	240.45/cwt	236.00–251.00	1,611	209
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	221.94/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,487	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,677	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,552	6
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	468	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	196.51/cwt	196.00–197.00	1,847	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	280.15/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,185	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	254.76/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,088	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	243.96/cwt	227.00–252.00	1,269	261
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	746	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	248.32/cwt	241.00–262.00	1,189	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	228.46/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,087	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	215.61/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,132	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	262.48/cwt	260.00–272.00	961	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	279.22/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,310	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	191.69/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,781	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	232.38/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,362	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	238.02/cwt	234.00–247.00	1,959	651
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	311.96/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,379	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	237.51/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,026	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	211.56/cwt	207.00–213.00	1,413	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	828	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	216.72/cwt	213.00–219.50	2,085	759
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,171	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	286.09/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,345	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	193.78/cwt	191.50–204.00	1,680	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	227.26/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,541	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	200.10/cwt	196.00–205.00	1,407	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	428	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,049	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	697	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,627	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,751	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	229.30/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,754	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	217.18/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,705	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	225.74/cwt	214.00–230.50	1,661	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	188.88/cwt	180.00–198.00	1,447	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	210.59/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,297	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	519	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,194	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	229.94/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,414	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	216.65/cwt	212.50–221.00	1,790	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	233.49/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,667	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	238.89/cwt	230.00–255.00	910	36

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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