Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 650 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 lower with heavier weights selling 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. Unweaned and non vaccinated bulls calves had weak demand and received substantial discounts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $262.67/cwt on 517 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −207.65 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$262.67

517 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$734

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$126.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.21

vs MO average

−3.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	281.83	1,530	196
Medium and Large 1-2	551	263.29	1,450	245
Medium and Large 2	550	234.42	1,289	44
Medium and Large 2-3	546	215.00	1,174	13thin
Medium 2-3	514	155.00	797	19thin

One grade step is worth $126.83/cwt here — about $734 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 sale517 hd

262.67

—

MO average16 barns · 2,066 hd

271.88

−9.21

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−3.97

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−207.65

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

87 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	500–550	528	262.70/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,387	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	410	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,099	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	203.53/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,150	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,165	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	234.91/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,327	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	234.32/cwt	228.00–238.00	2,067	772
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	236.15/cwt	228.00–239.00	1,866	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	310.80/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,293	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,240	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	242.96/cwt	237.00–249.00	1,987	339
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,037	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	238.02/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,231	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	955	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	248.32/cwt	239.00–255.00	1,947	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	282.93/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,599	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	280.69/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,460	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	264.27/cwt	252.00–272.00	1,266	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	244.90/cwt	231.00–255.00	1,509	85
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	546	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,174	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	255.11/cwt	244.00–264.00	1,827	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	271.38/cwt	254.00–275.00	1,167	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	225.58/cwt	225.00–226.50	2,048	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	511	265.14/cwt	251.00–272.00	1,355	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	595	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,309	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	276.42/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,034	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	223.25/cwt	221.25–225.00	2,143	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	267.96/cwt	257.00–272.00	1,653	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	228.57/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,993	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	387	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,084	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	488	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,318	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	232.94/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,593	58
Steers	Medium 2-3	500–550	514	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	797	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	263.51/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,528	114
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	374	222.86/cwt	205.00–245.00	833	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	234.48/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,965	161
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	241.91/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,125	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	613	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,508	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	236.54/cwt	233.00–246.00	1,353	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	220.38/cwt	216.00–223.00	1,505	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	222.77/cwt	217.00–237.00	1,281	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	212.85/cwt	208.00–222.00	1,535	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,447	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,194	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,036	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	218.87/cwt	202.00–225.00	1,714	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	258.14/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,123	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	868	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	253.40/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,206	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,203	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	292.13/cwt	280.00–302.00	964	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	223.02/cwt	218.00–225.75	1,804	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	253.40/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,439	257
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,220	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,211	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,317	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	223.21/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,634	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	235.26/cwt	220.00–247.00	1,221	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	245.04/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,544	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	216.75/cwt	209.00–223.00	1,875	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	282.55/cwt	270.00–299.00	1,187	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,863	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	235.36/cwt	227.00–242.00	899	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	207.71/cwt	195.00–213.00	1,707	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	266.89/cwt	253.00–287.00	1,420	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	260.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	960	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	231.97/cwt	226.00–234.00	1,772	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	280.96/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,284	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	236.98/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,263	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	218.84/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,140	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	234.39/cwt	217.00–243.00	1,116	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	233.40/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,694	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	203.30/cwt	181.00–206.50	1,754	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	230.58/cwt	218.00–235.00	1,538	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	483	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,092	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,123	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	395	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	991	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	238.86/cwt	236.00–244.50	1,622	115
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	321	214.07/cwt	210.00–215.00	687	22
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	456	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	232.78/cwt	228.00–242.00	2,132	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	264.53/cwt	255.00–279.00	1,807	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	292.86/cwt	275.00–327.00	1,403	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	230.25/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,317	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	229.87/cwt	222.00–242.00	972	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	232.58/cwt	217.00–238.00	1,440	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	302.07/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,187	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	236.60/cwt	215.00–242.00	1,715	112

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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