Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 800 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 higher. Weights over 800 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $268.04/cwt on 453 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −202.27 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$268.04

453 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$305

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

$54.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.45

vs MO average

−18.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	282.65	1,562	146
Medium and Large 1-2	548	263.87	1,447	283
Medium and Large 2	551	228.38	1,258	24

One grade step is worth $54.27/cwt here — about $305 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 sale453 hd

268.04

—

MO average16 barns · 1,810 hd

281.49

−13.45

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−18.78

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−202.27

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

81 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	300–350	335	273.23/cwt	270.00–275.00	915	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	277.13/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,585	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	282.02/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,337	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	240.28/cwt	232.00–242.25	1,992	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	449	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,038	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,195	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	225.56/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,994	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	332.24/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,130	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	269.02/cwt	258.00–276.50	1,813	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,217	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	243.72/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,877	127
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	284.51/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,132	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	262.16/cwt	252.00–267.50	1,518	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	267.10/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,373	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	236.46/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,733	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	251.21/cwt	244.50–258.00	1,942	453
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	308.54/cwt	297.00–317.50	1,333	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,070	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,980	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	989	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	224.50/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,266	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	247.30/cwt	242.00–249.00	2,013	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	256.66/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,863	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	225.90/cwt	225.00–232.00	2,072	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	517	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,473	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	551	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,433	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	227.62/cwt	226.00–233.00	1,425	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	249.78/cwt	238.00–261.00	1,546	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	271.86/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,278	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	247.94/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,659	126
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	246.79/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,185	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	275.61/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,155	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,226	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	262.46/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,262	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,721	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,687	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	244.86/cwt	243.00–246.00	1,459	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	231.66/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,554	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,661	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	261.88/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,377	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	259.47/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,484	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	253.12/cwt	246.00–273.00	1,549	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,837	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	239.48/cwt	229.00–247.00	1,724	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	237.55/cwt	235.00–243.50	1,810	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	211.73/cwt	207.00–214.00	1,776	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,498	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,042	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	926	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	259.93/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,105	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	220.89/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,606	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	244.77/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,633	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	278.74/cwt	269.00–294.00	1,299	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	274.49/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,164	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,510	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,334	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	230.00/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,550	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	241.88/cwt	220.00–252.00	1,272	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,883	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	310.34/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,030	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	230.66/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,109	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	232.51/cwt	230.00–235.00	970	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	951	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	256.29/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,230	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	233.40/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,477	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	237.75/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,353	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	226.23/cwt	222.00–227.00	2,278	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	293.79/cwt	278.00–317.00	1,519	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	537	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,289	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	973	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,839	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	277.13/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,050	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	218.88/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,685	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	240.98/cwt	234.00–246.75	2,092	452
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,022	212.77/cwt	207.00–219.00	2,175	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	272.99/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,703	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,275	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,858	8

How this sale compares

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