Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 500 lbs. sold 10.00-30.00 higher. Feeder steers over 500 lbs. sold 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs. sold 5.00-25.00 higher with heavier weights selling steady to 5.00 lower. Supply was moderate with very good demand. The largest draft of the day was 220 head of steers weighing 898 lbs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $277.96/cwt on 400 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −192.36 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$277.96

400 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$52.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.00

vs MO average

−16.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	289.06	1,601	246
Medium and Large 1-2	553	263.50	1,457	135
Medium and Large 2	556	236.89	1,316	19thin

One grade step is worth $52.17/cwt here — about $285 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 sale400 hd

277.96

—

MO average15 barns · 1,410 hd

280.95

−3.00

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−16.35

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−192.36

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

69 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 2	300–350	326	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,019	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,160	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	249.52/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,687	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	261.05/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,887	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,087	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	461	340.30/cwt	336.00–342.00	1,569	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	442	343.49/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,518	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,955	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	243.32/cwt	215.00–257.00	1,066	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	278.18/cwt	266.00–289.50	1,711	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	259.76/cwt	244.00–265.00	1,603	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	293.99/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,558	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	270.25/cwt	258.00–279.00	1,824	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	275.27/cwt	269.00–287.50	1,299	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	237.57/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,746	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,603	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	254.70/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,969	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	249.41/cwt	242.00–257.25	2,015	493
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	238.76/cwt	217.00–241.00	1,998	173
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	238.00/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,397	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	255.65/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,496	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,593	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	233.79/cwt	225.00–237.50	2,144	181
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,180	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	238.52/cwt	227.00–239.10	2,128	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	237.38/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,825	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	269.83/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,422	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,014	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,231	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,529	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,542	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	394	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,131	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	243.73/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,487	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	260.94/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,359	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	244.65/cwt	242.00–261.00	1,664	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	241.51/cwt	228.00–252.00	1,273	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	291.83/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,363	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	223.29/cwt	220.50–227.00	1,583	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	255.17/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,590	374
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	310.02/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,104	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	303.91/cwt	272.00–310.00	1,313	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	239.63/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,368	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	265.06/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,124	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,845	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,114	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,297	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	217.17/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,223	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	213.20/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,431	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,117	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	266.91/cwt	257.00–280.00	1,415	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	225.24/cwt	217.00–228.00	1,939	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	232.64/cwt	223.00–238.00	1,591	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	240.29/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,516	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,825	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	225.61/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,753	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	239.56/cwt	232.00–252.00	1,727	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	212.37/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,947	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	229.16/cwt	226.50–235.00	1,751	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	306.42/cwt	290.00–327.00	1,455	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	353.54/cwt	341.00–367.50	1,343	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	293.90/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,237	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	234.80/cwt	217.00–240.00	1,151	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,792	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	254.58/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,482	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	286.35/cwt	274.00–308.00	1,629	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	243.34/cwt	237.50–247.50	2,102	596
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	259.68/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,478	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	273.35/cwt	272.00–275.00	861	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	258.53/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,269	374

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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