Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week feeder steers under 725 lbs. sold 5.00-20.00 higher with heavier weights selling from 8.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. Four dollar cattle are back. Seven head of steers weighing 386 lbs. sold for 400.00/cwt..

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $281.12/cwt on 773 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −189.19 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$281.12

773 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$48.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.43

vs MO average

−24.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	292.02	1,630	501
Medium and Large 1-2	548	263.19	1,441	243
Medium and Large 2	587	243.10	1,427	29

One grade step is worth $48.92/cwt here — about $203 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 sale773 hd

281.12

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MO average17 barns · 2,249 hd

289.56

−8.43

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−24.32

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−189.19

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

80 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 1Unweaned	450–500	492	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,294	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,032	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	271.68/cwt	257.00–288.00	1,826	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	251.85/cwt	247.00–263.00	2,053	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	267.94/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,404	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	245.97/cwt	232.00–248.00	1,909	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	228.09/cwt	225.00–228.50	2,212	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,220	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	343.83/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,465	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	261.69/cwt	252.00–266.00	2,012	416
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	305.47/cwt	285.00–330.00	1,280	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	341.76/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,302	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	329.96/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,551	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	274.83/cwt	262.00–290.00	1,707	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	253.78/cwt	235.00–262.00	1,609	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	243.69/cwt	233.00–254.00	1,635	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	236.47/cwt	227.00–238.00	2,086	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	299.05/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,423	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	248.80/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,821	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	242.15/cwt	234.00–244.00	2,022	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,124	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	263.10/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,526	88
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	288.26/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,075	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	883	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,898	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	321.50/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,035	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	219.61/cwt	208.00–229.00	2,009	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	544	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,322	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,115	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,319	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	630	250.17/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,576	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	572	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,527	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,046	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,037	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	243.10/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,427	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	261.47/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,263	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,202	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	232.26/cwt	222.00–239.00	1,310	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	927	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	962	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,372	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,244	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	250.13/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,336	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,652	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	290.78/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,247	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	221.92/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,926	73
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	231.05/cwt	227.00–233.00	1,557	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	241.68/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,508	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	320.25/cwt	302.00–330.00	1,239	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,255	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,073	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	238.50/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,712	477
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,629	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,118	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	287.53/cwt	270.00–304.00	1,357	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	257.80/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,482	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	231.82/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,447	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	265.37/cwt	240.00–272.00	1,115	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	243.86/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,639	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	214.61/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,942	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	284.76/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,045	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	226.11/cwt	225.50–228.00	1,820	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	239.52/cwt	228.00–247.50	1,394	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,143	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	268.72/cwt	257.00–280.00	1,403	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	258.56/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,616	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	224.16/cwt	211.00–227.00	1,764	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	232.19/cwt	218.00–241.00	1,565	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	689	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,640	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	567	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,361	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	256.70/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,240	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	242.16/cwt	227.00–250.00	1,296	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,137	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	249.22/cwt	247.00–251.00	2,173	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	234.89/cwt	234.50–235.75	2,133	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,639	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	229.92/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,678	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	267.64/cwt	253.00–284.00	1,927	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	301.63/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,562	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	286.59/cwt	270.00–301.00	1,665	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	364.15/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,395	87

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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