Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 5.00 lower to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 7.00 lower. Supply was heavy with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $282.78/cwt on 725 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −187.53 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$282.78

725 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$388

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

$51.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.74

vs MO average

−26.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	291.90	1,595	515
Medium and Large 1-2	561	260.91	1,464	205
Medium and Large 2	503	240.00	1,207	5thin

One grade step is worth $51.90/cwt here — about $388 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 sale725 hd

282.78

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MO average18 barns · 3,366 hd

290.52

−7.74

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−26.48

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−187.53

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

86 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 1Value Added	550–600	558	253.51/cwt	248.00–261.00	1,415	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,262	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	244.86/cwt	243.00–249.75	2,106	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,053	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,452	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	336.05/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,586	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	264.87/cwt	255.00–274.75	1,934	771
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	250.10/cwt	234.00–252.00	1,968	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	382.30/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,197	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	265.39/cwt	254.00–274.00	2,025	443
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,751	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	344.81/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,472	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	254.74/cwt	247.00–264.25	2,079	703
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	262.40/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,404	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	333.24/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,260	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	286.01/cwt	270.00–301.00	1,639	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	377.29/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,453	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	252.92/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,702	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	242.53/cwt	225.00–246.00	2,049	187
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	276.89/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,332	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	248.21/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,792	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	267.04/cwt	258.00–283.00	1,661	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	279.12/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,853	298
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	238.86/cwt	230.00–240.00	2,102	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	297.52/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,434	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	762	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,897	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,207	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	309	342.64/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,059	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	259.88/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,505	121
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	421	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,053	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	226.14/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,418	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	691	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,866	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	311.73/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,347	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	252.47/cwt	233.00–260.00	1,591	212
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	311.94/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,220	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,596	7
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	455	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	933	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	226.93/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,219	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,370	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,496	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,341	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	275.83/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,445	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	244.09/cwt	239.00–250.00	1,382	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	550	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,287	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	223.87/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,932	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,222	6
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	365	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	967	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	231.10/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,428	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	238.00/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,742	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	304.33/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,147	31
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	596	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,192	8
Bulls	Medium 2	650–700	695	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,314	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,838	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	233.65/cwt	231.50–239.50	1,783	299
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	237.76/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,350	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	260.12/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,241	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	258.44/cwt	252.00–267.50	1,349	177
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	587	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,409	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	254.51/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,469	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	287.19/cwt	270.00–312.00	1,367	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	190.41/cwt	189.00–191.00	1,727	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	532	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	233.02/cwt	221.00–238.00	1,561	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	258.70/cwt	250.00–265.00	991	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	229.74/cwt	229.00–231.00	2,228	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	294.90/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,569	328
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	232.17/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,107	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,157	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	225.97/cwt	213.00–227.00	1,650	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	241.84/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,260	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	673	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,615	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	630	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,600	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	220.02/cwt	213.00–226.00	1,703	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	263.10/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,110	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	292.59/cwt	270.00–312.00	1,249	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	250.40/cwt	244.00–262.00	1,565	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,296	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	907	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	219.80/cwt	219.50–220.00	1,818	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	289.61/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,072	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	244.12/cwt	238.00–251.00	1,638	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	321.22/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,038	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	231.22/cwt	222.00–243.00	1,457	117

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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