Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00-20.00 higher with light five weights up to 25.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-20.00 higher with heavy five weights selling up to 30.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The auction included a yearling special with several thousand of these cattle in the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.23/cwt on 446 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −167.09 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$303.23

446 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

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

$77.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.61

vs MO average

−20.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	315.82	1,699	289
Medium and Large 1-2	548	282.91	1,551	147
Medium and Large 2	577	238.00	1,373	10thin

One grade step is worth $77.82/cwt here — about $326 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 sale446 hd

303.23

—

MO average15 barns · 2,944 hd

300.62

+2.61

National average38 barns · 6,986 hd

323.78

−20.55

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−167.09

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

71 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	400–450	432	311.39/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,345	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	259.89/cwt	244.00–268.50	2,266	1,302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	322.24/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,676	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	233.01/cwt	229.00–236.00	2,379	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	332.26/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,592	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	288.92/cwt	276.00–314.00	1,823	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	251.79/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,841	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	268.96/cwt	257.00–283.50	1,937	417
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	239.21/cwt	227.00–244.00	2,208	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	978	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,259	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	267.44/cwt	252.00–275.00	1,554	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	238.98/cwt	232.50–245.00	2,337	457
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	252.51/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,949	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	245.23/cwt	236.00–249.50	2,138	296
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,373	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	257.90/cwt	245.50–266.00	1,736	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	352.56/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,368	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	245.68/cwt	225.00–250.00	2,019	388
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,234	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	355.83/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,487	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,197	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,418	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	292.99/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,544	89
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	286.05/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,121	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	267.17/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,670	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	308.72/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,473	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,688	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,613	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,506	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,540	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,463	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,125	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,071	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,441	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	285.04/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,502	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	252.52/cwt	244.00–271.50	1,725	504
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	270.20/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,710	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	226.73/cwt	226.00–229.00	2,000	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	300.06/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,311	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	206.85/cwt	204.00–208.00	2,128	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	317.54/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,086	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	279.71/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,457	141
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,371	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	247.75/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,900	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	285.16/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,366	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	252.55/cwt	243.00–265.00	1,818	732
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	286.64/cwt	265.00–292.00	1,637	351
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,104	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	791	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,503	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	253.35/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,472	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	290.48/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,113	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	234.24/cwt	227.00–240.50	1,928	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	212.95/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,719	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	236.70/cwt	218.00–242.00	1,735	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	218.18/cwt	218.00–219.00	2,001	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	253.25/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,317	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	963	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	238.83/cwt	227.00–243.00	1,588	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	278.87/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,199	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	308.40/cwt	278.00–321.00	1,761	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	217.49/cwt	214.00–221.00	2,097	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,186	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	267.25/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,293	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	449	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,217	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	232.30/cwt	212.00–238.00	1,803	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	383.17/cwt	370.00–425.00	1,452	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	236.10/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,466	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	246.76/cwt	236.00–257.50	2,260	686
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	261.08/cwt	253.00–277.00	2,133	1,264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	276.84/cwt	266.00–286.00	1,877	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	264.83/cwt	262.50–273.50	2,039	356

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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