Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 7.00 lower to 12.00 higher with the most gain on lighter, high quality calves. Feeder heifers sold steady to 15.00 higher with the most gain on 3 weight heifers. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 18 head of fancy steers weighing 421 lbs. sold for 425.00/cwt. Demand for feeder cattle appears to be at an all time high. A yearling special was included in this auction with several thousand included in the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $308.99/cwt on 987 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −161.33 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$308.99

987 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

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

$73.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.22

vs MO average

−15.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	327.80	1,809	476
Medium and Large 1-2	557	294.56	1,641	472
Medium and Large 2	576	254.05	1,463	39

One grade step is worth $73.75/cwt here — about $346 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 sale987 hd

308.99

—

MO average18 barns · 5,818 hd

319.21

−10.22

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−15.36

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−161.33

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

94 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	550–600	570	316.21/cwt	297.00–345.00	1,802	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	246.47/cwt	241.50–261.00	2,144	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	247.11/cwt	239.50–251.75	2,044	587
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	342.66/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,460	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	365.29/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,750	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	274.40/cwt	259.00–284.00	1,720	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,314	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	263.91/cwt	257.00–273.00	2,064	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	290.27/cwt	264.00–317.00	1,669	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	228.55/cwt	227.00–229.00	2,183	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	262.49/cwt	258.50–274.00	1,908	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	277.58/cwt	272.00–301.00	1,849	353
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	412.88/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,548	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	416.66/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,354	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	237.01/cwt	233.75–238.00	2,185	551
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	256.97/cwt	252.00–269.00	2,133	447
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	298.43/cwt	285.00–316.00	1,853	379
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	498	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,394	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,570	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	389.43/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,636	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	234.92/cwt	232.00–237.00	2,276	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	421	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,789	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	340.27/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,630	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	300.52/cwt	270.00–320.00	1,584	172
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	299.63/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,294	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,637	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	250.67/cwt	240.00–255.50	1,933	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	262.48/cwt	251.00–271.00	1,793	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	381.12/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,460	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	237.93/cwt	230.00–241.50	2,113	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,000	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	252.10/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,825	546
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,172	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	759	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,875	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	304.08/cwt	298.00–307.00	1,706	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,209	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	254.05/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,463	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	601	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,689	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	622	300.54/cwt	299.00–302.00	1,869	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,482	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,366	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,244	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	488	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,488	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	256.45/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,675	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	220.13/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,986	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	252.96/cwt	239.00–265.00	1,821	439
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,630	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,597	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,277	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	861	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,817	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	299	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,106	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	227.08/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,960	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	499	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,347	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,439	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	260.37/cwt	251.00–271.00	1,643	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	307.68/cwt	290.00–322.00	1,461	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	263.74/cwt	251.00–272.00	1,759	305
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,683	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	229.33/cwt	224.00–239.00	1,738	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	277.64/cwt	264.00–302.00	1,583	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	281.49/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,475	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	906	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,597	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	243.01/cwt	239.00–254.00	1,876	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	358.01/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,156	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	309.77/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,174	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	526	359.13/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,889	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	249.39/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,549	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	232.48/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,683	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	338.55/cwt	317.00–360.00	1,791	180
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,302	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,251	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	316	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,232	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	230.71/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,465	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	257.51/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,481	318
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,646	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	368	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,601	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	321.68/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,097	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	275.41/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,311	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	229.88/cwt	225.00–235.50	1,784	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	709	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,510	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	237.87/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,613	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	288.28/cwt	267.00–300.00	1,234	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	257.58/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,355	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	232.71/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,922	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	311.92/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,335	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	217.37/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,780	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	237.24/cwt	215.00–241.50	1,376	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	345.17/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,312	34

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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