Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers sold 2.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 2.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. A Yearling Special was included in this auction. The largest draft of the day was 1,047 head of steers weighing 842 lbs. selling for 264.85/cwt.. The high selling draft was 22 head of 438 lbs. steers selling for 415.00/cwt.. This last sale of the year was also one of the best.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.41/cwt on 540 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −148.91 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$321.41

540 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$36.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs MO average

−11.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	328.93	1,818	429
Medium and Large 1-2	546	292.32	1,596	111

One grade step is worth $36.61/cwt here — about $223 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 sale540 hd

321.41

—

MO average1 barns · 540 hd

321.41

+0.00

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−11.46

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−148.91

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

62 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,685	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,603	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	255.47/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,701	11
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	856	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,960	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	292.57/cwt	277.00–304.00	1,551	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	245.71/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,917	452
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,727	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	244.87/cwt	244.00–247.00	2,123	114
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	811	201.50/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,634	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	287.60/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,662	45
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	429	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,115	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	249.19/cwt	241.00–251.00	2,073	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,413	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	275.94/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,722	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	257.12/cwt	254.00–261.00	1,856	101
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	471	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,295	9
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	631	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,262	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	295.54/cwt	272.50–320.00	1,549	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,358	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	321.61/cwt	302.00–340.00	1,840	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	261.42/cwt	252.50–281.00	2,023	1,039
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	309.19/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,506	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	345.60/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,669	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	249.80/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,976	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,352	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	283.43/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,907	384
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,061	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	269.48/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,830	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	243.39/cwt	237.00–249.00	2,251	1,012
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	255.98/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,713	679
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	330.20/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,450	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	286.92/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,239	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,070	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	279.98/cwt	271.00–310.00	1,607	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	227.34/cwt	224.50–228.50	2,037	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	307.64/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,452	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	247.64/cwt	241.50–255.00	1,795	515
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	264.37/cwt	254.00–270.00	1,412	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	233.63/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,713	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	378.98/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,296	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	263.37/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,675	328
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	282.98/cwt	265.00–291.00	1,327	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	245.12/cwt	235.00–250.50	1,679	262
Steers	Large 1	850–900	862	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,271	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,435	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	235.64/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,958	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,451	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	934	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,933	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	243.00/cwt	232.00–247.50	1,516	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	265.92/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,936	475
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	344.01/cwt	325.00–358.00	1,782	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	231.93/cwt	226.00–239.00	1,828	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	220.72/cwt	207.00–225.00	1,931	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	261.35/cwt	253.00–264.85	2,174	2,084
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	388.18/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,704	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	385.20/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,768	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	253.06/cwt	247.00–258.00	2,207	1,079
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	259.57/cwt	245.00–267.50	1,503	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,242	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	303.20/cwt	288.00–320.25	1,880	253

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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