Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no market comparison due to weather. With snow and ice on the roads and wind chills at sale time below zero, receipts were very low. Supply was light with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.50/cwt on 220 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −158.82 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$311.50

220 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$19.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.60

vs MO average

−30.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	319.03	1,794	137
Medium and Large 1-2	541	299.07	1,617	83

One grade step is worth $19.96/cwt here — about $177 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 sale220 hd

311.50

—

MO average8 barns · 3,375 hd

326.10

−14.60

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−30.58

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−158.82

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

54 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	500–550	527	331.56/cwt	317.50–342.00	1,747	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	263.07/cwt	261.00–266.00	2,047	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	367.59/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,684	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	377.08/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,433	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	355.83/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,562	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	300.58/cwt	285.00–317.50	1,599	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	272.46/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,850	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	295.56/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,658	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	371.50/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,181	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	279.80/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,785	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	341.70/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,633	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,741	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,325	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	244.22/cwt	241.00–258.00	1,741	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	247.51/cwt	241.00–250.00	2,064	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	335.15/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,465	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,417	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	244.18/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,682	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,534	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,501	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	254.76/cwt	253.00–256.00	2,117	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,116	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	947	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	272.78/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,956	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	312.54/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,819	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	295.06/cwt	287.00–309.00	1,818	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	283.00/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,905	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	242.63/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,519	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	272.41/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,414	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,148	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,047	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	280.15/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,350	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,834	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	986	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	259.22/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,739	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	289.93/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,371	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	279.11/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,613	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	265.48/cwt	256.00–275.00	1,635	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	284.21/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,208	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,802	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	309.36/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,315	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	249.95/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,795	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	282.86/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,496	40

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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