Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers sold 5.00-25.00 higher with the most gain on 4 and 5 weight calves. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-20.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 13 head of steers weighing 411 lbs. sold for 440.00/cwt.. 8 head of steers weighing 506 lbs. crossed the scales at 395.00/cwt..

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.45/cwt on 849 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −135.87 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$334.45

849 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$70.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.96

vs MO average

−8.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	347.13	1,910	581
Medium and Large 1-2	562	311.84	1,753	231
Medium and Large 2	578	276.61	1,599	37

One grade step is worth $70.52/cwt here — about $312 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 sale849 hd

334.45

—

MO average11 barns · 2,880 hd

338.42

−3.96

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−8.00

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−135.87

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

70 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	300–350	334	421.17/cwt	405.00–445.00	1,407	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	245.29/cwt	241.00–250.00	2,269	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,027	232.05/cwt	229.00–235.00	2,383	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	249.05/cwt	243.00–254.00	2,281	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	245.62/cwt	242.50–250.00	2,373	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	258.26/cwt	254.00–271.00	2,249	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	294.51/cwt	282.00–309.00	1,988	385
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	954	241.82/cwt	240.00–242.00	2,307	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,553	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	364.65/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,499	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	334.20/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,915	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	285.12/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,811	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	304.89/cwt	271.00–320.00	1,753	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	392.51/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,519	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	245.82/cwt	244.00–254.00	2,136	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	278.99/cwt	269.00–291.00	2,009	544
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	252.28/cwt	241.00–262.00	2,101	656
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	368.21/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,778	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	279.36/cwt	260.00–292.00	1,891	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,819	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	255.78/cwt	236.00–267.00	1,854	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	256.21/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,983	74
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	276.61/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,599	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	802	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,077	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	324.95/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,748	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,680	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	361.29/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,413	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	764	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,116	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	348.24/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,497	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,974	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	300.67/cwt	290.00–312.00	1,708	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,530	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,776	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,815	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	252.03/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,815	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	353.31/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,336	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	290.54/cwt	279.00–311.00	1,650	348
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	312.68/cwt	296.00–333.00	1,642	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	321.63/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,528	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	271.04/cwt	258.00–282.00	1,713	425
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	272.62/cwt	251.00–280.00	1,576	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	234.94/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,811	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	242.73/cwt	242.50–244.00	2,000	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	248.04/cwt	240.00–268.00	1,910	586
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	267.06/cwt	251.00–287.00	1,787	324
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	297.91/cwt	260.00–307.00	1,448	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	214.50/cwt	205.00–227.50	1,323	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,303	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	281.18/cwt	260.00–305.00	1,482	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,526	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	244.07/cwt	234.00–252.00	1,691	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	416.51/cwt	385.00–440.00	1,770	73
Steers	Large 1	850–900	868	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,187	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	331.35/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,229	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	242.12/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,743	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,485	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	938	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	363.31/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,896	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	442.81/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,669	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	227.47/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,920	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	313.44/cwt	297.00–325.00	1,338	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	270.40/cwt	263.00–279.00	2,074	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	404.16/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,916	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	313.48/cwt	296.00–325.00	1,950	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	268.00/cwt	262.00–278.00	2,203	584
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,497	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	683	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,776	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	239.06/cwt	235.00–242.00	2,431	36

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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