Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady except weights under 475 lbs. sold 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold from 2.00 lower to 8.00 higher with weights under 450 lbs. selling up to 25.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. At sale time temperatures were near zero with the market responding very positive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.01/cwt on 1,050 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −139.31 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$331.01

1,050 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$58.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.92

vs MO average

−9.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	342.28	1,913	619
Medium and Large 1-2	563	318.31	1,792	387
Medium and Large 2	585	284.17	1,662	44

One grade step is worth $58.11/cwt here — about $251 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 sale1,050 hd

331.01

—

MO average18 barns · 4,251 hd

332.93

−1.92

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−9.93

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−139.31

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

75 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 2	550–600	585	284.17/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,662	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	413.80/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,767	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	427.88/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,609	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	457.60/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,506	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	269.79/cwt	264.00–279.00	2,075	535
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	361.97/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,886	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	309.70/cwt	274.00–320.00	1,806	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	410.75/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,351	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	261.14/cwt	257.00–274.00	2,147	436
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	332.88/cwt	320.00–359.00	1,921	419
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	272.36/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,994	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	248.98/cwt	237.00–251.50	2,169	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,446	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	258.84/cwt	246.00–268.00	2,009	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	297.30/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,888	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	626	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,941	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	372.64/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,584	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	944	244.25/cwt	244.25–244.25	2,306	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	293.33/cwt	283.00–312.50	1,971	590
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	280.96/cwt	275.50–284.00	2,020	418
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	250.39/cwt	244.00–258.50	2,279	301
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	450–500	488	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	610	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	444	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,224	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	334.89/cwt	319.00–350.00	1,614	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	315.60/cwt	306.00–332.00	1,973	558
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	360.74/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,724	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	404.11/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,560	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	254.03/cwt	241.50–256.00	2,086	429
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,629	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,758	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,793	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,286	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	259.67/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,649	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	278.01/cwt	267.00–288.00	1,729	568
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	366.21/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,571	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	224.46/cwt	223.50–234.00	1,890	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	373.26/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,239	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	233.95/cwt	233.00–234.50	2,035	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	331.50/cwt	310.00–362.00	1,581	439
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	313.54/cwt	297.00–342.00	1,646	427
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	291.36/cwt	279.00–312.00	1,669	374
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	258.81/cwt	231.00–266.00	1,628	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	247.99/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,642	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	264.30/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,792	383
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	382.15/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,399	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	330.62/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,098	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	382	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,375	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	310.50/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,621	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	241.65/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,977	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,040	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	342.18/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,263	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,326	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	292.49/cwt	278.00–305.00	1,410	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	247.11/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,772	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	242.54/cwt	238.50–254.00	1,853	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	254.79/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,834	388
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	285.01/cwt	265.00–297.50	1,519	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	244.37/cwt	244.00–245.00	2,370	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	387.47/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,840	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	257.67/cwt	254.00–261.50	2,224	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,406	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,220	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	236.87/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,848	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	332.37/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,762	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	236.95/cwt	227.00–239.00	2,353	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	277.37/cwt	263.00–282.00	1,903	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,772	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	315.70/cwt	282.00–335.00	1,332	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	266.51/cwt	257.00–274.00	1,527	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	341.37/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,526	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	9

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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