Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 9.00 higher to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold from 6.00 higher to 8.00 lower. The market is uneven with the desirable cattle very much in demand. Overall supply was heavy with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.13/cwt on 488 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −139.19 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$331.13

488 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$56.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.53

vs MO average

−7.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	341.87	1,882	259
Medium and Large 1-2	551	321.20	1,770	215
Medium and Large 2	589	285.00	1,679	14thin

One grade step is worth $56.87/cwt here — about $203 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 sale488 hd

331.13

—

MO average17 barns · 3,231 hd

340.66

−9.53

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−7.54

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−139.19

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

74 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	571	329.29/cwt	320.00–341.00	1,880	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	267.11/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,963	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	414.40/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,305	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	267.91/cwt	263.50–278.00	2,071	273
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	275.86/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,360	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	428.09/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,777	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	276.17/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,999	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	288.70/cwt	264.00–300.00	1,790	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	252.19/cwt	244.50–255.00	2,098	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	261.01/cwt	259.00–270.00	2,146	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	362.87/cwt	352.00–380.00	1,872	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	224.71/cwt	221.00–230.00	2,427	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	256.96/cwt	242.00–262.50	1,976	381
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	358.69/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,736	40
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	448	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,333	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	230.78/cwt	228.00–238.00	2,379	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	301.03/cwt	287.00–307.00	2,032	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	374.46/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,588	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	330.40/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,774	137
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	304	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,064	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	237.91/cwt	236.00–240.00	2,208	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,348	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	248.36/cwt	239.00–255.00	2,161	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	280.25/cwt	264.00–285.00	1,906	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	771	242.38/cwt	233.00–257.00	1,869	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	322.85/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,550	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	305.04/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,757	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	279	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,102	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,679	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	372.76/cwt	367.50–400.00	1,364	94
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,534	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,553	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,694	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	400.67/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,458	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,620	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,844	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,715	12
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	592	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,462	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,499	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,315	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	294.83/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,601	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	370.52/cwt	360.00–383.00	1,352	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	360.64/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,482	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	267.73/cwt	264.00–271.00	1,644	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	255.98/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,746	83
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	286.82/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,618	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,044	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	285.47/cwt	277.00–298.00	1,616	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	321.49/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,530	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	335.67/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,111	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	385.79/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,208	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	308.65/cwt	295.00–322.00	1,590	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	239.11/cwt	227.00–242.00	1,872	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	244.23/cwt	243.50–245.00	1,883	450
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	338.00/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,305	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	306.94/cwt	290.00–332.00	1,311	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	254.55/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,833	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	239.07/cwt	232.00–262.00	1,755	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	243.21/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,647	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	250.03/cwt	249.00–252.00	2,285	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	255.26/cwt	252.50–259.50	2,223	858
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,969	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	258.69/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,650	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,611	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	301.78/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,436	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	308.38/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,930	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	425.14/cwt	415.00–432.00	1,599	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	271.34/cwt	251.00–277.00	1,568	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	280.29/cwt	260.00–292.00	1,491	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	398.84/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,898	68

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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