Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold unevenly from 8.00 higher to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower. The market was uneven as heavy snow and below zero temperatures are on the way tonite. Supply was light with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.08/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −156.24 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$314.08

106 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$43.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.77

vs MO average

−27.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	320.32	1,793	55
Medium and Large 1-2	560	312.26	1,748	44
Medium and Large 2	538	276.43	1,486	7thin

One grade step is worth $43.89/cwt here — about $306 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 sale106 hd

314.08

—

MO average7 barns · 1,042 hd

338.84

−24.77

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−27.13

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−156.24

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

69 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	256.20/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,760	130
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	267.42/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,949	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	349.89/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,795	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	253.34/cwt	245.00–253.50	2,080	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	272.77/cwt	261.00–283.00	1,858	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	256.91/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,981	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	318.44/cwt	302.00–330.00	1,353	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	323.88/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,473	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	310.00/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,938	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	313.75/cwt	313.00–320.00	1,788	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,458	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	342.41/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,678	67
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	369	312.27/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,152	9
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,073	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	345.74/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,456	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	637	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,911	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	328.95/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,747	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	242.77/cwt	236.00–244.00	2,280	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	260.99/cwt	254.00–262.50	2,239	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	269.56/cwt	263.00–275.00	2,084	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	253.61/cwt	243.00–264.00	1,867	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	302.73/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,744	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	348.89/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,350	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	317.89/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,529	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,637	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,678	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,605	3
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	391	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,251	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	247.63/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,741	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	277.39/cwt	272.00–287.00	1,581	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	245.86/cwt	227.00–249.00	1,652	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	310.30/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,505	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,355	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	270.95/cwt	245.00–277.00	1,653	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	237.42/cwt	223.00–242.50	1,719	96
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	390	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,063	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	964	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	799	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,718	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,278	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,390	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	341.24/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,246	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	244.54/cwt	243.00–250.50	1,900	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	238.29/cwt	237.50–239.00	2,033	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	263.47/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,655	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	232.21/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,890	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	266.05/cwt	242.00–286.00	1,410	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	249.92/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,562	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	306.80/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,448	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	310.49/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,332	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	292.88/cwt	288.00–297.00	1,558	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	289.58/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,790	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	966	224.88/cwt	221.00–228.00	2,172	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,297	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	298.47/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,128	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	263.61/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,257	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,878	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	377.72/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,817	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,490	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	258.99/cwt	247.00–268.00	1,531	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	365.02/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,234	9

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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