Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00-25.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. A small package of light three weight steers sold for 530.00/cwt.. A large percentage of the offering was high quality.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $340.50/cwt on 448 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −129.82 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$340.50

448 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$420

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

$76.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.26

vs MO average

−7.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	348.84	1,959	348
Medium and Large 1-2	538	320.66	1,725	81
Medium and Large 2	565	272.39	1,539	19thin

One grade step is worth $76.45/cwt here — about $420 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 sale448 hd

340.50

—

MO average3 barns · 663 hd

341.76

−1.26

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−7.74

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−129.82

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

62 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	450–500	473	406.58/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,923	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	322.27/cwt	307.00–347.00	2,014	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	271.84/cwt	261.50–286.00	2,104	386
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	283.21/cwt	272.00–299.85	2,067	378
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	446.34/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,647	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	261.64/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,907	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	257.86/cwt	253.00–258.50	2,352	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	359.98/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,883	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	242.92/cwt	231.00–255.00	2,026	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	245.08/cwt	242.00–252.00	2,171	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	344.41/cwt	322.00–360.00	1,987	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	240.56/cwt	237.00–245.00	2,254	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	369.24/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,543	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	256.39/cwt	256.00–257.00	2,013	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	295.06/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,732	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	262.67/cwt	257.50–269.50	2,322	427
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	329.05/cwt	290.00–340.00	1,718	61
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	400–450	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	456	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	966	233.84/cwt	230.00–239.00	2,259	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	294.56/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,844	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	484	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,994	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	282.17/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,659	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	270.39/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,682	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,662	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,812	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,873	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	367.43/cwt	350.00–397.00	1,547	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	394	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,576	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	239.79/cwt	231.00–242.00	1,851	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	364.69/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,386	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	314.42/cwt	294.00–326.00	1,676	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	262.52/cwt	254.00–270.00	1,764	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	284.43/cwt	274.00–302.00	1,778	299
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	251.37/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,812	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	288.86/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,531	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	305.73/cwt	297.00–317.00	1,501	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	241.07/cwt	240.50–243.00	1,998	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	305.03/cwt	280.00–319.00	1,742	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	264.69/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,644	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	240.96/cwt	233.00–247.00	1,759	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	622	324.14/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,016	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	279.42/cwt	273.00–282.00	1,894	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	412.88/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,288	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	363.43/cwt	340.00–377.00	1,708	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	260.55/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,537	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	242.99/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,616	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	435.54/cwt	410.00–462.00	1,873	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	248.43/cwt	240.00–249.50	2,447	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	330.75/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,379	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	338.21/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,312	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,227	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	360.87/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,700	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	307.92/cwt	258.00–328.00	2,072	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	465.81/cwt	455.00–480.00	1,453	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	268.81/cwt	262.00–274.00	2,220	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	311	514.57/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,600	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	445.90/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,708	15

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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