Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 500 lbs. sold 5.00-15.00 lower. Weights over 500 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. sold steady to 11.00 lower. Heavier weights sold steady to 12.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. Buyers were aggressively bidding to purchase calves that are weaned and vaccinated along with older cattle that are ready to go. Nine head of fancy 513 lb. steers sold for 405.00/cwt.. The value added cattle, (Purina, MFA, JRS programs), with the required ear tag sold for a premium.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $342.18/cwt on 1,020 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −128.14 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$342.18

1,020 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$77.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.79

vs MO average

−7.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	357.51	1,947	654
Medium and Large 1-2	554	315.65	1,750	357
Medium and Large 2	597	280.00	1,672	9thin

One grade step is worth $77.51/cwt here — about $275 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 sale1,020 hd

342.18

—

MO average19 barns · 3,626 hd

345.97

−3.79

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−7.10

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−128.14

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

86 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	350–400	387	441.19/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,707	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	345.76/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,971	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	405.51/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,711	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,832	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	534	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,687	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	255.66/cwt	253.00–258.00	2,347	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	328.00/cwt	308.00–338.00	2,050	834
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	317.78/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,672	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	293.92/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,822	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	366.51/cwt	302.00–395.00	1,917	342
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	321.00/cwt	302.00–330.00	1,538	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	272.59/cwt	256.00–282.00	2,104	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	240.03/cwt	240.00–240.50	2,333	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	413.08/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,429	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	250.50/cwt	247.00–254.50	2,184	872
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	287.70/cwt	276.50–306.00	2,097	388
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	270.15/cwt	262.50–276.25	2,218	608
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	396.69/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,511	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	353.97/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,724	122
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	313.88/cwt	290.00–327.00	1,814	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	262.15/cwt	261.50–263.00	2,262	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,441	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	257.77/cwt	255.00–260.00	2,132	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	236.53/cwt	225.00–237.50	2,301	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	703	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,018	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,400	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	288.40/cwt	277.00–294.00	1,950	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	360.86/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,552	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	657	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,083	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	697	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,986	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	559	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,984	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	272.91/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,976	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	926	243.66/cwt	237.00–252.00	2,256	101
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,282	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	376.71/cwt	360.00–387.00	1,424	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	292.11/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,513	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,752	7
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	376	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,278	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,529	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,550	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,894	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	205.58/cwt	204.50–209.00	2,130	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	303.02/cwt	286.00–325.00	1,718	383
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	284.09/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,793	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,652	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	317.72/cwt	295.00–335.00	1,652	452
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	260.01/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,880	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	257.93/cwt	244.00–267.00	1,862	359
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	276.19/cwt	256.00–301.00	1,842	289
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,407	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,633	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	354.89/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,501	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	420.39/cwt	390.00–460.00	1,328	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	311.50/cwt	285.00–329.00	1,470	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	252.51/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,709	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	289.27/cwt	271.00–309.00	1,785	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	246.77/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,908	298
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	382.17/cwt	351.00–410.00	1,429	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	233.40/cwt	230.50–244.00	2,063	359
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	343.46/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,319	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	266.11/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,647	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	240.38/cwt	232.00–252.00	1,990	332
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	338.54/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,601	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	219.17/cwt	202.00–231.00	1,821	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,885	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	242.10/cwt	236.00–242.50	1,884	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	283.73/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,490	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	238.68/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,726	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,004	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	976	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	324.60/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,386	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	452.69/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,403	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,078	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	277.29/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,597	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	376.17/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,268	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	552	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,628	6
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	438	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,073	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	310.85/cwt	295.00–330.00	2,080	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	393.10/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,863	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	286.50/cwt	272.00–295.00	1,364	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	303.65/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,035	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,672	9

How this sale compares

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