Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 10.00-25.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-25.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. A high percentage of the cattle offered today were high quality and buyers were needing cattle. Four weight steers sold up to 495.00/cwt. with five weight steers selling up to 420.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.59/cwt on 844 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −113.73 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$356.59

844 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$410

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

$88.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.47

vs MO average

−2.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	367.94	2,009	571
Medium and Large 1-2	554	340.43	1,886	239
Medium and Large 2	572	279.55	1,599	34

One grade step is worth $88.39/cwt here — about $410 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale844 hd

356.59

—

MO average15 barns · 2,418 hd

354.12

+2.47

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−2.08

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−113.73

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 1-2	750–800	787	261.01/cwt	253.00–273.00	2,054	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	327.58/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,034	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	450.59/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,690	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,545	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	519.16/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,511	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	304.56/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,925	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	376.81/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,594	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	443.17/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,906	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	260.71/cwt	258.00–266.00	2,406	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	295.04/cwt	287.50–300.00	2,024	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	372.36/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,765	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	415.74/cwt	385.00–451.00	1,971	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	298.55/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,144	668
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	277.00/cwt	272.00–281.50	2,263	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	306	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,591	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	423	484.60/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,050	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	381.54/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,018	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	284.99/cwt	275.50–300.00	2,203	732
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	413.76/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,523	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	383.98/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,298	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	261.74/cwt	252.00–265.00	2,306	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	327.22/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,895	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	349.12/cwt	335.00–382.00	1,983	261
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	399	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,536	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	262.27/cwt	254.00–268.00	2,182	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	716	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,091	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	543	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,955	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,233	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	954	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,395	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,332	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	276.80/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,619	28
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	750–800	754	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	995	5
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3	950–1000	999	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,409	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	356.46/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,868	108
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	292.36/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,494	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,139	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,421	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,716	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,796	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,736	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,538	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,036	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,733	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	299.09/cwt	297.00–301.00	1,878	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,610	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	261.03/cwt	256.00–266.00	2,002	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	326.74/cwt	302.00–339.00	1,905	534
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	322.90/cwt	312.00–325.00	1,802	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	324.77/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,773	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,888	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,899	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	347.22/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,316	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	330.39/cwt	310.00–351.00	1,725	255
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,438	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,693	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	245.12/cwt	240.00–250.00	2,034	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	348.57/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,663	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	240.01/cwt	235.00–245.00	2,095	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,071	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	281.11/cwt	273.00–313.00	1,897	406
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	459	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,951	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	418.94/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,274	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,226	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	367.90/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,218	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	314.38/cwt	304.50–335.00	2,141	408
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,881	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	288.91/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,439	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	479.24/cwt	450.00–510.00	1,519	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	270.02/cwt	265.00–283.50	2,346	447
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	320.25/cwt	310.00–353.00	1,544	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	416.22/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,106	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	299.00/cwt	282.00–305.00	1,606	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	248.47/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,801	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	492	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,042	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	283.47/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,616	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	249.39/cwt	241.00–254.50	1,945	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	232.05/cwt	226.00–237.00	2,123	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	385.83/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,435	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	338.44/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,459	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	261.20/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,787	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,047	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	2,078	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	360.77/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,551	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	265.40/cwt	259.00–282.00	1,929	596
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	302.19/cwt	277.00–317.00	1,904	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	269.42/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,700	24

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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