Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 800 lbs. sold steady to 10.00 lower. Eight weight steers sold steady with nine weights selling up to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 8.00 lower to 4.00 higher with the most gain on heavier weights. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. Over all quality was not as good as last week with many unweaned, unvaccinated calves in the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.21/cwt on 824 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −101.10 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$369.21

824 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$64.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.38

vs MO average

+0.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	377.93	2,011	623
Medium and Large 3	526	347.50	1,828	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	343.80	1,903	178
Medium and Large 2	571	313.55	1,790	12thin

One grade step is worth $64.38/cwt here — about $221 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 sale824 hd

369.21

—

MO average17 barns · 2,526 hd

365.83

+3.38

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+0.20

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−101.10

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

73 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	650–700	680	302.43/cwt	292.00–311.00	2,057	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	350.93/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,870	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	383.19/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,824	94
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	279.24/cwt	274.00–281.50	2,184	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	262.62/cwt	251.00–267.00	2,345	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	275.55/cwt	270.00–282.00	2,298	447
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	335.27/cwt	322.00–350.00	1,938	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	419.54/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,607	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	337.90/cwt	322.00–350.00	2,122	180
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	526	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,828	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	314.35/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,974	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	292.71/cwt	284.00–307.00	2,263	371
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	284.09/cwt	281.25–295.00	2,332	782
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	395.61/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,693	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	414.09/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,909	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	294.37/cwt	282.00–300.00	2,164	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	2,482	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	470.02/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,607	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	323.62/cwt	313.00–340.00	2,210	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,019	237.64/cwt	232.00–240.00	2,422	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	310.42/cwt	306.00–315.00	2,220	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	379.25/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,010	583
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	428.08/cwt	418.00–442.00	1,828	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	262.19/cwt	261.00–268.00	2,386	446
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,959	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	271.50/cwt	268.00–275.00	2,346	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	420.70/cwt	410.00–427.00	1,830	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	451.43/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,733	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	358.67/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,019	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	314.84/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,817	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,471	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,764	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	317.63/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,826	622
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	267.61/cwt	259.00–276.00	2,050	271
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	369.77/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,353	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	408.17/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,620	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	341.80/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,313	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	376.88/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,587	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	251.84/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,856	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	300.45/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,851	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	269.37/cwt	267.00–279.00	1,926	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	371.13/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,410	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	408.40/cwt	390.00–428.00	1,523	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,916	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,960	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	256.43/cwt	250.00–259.00	2,021	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	221.87/cwt	217.00–225.00	2,134	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	283.12/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,767	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,974	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	309.22/cwt	285.00–322.00	1,611	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	329.55/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,064	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	334.44/cwt	324.00–343.00	1,746	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	332.42/cwt	315.00–347.00	1,586	295
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	291.46/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,664	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	267.17/cwt	262.00–273.00	1,801	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	374.28/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,261	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	407.88/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,326	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	313.55/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,790	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	279.42/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,886	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	310	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	362.18/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,691	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,163	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,059	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	453.03/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,500	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	337.99/cwt	307.00–356.00	1,460	118
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	386.80/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,296	13

How this sale compares

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