Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 530 lbs. sold 10.00-25.00 lower, with weights from 530 lbs. to 725 lbs. selling 10.00-15.00 lower. Steers over 725 lbs. sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 525 lbs. sold 15.00-30.00 lower with heavier weight selling 5.00-15.00 lower. Supply was light with moderate demand. Overall quality of the offering was considerably lower than last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.69/cwt on 355 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −143.63 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$326.69

355 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

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

$63.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.75

vs MO average

−27.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	338.32	1,830	168
Medium and Large 1-2	537	318.36	1,710	178
Medium and Large 2	539	274.49	1,479	9thin

One grade step is worth $63.83/cwt here — about $351 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 sale355 hd

326.69

—

MO average17 barns · 1,997 hd

361.44

−34.75

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−27.61

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−143.63

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

70 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	300–350	311	475.08/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,477	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	301.00/cwt	300.00–302.00	2,053	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	285.70/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,937	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	256.25/cwt	253.00–262.00	1,850	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	309.18/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,632	79
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	332.51/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,559	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	318.86/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,680	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	296.55/cwt	287.00–310.00	1,868	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	258.77/cwt	258.50–259.50	2,350	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	320.37/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,961	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	301	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,355	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	420.60/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,573	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	316.77/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,802	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	270.97/cwt	267.50–273.00	2,122	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	270.04/cwt	259.00–273.00	2,201	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	281.73/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,440	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	291.58/cwt	288.00–293.50	2,140	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,192	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	393.15/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,683	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	278.90/cwt	278.00–279.00	2,284	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	376.55/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,619	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,029	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	358.04/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,697	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,308	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	336.59/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,915	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	442.21/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,596	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,253	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,637	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,047	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	284.09/cwt	260.00–297.00	1,491	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	285.87/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,252	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	306.25/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,461	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	319.32/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,363	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	262.53/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,811	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	244.85/cwt	244.00–246.00	2,044	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	269.62/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,653	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	286.60/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,639	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,646	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	286.00/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,828	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	358.63/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,205	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,433	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	347.89/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,489	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,090	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	278.57/cwt	260.00–305.00	1,309	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,258	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	244.94/cwt	229.00–249.00	1,918	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	346.98/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,308	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,117	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,021	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	247.48/cwt	239.00–258.00	1,784	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,078	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,049	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	439.35/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,305	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	283.71/cwt	276.00–294.00	2,156	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	338.93/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,800	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	299.76/cwt	298.00–306.00	1,730	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	270.65/cwt	267.00–281.00	1,838	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	324.95/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,521	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	368.89/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,402	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,512	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	284.01/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,781	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	402.10/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,255	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	380.88/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,763	42

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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