Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 5.00-20.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.20/cwt on 616 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −104.12 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$366.20

616 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$349

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

$59.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.42

vs MO average

−7.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	382.52	2,117	337
Medium and Large 1-2	556	348.20	1,936	260
Medium and Large 2	547	322.95	1,768	19thin

One grade step is worth $59.56/cwt here — about $349 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 sale616 hd

366.20

—

MO average18 barns · 2,522 hd

364.77

+1.42

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−7.82

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−104.12

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

74 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	900–950	917	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,384	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	325.61/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,214	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	260.68/cwt	253.00–278.00	2,031	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,201	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	452	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,124	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	271.73/cwt	271.00–276.00	2,291	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	328.27/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,075	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	407.35/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,927	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	349.00/cwt	340.00–377.00	2,167	82
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	650–700	665	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,680	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	404.57/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,748	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	383.03/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,831	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	449.90/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,647	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,513	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	343.12/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,976	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	265.61/cwt	257.00–269.00	2,356	353
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	267.73/cwt	267.00–269.00	2,557	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	375.42/cwt	355.00–405.00	2,162	155
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	970	202.72/cwt	180.00–217.00	1,966	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	444.29/cwt	440.00–447.00	1,515	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	416.70/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,650	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	356.34/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,867	100
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	321.76/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,728	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	301.46/cwt	300.00–308.00	2,035	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	380.16/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,445	16
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	450–500	475	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	269.65/cwt	269.00–273.00	2,475	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	476.23/cwt	465.00–490.00	1,572	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	440.77/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,878	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	303.01/cwt	289.00–311.00	2,224	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	315.26/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,816	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	391.94/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,619	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,909	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	315.62/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,161	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	348.54/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,485	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	281.87/cwt	255.00–291.00	1,790	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	376.24/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,174	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,170	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	347.53/cwt	325.00–359.00	1,807	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	365.85/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,712	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	335.04/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,585	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	255.05/cwt	247.00–255.25	2,051	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	318.21/cwt	290.00–324.00	1,677	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	381.86/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,611	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,124	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	301.67/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,738	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	311.26/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,342	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	284.07/cwt	281.50–288.00	2,179	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	272.71/cwt	264.00–278.00	1,953	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	401.67/cwt	390.00–422.00	1,534	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	264.38/cwt	252.00–268.50	2,144	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	287.73/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,985	362
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	239.64/cwt	232.00–241.00	2,092	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,269	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	321.87/cwt	307.00–340.00	1,828	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	274.17/cwt	272.00–284.00	2,407	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	388.56/cwt	375.00–427.00	2,075	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,282	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	416.16/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,373	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	291.73/cwt	287.00–295.00	2,252	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	282.84/cwt	282.50–285.00	2,365	124
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,257	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,836	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	307.16/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,883	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,355	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	802	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,764	4

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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