Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 775 lbs. sold 5.00-15.00 higher with heavier weights selling 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers generally sold steady to 15.00 higher with heavy six weights and light seven weights selling 15.00-20.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 34 head of steer calves weighing from 310 lbs. - 351 lbs. sold from 500.00/cwt. - 550.00/cwt.. The largest draft of the day was 279 head of heifers weighing 730 lbs. that sold for 298.00/cwt.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.90/cwt on 1,025 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −77.11 against this barn's trailing median of $413.01.

Average price

$335.90

1,025 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$67.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.81

vs MO average

+6.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	342.78	1,871	721
Medium and Large 1-2	534	320.35	1,710	287
Large 1	523	320.00	1,674	12thin
Medium and Large 2	569	275.00	1,565	5thin

One grade step is worth $67.78/cwt here — about $306 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.83, low $366.53, median $413.01 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 sale1,025 hd

335.90

—

MO average13 barns · 2,607 hd

334.09

+1.81

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

+6.56

This barn, trailing median32 sales

413.01

−77.11

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	323.12/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,709	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	281.84/cwt	277.00–286.00	2,212	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	332.24/cwt	305.00–338.00	2,083	246
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	326.07/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,868	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	252.02/cwt	251.00–255.00	2,182	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	293.00/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,159	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	430.56/cwt	390.00–460.00	1,442	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	276.16/cwt	271.00–300.00	1,894	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	357.99/cwt	335.00–372.00	1,912	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	314.70/cwt	300.00–318.00	2,178	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	265.03/cwt	239.00–266.50	2,035	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	289.18/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,799	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,371	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	943	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,499	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	304.60/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,709	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	278.83/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,331	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,332	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	376.95/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,387	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,131	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,877	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	378.93/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,845	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	411.58/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,790	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	311.70/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,468	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,259	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,155	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,680	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,123	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	361.76/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,556	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	308.36/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,015	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,287	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	318.06/cwt	317.00–319.00	2,163	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	310.88/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,974	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	310	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,705	7
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	523	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,674	12
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	432	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,490	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	396.96/cwt	375.00–426.00	2,052	415
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	318.05/cwt	307.00–344.00	2,284	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	354.05/cwt	340.00–377.00	2,192	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	276.48/cwt	274.00–277.50	2,356	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,965	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,935	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	297.30/cwt	291.00–314.00	2,147	703
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	453.34/cwt	425.00–475.00	1,913	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	272.30/cwt	269.00–275.50	2,519	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	308.35/cwt	289.00–327.00	2,371	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,619	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	333.78/cwt	319.00–360.00	2,273	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,470	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	381.32/cwt	357.50–415.00	2,166	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	473.56/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,804	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,342	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	285.35/cwt	283.00–292.00	2,348	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	426.69/cwt	395.00–470.00	2,010	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	443.05/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,453	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	259.43/cwt	253.00–264.50	2,366	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	496.67/cwt	470.00–530.00	1,604	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,052	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,577	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	347.37/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,851	491
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	318.50/cwt	300.00–337.00	2,003	431
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	307.32/cwt	280.00–336.00	2,062	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	395.72/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,662	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	276.41/cwt	248.00–284.50	2,026	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	487	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,899	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	422.80/cwt	400.00–460.00	1,607	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	262.60/cwt	257.00–266.50	2,177	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	276.02/cwt	269.25–290.00	2,183	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	447.35/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,709	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	343.93/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,981	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	378.84/cwt	355.00–393.00	1,784	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	332.97/cwt	315.00–357.00	1,908	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	343.51/cwt	325.00–354.00	1,652	136

How this sale compares

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