Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 525 lbs. sold steady to 12.00 higher with heavier weights selling from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. 306 head of spayed heifers weighing 763 lbs. sold for 293.00/cwt.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.85/cwt on 633 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −76.16 against this barn's trailing median of $413.01.

Average price

$336.85

633 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$385

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

$69.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.29

vs MO average

+4.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	341.84	1,879	511
Medium and Large 1-2	552	318.61	1,760	115
Medium and Large 2	549	272.00	1,493	7thin

One grade step is worth $69.84/cwt here — about $385 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

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 sale633 hd

336.85

—

MO average18 barns · 2,982 hd

336.56

+0.29

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

+4.03

This barn, trailing median32 sales

413.01

−76.16

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	500–550	522	373.98/cwt	355.00–382.00	1,952	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	395.00/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,916	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,224	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	335.05/cwt	315.00–338.00	2,144	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	961	257.49/cwt	256.00–262.00	2,474	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	901	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,325	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	269.35/cwt	267.00–283.00	2,395	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	265.27/cwt	230.00–284.00	1,801	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	249.58/cwt	242.00–252.00	2,057	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	276.51/cwt	252.00–288.00	2,007	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	366	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,958	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	416.37/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,745	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	354.95/cwt	325.00–365.00	2,059	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	244.25/cwt	244.00–245.00	2,252	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,416	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	388.28/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,475	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	342.00/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,758	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	277.51/cwt	277.00–281.00	2,342	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	299.99/cwt	290.00–305.00	2,196	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	296.66/cwt	290.00–312.00	1,762	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	347.39/cwt	330.00–377.00	1,671	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	286.73/cwt	272.00–291.00	2,239	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,036	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,352	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	284.81/cwt	255.00–290.00	1,820	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	389.76/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,875	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,493	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	372.68/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,621	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	438.19/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,696	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	320.41/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,201	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	260.14/cwt	258.00–267.00	2,026	487
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	328.22/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,753	80
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	350.04/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,034	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	763	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,236	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	411	443.13/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,821	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,780	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	329.38/cwt	322.00–334.00	2,157	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	308	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,086	239.64/cwt	238.50–247.00	2,602	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	460.38/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,722	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	428.37/cwt	405.00–465.00	2,030	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	299.30/cwt	293.00–307.00	2,302	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	247.51/cwt	244.00–249.00	2,487	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	519.46/cwt	470.00–530.00	1,641	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	355.47/cwt	340.00–385.00	2,225	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	275.09/cwt	267.00–278.00	2,517	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	319.81/cwt	315.00–328.00	2,312	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	312.74/cwt	289.00–320.00	2,127	325
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	329.36/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,075	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	275.92/cwt	273.00–281.00	2,420	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	356.53/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,861	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	315.20/cwt	302.00–325.00	1,967	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	374.56/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,764	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	327.91/cwt	317.50–350.00	1,885	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	379.47/cwt	365.00–410.00	2,212	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	401.21/cwt	385.00–435.00	2,134	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	263.50/cwt	257.00–267.25	2,277	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	410.85/cwt	385.00–445.00	1,750	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	458.24/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,471	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,911	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	338.82/cwt	325.00–364.00	2,263	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	448.13/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,914	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	224.49/cwt	220.00–227.00	2,377	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	234.40/cwt	233.00–236.00	2,382	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	301	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,625	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,223	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,124	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	283.86/cwt	281.00–290.00	2,365	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	270.58/cwt	255.50–284.50	2,243	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	277.55/cwt	259.00–284.50	2,140	110
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,175	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	340.87/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,991	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	432.56/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,648	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	292.04/cwt	291.00–295.00	2,097	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	551	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,940	8

How this sale compares

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