Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 625 lbs. sold 10.00-25.00 higher with heavier weights selling 3.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 625 lbs. sold 4.00-15.00 higher with heavier weights selling from 4.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. A high percentage of the offering was high quality. 17 head of steers weighing from 322 lbs. to 332 lbs. sold for 570.00/cwt. to 580.00/cwt.. 8 head of steers weighing 455 lbs. sold for 500.00/cwt. and 14 head of steers weighing 535 lbs. sold for 450.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.26/cwt on 1,032 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −74.06 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$396.26

1,032 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$81.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.44

vs MO average

+11.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	404.50	2,230	710
Medium and Large 1-2	553	380.03	2,100	311
Medium and Large 2	597	323.16	1,929	11thin

One grade step is worth $81.34/cwt here — about $301 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 sale1,032 hd

396.26

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MO average17 barns · 5,113 hd

388.82

+7.44

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+11.66

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−74.06

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

75 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	900–950	947	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,320	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,175	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	452.85/cwt	425.00–490.00	2,119	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	269.56/cwt	268.50–286.00	2,574	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	309.23/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,245	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	364.98/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,730	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	344.63/cwt	325.00–353.00	2,161	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	332.34/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,765	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	315.49/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,820	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	388.85/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,489	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	356.26/cwt	340.00–368.00	1,710	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	393.10/cwt	370.00–402.00	2,091	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,700	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,173	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	291.42/cwt	285.00–297.00	2,390	190
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	331.48/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,916	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	323.16/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,929	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,970	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	318.53/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,163	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	420.65/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,834	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	799	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,217	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	403.42/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,928	155
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	399	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	548	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,329	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	275.04/cwt	267.00–277.50	2,541	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	285.37/cwt	285.00–285.50	2,506	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,293	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,699	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,813	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	319.55/cwt	302.00–330.00	1,984	417
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	282.95/cwt	272.00–287.00	2,165	110
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	327.41/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,000	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	391.84/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,002	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,275	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	390.78/cwt	370.00–445.00	1,841	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,392	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	390.16/cwt	375.00–425.00	2,240	389
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	305.92/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,071	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	274.69/cwt	265.00–276.50	2,283	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	304.00/cwt	277.00–317.00	2,174	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	277.06/cwt	276.00–287.00	2,563	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	576.99/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,875	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,290	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	253.71/cwt	253.50–258.00	2,182	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	256.26/cwt	254.50–259.00	2,622	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	365.72/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,905	355
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,402	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	422.41/cwt	401.00–450.00	2,218	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	299.61/cwt	298.50–306.00	2,406	464
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	291.26/cwt	285.00–301.00	2,516	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	480.26/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,859	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	463.62/cwt	438.00–480.00	1,966	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,234	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,308	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	417.10/cwt	385.00–435.00	1,789	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	347.59/cwt	331.00–366.00	2,322	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	323.23/cwt	316.00–335.00	2,350	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	373.17/cwt	355.00–405.00	2,310	258
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	466.53/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,731	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	286.85/cwt	270.00–318.00	1,767	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	278.14/cwt	255.00–288.00	2,022	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	305.40/cwt	300.00–327.00	2,355	152
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	368.59/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,171	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	511	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,182	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	542.19/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,800	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	292.87/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,994	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	364.29/cwt	335.00–375.00	2,091	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	446.02/cwt	415.00–465.00	1,650	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	340.04/cwt	321.00–365.00	1,942	524
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	419.51/cwt	415.00–423.00	1,942	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	375.30/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,591	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	433.37/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,673	19

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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