Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. Quality was off somewhat from last week. Lots of unweaned and non vaccinated calves in today's offering. The largest lot of the day was 457 head of steers weighing 919 lbs. that sold for 273.75/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.41/cwt on 1,151 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −84.91 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$385.41

1,151 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$339

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

$74.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.65

vs MO average

+7.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	399.64	2,209	630
Medium and Large 1-2	560	371.72	2,082	482
Medium and Large 2	576	324.68	1,870	39

One grade step is worth $74.96/cwt here — about $339 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 sale1,151 hd

385.41

—

MO average16 barns · 4,185 hd

384.76

+0.65

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+7.36

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−84.91

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

85 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	914	270.51/cwt	266.00–272.00	2,472	369
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	343.36/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,631	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,202	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	982	260.22/cwt	259.50–266.00	2,555	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	332.26/cwt	320.00–357.00	1,781	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	276.06/cwt	274.00–279.00	2,446	297
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	308.78/cwt	297.50–321.00	1,769	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	365.46/cwt	340.00–373.00	2,120	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	403.85/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,510	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	365.65/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,565	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	460.64/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,529	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	301.51/cwt	290.00–312.00	2,183	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	271.07/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,976	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	293.81/cwt	270.00–308.00	1,830	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	338.94/cwt	315.00–351.00	2,115	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,061	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	325.90/cwt	300.00–342.50	1,721	332
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	317.00/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,509	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	321.65/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,853	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	416.42/cwt	375.00–440.00	1,341	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	288.00/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,953	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	284.81/cwt	280.00–287.50	2,378	274
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	997	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,413	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	364.08/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,762	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	317.78/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,344	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	400.61/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,911	210
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	293.12/cwt	280.00–309.00	1,823	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	876	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,971	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,228	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,415	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	270.61/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,859	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	271.18/cwt	253.00–273.00	2,145	77
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	939	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,301	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	452.89/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,463	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	535	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,220	8
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	388	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,222	8
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	384	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,190	6
Steers	Large 1	600–650	603	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,216	10
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	858	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,231	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	266.09/cwt	266.00–268.00	2,584	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	463.81/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,684	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	324.68/cwt	307.00–335.00	1,870	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	307.29/cwt	304.00–310.00	2,056	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,931	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	411.22/cwt	385.00–440.00	1,776	160
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,038	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	390.43/cwt	375.00–407.00	2,210	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	418.07/cwt	400.00–447.00	2,199	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	467.04/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,994	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	288.95/cwt	280.00–298.00	2,482	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	363.13/cwt	352.00–375.00	2,226	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	274.42/cwt	273.75–280.00	2,519	635
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	300.78/cwt	295.50–316.00	2,307	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	438.59/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,075	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	293.46/cwt	289.75–299.00	2,459	457
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	270.14/cwt	260.00–274.00	2,242	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	337.72/cwt	330.00–354.00	2,263	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	245.31/cwt	240.00–252.00	2,380	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	332.70/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,893	325
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	317.21/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,948	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	439.42/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,665	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	280.24/cwt	275.00–298.00	2,186	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	322.44/cwt	315.00–331.00	2,312	121
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,888	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	298.46/cwt	280.00–309.00	2,125	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	398.77/cwt	370.00–430.00	1,866	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	706	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,949	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,857	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	506.46/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,626	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	359.38/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,880	349
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	250.93/cwt	240.00–255.00	2,193	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	460.86/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,530	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	313.94/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,899	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	308.31/cwt	297.50–315.00	2,075	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	262.43/cwt	257.00–264.50	2,283	99
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,082	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	319.14/cwt	295.00–330.00	2,192	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	430.10/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,591	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	289.96/cwt	281.00–298.00	2,259	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	426.40/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,838	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	380.78/cwt	340.00–400.00	2,022	197

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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