Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 5.00 higher to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold from 7.00 higher to 5.00 lower. Supply was heavy with good demand. Lots of unweaned, non-vaccinated calves in today's offering with the prices reflecting the uneven trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.57/cwt on 986 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −92.75 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$377.57

986 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,100

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$57.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.79

vs MO average

+5.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	389.27	2,139	560
Medium and Large 1-2	564	364.07	2,052	401
Medium and Large 2	584	332.12	1,940	25

One grade step is worth $57.15/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale986 hd

377.57

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MO average17 barns · 3,280 hd

387.37

−9.79

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

+5.65

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−92.75

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

70 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	350–400	382	431.51/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,648	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	352.26/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,666	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	388.17/cwt	374.00–400.00	1,603	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	314.54/cwt	285.00–323.00	1,956	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	316.70/cwt	301.00–323.00	1,840	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	424.71/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,013	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	307.58/cwt	302.00–320.50	2,553	510
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	460.17/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,514	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	390.97/cwt	372.00–405.00	2,205	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	543	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,968	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	428	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,785	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	470.65/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,718	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	293.14/cwt	286.00–298.00	2,717	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	315.46/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,423	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	304.80/cwt	300.00–307.75	2,685	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	387.48/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,065	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	333.08/cwt	322.00–350.00	2,355	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	338.26/cwt	327.00–364.00	1,945	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	274.81/cwt	272.00–286.00	2,237	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	331.02/cwt	323.00–360.00	2,059	415
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	367.60/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,941	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	281.73/cwt	278.50–291.00	2,699	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	426.24/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,841	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	303.63/cwt	301.00–322.00	2,162	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	376.00/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,794	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	408.20/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,710	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	326.86/cwt	310.00–350.00	2,210	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	421.78/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,615	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	297.08/cwt	289.00–304.00	2,270	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	353.55/cwt	335.00–375.00	2,383	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	364.26/cwt	350.00–379.00	2,262	436
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,807	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	501	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,879	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	264.35/cwt	263.00–267.50	2,302	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,513	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,450	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,721	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,878	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	400.86/cwt	380.00–416.00	1,708	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,673	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,647	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	307.38/cwt	306.00–308.00	2,355	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	370.00/cwt	350.00–377.00	1,965	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,393	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,610	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	324.19/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,198	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	361.27/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,099	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,016	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,723	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	332.12/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,940	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	296.08/cwt	291.00–300.00	2,428	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	407.38/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,572	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	333.50/cwt	295.00–345.00	1,761	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	349.72/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,651	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	316.92/cwt	314.00–321.00	2,314	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	297.24/cwt	288.00–300.00	2,565	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	344.05/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,174	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,192	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	284.69/cwt	272.50–290.00	2,178	487
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,324	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	417.56/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,395	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	271.60/cwt	267.00–281.00	2,496	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	934	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,330	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,094	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,462	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	361.88/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,571	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	288.36/cwt	271.00–299.00	2,079	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	293.99/cwt	284.00–304.00	1,996	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	384.14/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,840	114
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,656	5

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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