Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 20.00 higher with the most gain on 4 and 5 weight calves. Feeder heifers sold from 7.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Supply was light with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.31/cwt on 713 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −103.01 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$367.31

713 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$479

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

$89.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.96

vs MO average

−16.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	384.35	2,140	311
Medium and Large 1-2	549	355.32	1,952	394
Medium and Large 2	563	295.00	1,661	8thin

One grade step is worth $89.35/cwt here — about $479 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

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 sale713 hd

367.31

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MO average13 barns · 2,426 hd

382.27

−14.96

National average21 barns · 2,670 hd

383.52

−16.21

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−103.01

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

63 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 1-2Unweaned	500–550	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	314.11/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,991	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,436	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,092	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,566	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	347.10/cwt	325.00–365.00	2,031	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	389.53/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,889	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	297.38/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,507	468
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,593	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,949	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	323.90/cwt	310.00–328.00	2,183	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	329.34/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,091	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,665	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	355.77/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,316	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,546	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	300.27/cwt	291.00–305.00	2,375	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,007	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,628	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	320.41/cwt	305.00–332.00	1,852	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	352.11/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,518	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	439.96/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,628	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,345	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,173	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	447.32/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,507	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	282.92/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,246	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	538.87/cwt	500.00–555.00	1,670	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	442.24/cwt	425.00–447.00	1,482	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,237	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	374.09/cwt	365.00–397.00	2,147	220
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	378.66/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,825	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,742	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	329.31/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,371	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	340.98/cwt	332.00–353.00	1,971	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	326.74/cwt	324.00–339.00	2,000	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	320.68/cwt	312.00–321.00	2,543	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	413.07/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,970	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	354.52/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,216	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	298.17/cwt	294.00–298.50	2,845	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	285.28/cwt	280.00–291.00	2,682	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	308.10/cwt	306.00–318.00	2,520	391
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	295.56/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,636	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	441.62/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,881	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	364.59/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,754	143
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,663	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	333.34/cwt	331.00–337.00	2,277	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	443.56/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,650	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	409.16/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,107	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	317.88/cwt	308.00–338.00	2,108	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	410.23/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,817	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	366.50/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,931	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	330.50/cwt	315.00–337.00	1,712	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,064	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	476.52/cwt	460.00–520.00	1,801	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,939	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	346.75/cwt	343.00–360.00	1,692	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	288.40/cwt	272.00–293.00	2,088	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	313.96/cwt	290.00–320.00	2,289	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	312.99/cwt	300.00–316.00	2,275	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	387.35/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,604	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	352.91/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,835	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	292.61/cwt	286.00–293.50	2,566	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	290.78/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,951	67

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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