Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 lower. Heavier weights sold mostly steady to 6.00 higher with heavy 8 weights selling up to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with 7 and 8 weights selling 15.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. Today's auction included a yearling special. The largest draft of the day was 461 head of heifers weighing 807 lbs. which sold for 307.00/cwt..

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.85/cwt on 461 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −96.47 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$373.85

461 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$23.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.22

vs MO average

−5.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	381.48	2,118	308
Medium and Large 1-2	556	358.49	1,994	153

One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about $124 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 sale461 hd

373.85

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MO average5 barns · 1,954 hd

399.07

−25.22

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−5.28

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−96.47

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

54 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	396	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,742	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	269.57/cwt	264.00–275.00	2,237	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	289.02/cwt	275.00–297.00	1,962	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	348.85/cwt	332.00–357.50	2,030	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,006	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,787	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	324.09/cwt	304.00–336.00	2,226	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	313.49/cwt	294.00–321.00	2,273	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	318.22/cwt	316.00–335.00	1,963	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	387.15/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,847	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	312.94/cwt	296.00–320.00	1,972	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	327.27/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,751	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	336.71/cwt	327.00–345.00	1,647	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	258.60/cwt	247.00–266.00	2,286	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	303.38/cwt	295.00–304.00	2,533	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	366.83/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,959	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,355	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	300.10/cwt	292.00–301.00	2,143	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	326.40/cwt	311.00–331.00	1,887	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	309.62/cwt	298.00–319.00	2,393	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	436.19/cwt	425.00–439.00	1,592	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	385.57/cwt	377.00–395.00	1,616	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,007	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	361.07/cwt	340.00–380.00	2,210	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	320.47/cwt	314.50–342.50	2,493	384
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	311.45/cwt	303.00–319.00	2,573	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	341.83/cwt	332.00–351.00	2,290	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	326.30/cwt	310.00–342.00	2,176	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	314.23/cwt	302.00–321.50	2,724	419
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	441.18/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,893	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	485.06/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,785	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,821	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,512	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	372.30/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,144	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	329.70/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,440	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	355.19/cwt	340.00–371.00	1,836	336
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	341.45/cwt	332.00–354.00	1,967	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	316.79/cwt	304.00–324.00	2,338	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	365.86/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,752	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	399.76/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,055	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	403.80/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,954	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	355.69/cwt	340.00–377.00	1,526	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	405.18/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,471	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,202	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,948	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	305.75/cwt	290.00–307.00	2,470	497
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	331.01/cwt	323.00–342.00	2,059	377
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	311.30/cwt	303.00–313.00	2,456	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	299.91/cwt	296.25–308.00	2,609	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	398.83/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,723	23

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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