Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00-10.00 higher with feeder heifers selling steady to 3.00 higher. Supply and demand was moderate. 125 head of fancy steers weighing 1,035 lbs. from Barry County, MO sold for 305.50/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.96/cwt on 360 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −79.36 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$390.96

360 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,170

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$35.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.70

vs MO average

+15.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	401.72	2,253	251
Medium and Large 1-2	542	366.18	1,984	109

One grade step is worth $35.55/cwt here — about $269 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 sale360 hd

390.96

—

MO average12 barns · 1,312 hd

386.26

+4.70

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+15.22

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−79.36

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

68 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	450–500	476	357.11/cwt	350.00–367.00	1,700	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	406.44/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,549	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	305.84/cwt	304.00–306.50	2,685	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	320.48/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,362	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,366	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	317.21/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,976	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,446	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	383.51/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,822	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,121	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,434	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	5
Steers	Large 1	650–700	697	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,467	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	381.59/cwt	357.00–397.00	2,389	357
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	358.13/cwt	342.00–377.00	2,031	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	458.48/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,728	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	409.74/cwt	370.00–430.00	1,705	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	301.46/cwt	300.00–306.00	2,201	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	286.01/cwt	280.00–292.00	2,251	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	415.38/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,603	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	332.29/cwt	327.00–337.00	2,250	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	307.62/cwt	303.00–329.00	2,332	350
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,026	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,483	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	717	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,115	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	906	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,673	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	375.12/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,939	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	384.32/cwt	370.00–392.00	1,622	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	337.42/cwt	317.00–342.50	1,795	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,239	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,850	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	356.01/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,029	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,448	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	333.82/cwt	323.00–341.00	1,919	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	332.94/cwt	318.00–342.00	2,241	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	322.37/cwt	315.00–328.00	2,624	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	315.04/cwt	307.00–317.00	2,883	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	408.35/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,168	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	445.13/cwt	434.00–455.00	1,914	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	619	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,396	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	360.56/cwt	342.00–377.00	2,434	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	399.24/cwt	375.00–425.00	2,324	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	405.63/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,939	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	313.32/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,284	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	347.78/cwt	334.00–359.50	2,487	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,630	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	330.07/cwt	320.00–341.00	2,545	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,133	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,541	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	340.13/cwt	327.00–348.00	2,092	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,739	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	298.09/cwt	290.00–299.00	2,483	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	411.49/cwt	395.00–427.00	1,736	82
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,882	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,963	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	366.52/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,935	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	317.94/cwt	313.50–320.50	2,744	654
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	453.52/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,438	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	551	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,887	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,031	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	3,021	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	383.69/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,872	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	3,162	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,036	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	783	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,400	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	370.30/cwt	361.00–380.00	1,752	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	301.56/cwt	286.00–307.00	2,500	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	346.02/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,170	41

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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