Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 500 lbs. sold steady to 6.00 lower. Weights over 500 lbs. sold 4.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly from 6.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. Ten head of thin steers weighing 302 lbs. sold for 600.00/cwt. Eleven head of heifers weighing 517 lbs. sold for 400.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $401.17/cwt on 662 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −69.15 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$401.17

662 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,225

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$38.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.13

vs MO average

+11.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	410.25	2,289	504
Medium and Large 1-2	543	372.19	2,022	158

One grade step is worth $38.06/cwt here — about $268 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 sale662 hd

401.17

—

MO average10 barns · 1,078 hd

408.29

−7.13

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

+11.15

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−69.15

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

71 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	600–650	630	349.62/cwt	325.00–365.00	2,203	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,090	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	457.76/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,749	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	325.71/cwt	322.50–334.00	2,524	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	378.20/cwt	362.00–390.00	1,808	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	334.91/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,916	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	403.85/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,922	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	315.19/cwt	309.50–318.00	2,808	408
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	969	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,907	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	372.88/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,958	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	933	308.79/cwt	308.50–310.00	2,881	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	402.73/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,567	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	371.18/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,116	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	332.28/cwt	322.50–337.50	2,057	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	340.95/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,329	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	325.51/cwt	314.00–330.00	2,705	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	345.38/cwt	310.00–360.00	1,817	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,527	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	333.76/cwt	320.00–343.00	2,440	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	318.30/cwt	287.50–324.00	2,301	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	314.88/cwt	314.00–315.00	2,409	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	324.97/cwt	315.00–333.00	2,203	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	388.94/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,680	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	436.01/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,814	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	371.37/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,738	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,411	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,611	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	439.44/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,687	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,013	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,993	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	429.77/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,848	10
Steers	Large 1	350–400	358	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,844	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	391.69/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,452	399
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,135	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	3,269	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	333.18/cwt	326.00–346.00	2,762	569
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	325.67/cwt	320.00–331.50	2,830	498
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	369.70/cwt	350.00–389.00	2,495	317
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	378.36/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,983	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	313.69/cwt	306.00–315.00	3,037	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	418.49/cwt	400.00–465.00	2,185	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	469.87/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,002	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	437.26/cwt	416.00–460.00	2,081	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	406.38/cwt	380.00–435.00	2,337	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	497.42/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,860	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,123	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	362.63/cwt	345.00–372.00	2,611	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	323.20/cwt	322.50–326.50	2,999	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	329.19/cwt	324.00–347.50	2,390	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	362.72/cwt	345.00–387.50	2,075	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	341.53/cwt	333.00–350.00	2,650	403
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	302	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,812	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	432.62/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,765	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	298.59/cwt	297.00–300.00	2,648	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,180	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	513.25/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,683	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	360.04/cwt	337.50–378.00	2,207	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,625	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	323.50/cwt	318.00–329.00	2,533	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	636	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,321	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	309.82/cwt	308.00–311.00	2,584	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	340.58/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,299	185
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	325.97/cwt	320.00–337.00	2,213	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	450.04/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,422	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,777	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	358.53/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,889	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	401.12/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,877	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,704	12

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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