Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 675 lbs. sold 3.00-18.00 higher with heavier weights selling 2.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 675 lbs. sold steady to 6.00 higher. Heavier weights sold 8.00-20.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand . The largest lot of the day was 719 heifers weighing 810 lbs. which sold for 334.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.89/cwt on 606 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −67.42 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$402.89

606 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$87.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.29

vs MO average

+15.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	409.89	2,300	453
Medium and Large 1-2	552	384.22	2,119	148
Medium and Large 2	578	322.00	1,861	5thin

One grade step is worth $87.89/cwt here — about $439 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 sale606 hd

402.89

—

MO average12 barns · 1,931 hd

416.18

−13.29

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+15.40

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−67.42

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

69 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	300–350	319	413.98/cwt	380.00–432.00	1,321	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	325.23/cwt	325.00–326.00	2,501	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	320.87/cwt	317.00–324.00	2,801	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	414.21/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,586	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	351.07/cwt	337.00–362.00	1,833	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,031	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,000	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	319.79/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,107	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	322.41/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,402	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,054	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,865	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	364.82/cwt	350.00–369.00	2,269	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,798	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	285.88/cwt	285.00–286.00	2,559	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,725	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,328	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,677	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	467.82/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,773	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	326.43/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,109	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	330.46/cwt	327.00–335.00	2,759	265
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,861	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,597	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	821	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,356	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	399.22/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,932	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	374.46/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,198	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	417.08/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,785	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,659	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	391.25/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,058	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,137	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	489.34/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,031	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,977	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	333.23/cwt	327.00–334.00	2,709	944
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	340.57/cwt	327.00–348.50	2,469	346
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,356	5
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	874	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,727	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	397.21/cwt	375.00–422.00	2,502	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	347.90/cwt	335.00–366.00	2,307	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	325.44/cwt	325.00–325.50	3,036	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	455.24/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,480	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	516.38/cwt	490.00–560.00	1,885	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	457.23/cwt	422.00–480.00	2,126	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	446.92/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,730	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	424.62/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,792	95
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,332	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	542.32/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,790	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	346.04/cwt	327.50–360.00	2,651	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	341.26/cwt	326.00–353.00	2,607	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	359.06/cwt	340.00–390.00	2,219	197
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	333.63/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,919	723
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	377.09/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,957	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	386.02/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,590	394
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	398.40/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,896	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,097	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	3,225	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	408.02/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,706	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	314.71/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,430	396
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	337.93/cwt	332.00–348.00	2,778	588
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	420.82/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,948	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	419.96/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,222	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	342.51/cwt	339.00–343.00	2,565	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	316.58/cwt	316.00–318.00	2,884	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	316.10/cwt	307.00–316.50	2,586	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	403.06/cwt	383.00–416.00	2,350	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	364.05/cwt	357.00–380.00	2,632	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	368.71/cwt	350.00–410.00	2,146	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	370.02/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,769	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	342.49/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,949	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	356.35/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,412	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	396.72/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,682	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,282	8

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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