Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00-10.00 higher with heavy 7 weight steers up to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 725 lbs. sold 2.00-15.00 higher. Heavier weights sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Supply was light with very good demand. Quality heifers calves were in high demand. The largest lot of the day was 175 head of 878 lb. heifers which sold for 322.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.81/cwt on 349 head. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −56.51 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$413.81

349 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,293

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$26.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.30

vs MO average

+13.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	419.28	2,323	278
Medium and Large 1-2	554	392.39	2,175	71

One grade step is worth $26.89/cwt here — about $148 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 sale349 hd

413.81

—

MO average13 barns · 1,136 hd

419.10

−5.30

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+13.92

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−56.51

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

67 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 2	800–850	805	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,174	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,827	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	357.11/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,600	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,907	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	386.44/cwt	370.00–392.00	2,415	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	381.40/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,170	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	449.40/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,941	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	422.65/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,644	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,782	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	969	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,616	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	447.08/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,435	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,883	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	408.30/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,176	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	357.20/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,072	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	357.67/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,443	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	346.05/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,177	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	331.94/cwt	331.00–332.50	2,174	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	3,194	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	465.97/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,733	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,866	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	397.97/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,735	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,131	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	433.66/cwt	395.00–445.00	2,073	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	377.46/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,842	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	366.25/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,912	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	400.18/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,481	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	342.16/cwt	329.00–351.00	2,453	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	333.95/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,555	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	382.49/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,188	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,045	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,112	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	658	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,500	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	407.61/cwt	391.00–430.00	2,543	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	341.23/cwt	334.00–350.00	2,842	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	365.07/cwt	351.00–374.00	2,822	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	484.92/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,075	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,237	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	535.20/cwt	520.00–580.00	1,809	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,369	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	371.01/cwt	367.00–380.00	2,671	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	409.50/cwt	390.00–440.00	2,383	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	430.90/cwt	415.00–465.00	2,245	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	344.09/cwt	340.00–349.00	2,973	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,883	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,217	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	3,560	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	323.66/cwt	315.00–327.00	3,140	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	455.70/cwt	445.00–490.00	2,192	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	451.43/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,670	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	392.21/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,055	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	365.87/cwt	350.00–382.00	2,283	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	383.43/cwt	367.00–400.00	2,638	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	349.78/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,316	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	322.58/cwt	312.00–326.00	3,019	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,864	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,836	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,020	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	405.73/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,931	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	513.04/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,678	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	436.08/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,845	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	964	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,988	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	330.08/cwt	329.00–331.50	2,684	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	328.61/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,596	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,706	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	319.75/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,257	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	318.46/cwt	318.00–320.00	2,452	13

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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