Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold generally 5.00-17.00 higher compared to last weeks light receipts. Light 4 weight steers sold up to 590.00/cwt. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-20.00 higher with heavy 6 weights up to 25.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The largest lot of the day was 250 head of heifers weighing 655 lbs. and sold for 367.50/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $426.13/cwt on 609 head. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −44.18 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$426.13

609 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$590

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

$116.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.48

vs MO average

+16.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	436.47	2,373	432
Medium and Large 1-2	546	403.75	2,206	171
Medium and Large 2	557	320.00	1,782	6thin

One grade step is worth $116.47/cwt here — about $590 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale609 hd

426.13

—

MO average13 barns · 1,583 hd

426.62

−0.48

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

+16.83

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−44.18

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	347.35/cwt	334.00–350.50	3,210	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	534.79/cwt	490.00–562.00	2,251	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	418.43/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,615	500
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,995	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	468.26/cwt	440.00–495.00	1,751	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	307.21/cwt	300.00–310.00	3,001	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	446.74/cwt	429.00–475.00	2,332	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	367.07/cwt	353.00–385.00	2,834	492
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	3,170	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	374.99/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,494	698
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	323.41/cwt	320.00–324.50	2,691	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	407.02/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,905	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	390.28/cwt	360.00–420.00	2,275	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	369.71/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,096	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	412.65/cwt	360.00–427.00	2,154	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	430.63/cwt	415.00–480.00	1,606	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,394	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	374.39/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,812	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	357.25/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,594	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	488.88/cwt	470.00–515.00	1,868	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,147	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	400.38/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,714	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	335.12/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,932	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	453.63/cwt	415.00–480.00	1,919	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	470.52/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,515	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	359.19/cwt	330.00–365.00	2,087	132
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	819	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,310	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	434.91/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,070	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	329.76/cwt	229.00–344.00	2,724	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	361.87/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,911	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	323.09/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,342	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,989	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	494.14/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,645	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	349.88/cwt	341.00–353.00	2,719	131
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	356.54/cwt	320.00–370.00	2,214	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	403	580.87/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,341	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,422	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,094	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,035	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	335	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,077	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	379.33/cwt	371.00–392.50	2,765	580
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	345.28/cwt	343.00–359.00	3,021	455
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	407.00/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,068	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,892	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	456	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,143	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	335.54/cwt	327.50–343.00	2,594	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	424.88/cwt	405.00–465.00	2,413	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	573.08/cwt	540.00–590.00	1,799	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	384.45/cwt	366.00–400.00	2,407	441
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	347.73/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,528	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,216	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	436.50/cwt	415.00–485.00	1,881	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	472.74/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,236	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	540.72/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,779	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	384.68/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,223	526
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	390.96/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,436	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	332.29/cwt	316.00–334.00	3,007	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	351.51/cwt	344.00–361.00	2,886	478
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	386.65/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,614	470
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	325.35/cwt	315.00–333.00	2,528	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	346.36/cwt	310.00–357.00	2,334	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,598	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	372.24/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,453	35

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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