Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers under 450 lbs. sold 10.00-15.00 lower. Heavier weights sold steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly from 8.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. The largest lot of the day was 240 head of 838 lb. heifers. They crossed the scales at 329.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $423.73/cwt on 983 head. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −46.59 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$423.73

983 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$516

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

$89.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.48

vs MO average

+10.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	440.99	2,453	558
Medium and Large 1-2	557	402.76	2,243	411
Medium and Large 2	551	351.44	1,936	14thin

One grade step is worth $89.55/cwt here — about $516 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 sale983 hd

423.73

—

MO average11 barns · 1,937 hd

430.21

−6.48

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+10.21

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−46.59

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

86 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	376.19/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,009	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	327.47/cwt	300.00–336.00	2,377	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	369.05/cwt	340.00–382.00	1,941	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	370.54/cwt	340.00–382.00	2,119	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	379.43/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,814	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	347.56/cwt	338.00–355.00	2,895	451
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	293.48/cwt	282.50–313.00	2,542	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	423.32/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,596	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	330.26/cwt	305.00–337.50	2,606	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,710	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	350.01/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,170	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	390.11/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,689	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,044	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	988	317.64/cwt	317.00–318.00	3,138	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	521.45/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,919	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	399.07/cwt	370.00–420.00	2,295	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,162	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	449.90/cwt	410.00–480.00	1,926	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	376.33/cwt	370.00–388.00	2,567	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	386.61/cwt	350.00–399.00	2,424	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	344.37/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,662	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,941	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,004	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	313.81/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,657	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,525	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	425.19/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,407	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,813	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	799	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,597	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,615	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,976	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	351.44/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,936	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,021	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,000	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	345.68/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,977	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	383.81/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,624	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,067	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	407	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,954	6
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	355	427.17/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,516	14
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	5
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	439	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,493	5
Steers	Large 1	850–900	899	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,967	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	349.84/cwt	346.00–367.00	3,033	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	390.30/cwt	377.50–405.00	2,841	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	347.71/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,521	242
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,391	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	502	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,661	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,381	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	348.05/cwt	332.50–357.50	3,192	500
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	557.75/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,852	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	440.63/cwt	417.00–465.00	2,534	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	417.92/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,604	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	359.64/cwt	355.00–370.00	3,007	644
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	395.52/cwt	388.00–414.00	2,705	469
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	320.30/cwt	319.00–322.00	3,264	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	394.32/cwt	377.00–420.00	2,086	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	326.25/cwt	323.50–334.00	3,139	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	509.85/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,126	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	441.60/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,318	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	368.74/cwt	360.00–383.00	2,825	461
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	342.11/cwt	337.00–358.00	2,641	419
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	379.82/cwt	367.50–395.00	2,370	324
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	396.95/cwt	380.00–455.00	2,298	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	417.72/cwt	395.00–450.00	1,984	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	491.20/cwt	460.00–530.00	2,299	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	552.13/cwt	545.00–575.00	2,142	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	473.77/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,810	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	323.24/cwt	323.00–324.00	2,767	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,529	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	328.88/cwt	324.00–332.50	2,746	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,305	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	315.43/cwt	310.00–323.00	2,842	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	348.03/cwt	325.00–352.00	2,360	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	357.16/cwt	330.00–367.50	2,247	91
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	355.65/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,027	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,439	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,572	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	443.93/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,865	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	341.62/cwt	339.00–344.50	2,996	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	365.35/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,627	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	433.32/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,063	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	407.69/cwt	365.00–427.00	2,173	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	370.65/cwt	350.00–387.50	2,513	468
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	344.28/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,286	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	936	327.37/cwt	321.00–332.00	3,064	366

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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