Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly 5.00-20.00 higher. Heavy seven weight steers sold 25.00 higher with over 700 head in the offering. Feeder heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The largest lot of the day was 336 head of steers weighing 772 bs. which crossed the scales at 403.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $421.57/cwt on 627 head. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −48.75 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$421.57

627 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$39.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.41

vs MO average

+4.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	433.93	2,420	432
Medium and Large 1-2	551	394.20	2,172	195

One grade step is worth $39.72/cwt here — about $248 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 sale627 hd

421.57

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MO average15 barns · 1,804 hd

418.17

+3.41

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+4.48

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−48.75

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	850–900	874	335.77/cwt	325.00–341.00	2,935	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	438.98/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,457	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	363.21/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,615	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	372.69/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,744	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	415.33/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,803	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	354.82/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,888	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	389.15/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,685	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	368.16/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,437	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	342.47/cwt	327.50–350.00	2,524	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	351.73/cwt	315.00–357.00	2,230	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	996	317.16/cwt	317.00–319.00	3,159	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	323.36/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,564	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	418.77/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,604	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	469.85/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,785	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,727	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	355.68/cwt	325.00–365.00	2,070	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,651	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,714	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,302	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	391.69/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,045	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,962	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,006	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,169	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	317.84/cwt	307.50–320.00	2,673	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	996	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,888	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,623	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,567	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	401	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,303	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	394.14/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,904	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	328.72/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,689	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	443.33/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,658	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	422.94/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,793	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,132	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,348	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	425.44/cwt	390.00–440.00	2,663	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,200	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	364.79/cwt	360.00–371.00	3,028	772
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	437.61/cwt	415.00–448.00	2,472	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	3,284	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	341.03/cwt	327.00–342.50	3,270	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	510.71/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,905	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	389.91/cwt	369.00–403.00	3,010	714
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	361.48/cwt	347.00–366.00	3,148	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	420.96/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,231	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	471.74/cwt	440.00–510.00	2,033	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	338.12/cwt	332.00–359.00	2,614	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	392.52/cwt	375.00–413.00	2,638	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	359.52/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,603	436
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	390.53/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,015	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	367.62/cwt	360.00–387.00	2,272	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	377.80/cwt	367.00–400.00	2,142	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	329.32/cwt	323.00–336.00	2,888	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	386.94/cwt	369.00–402.00	2,794	659
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,936	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,530	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	307	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,781	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	355.33/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,416	405
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	360.25/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,888	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	444.24/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,115	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	338.16/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,333	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	576	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,160	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	359.17/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,065	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	378.85/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,947	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,043	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,157	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	364.98/cwt	357.50–368.00	2,869	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	408.61/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,970	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	381.82/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,405	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	396.17/cwt	367.50–412.00	2,234	128

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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