Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers generally sold steady steady to 15.00 higher except five weights sold 10.00-25.00 higher with four weights selling 5.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly across various weight ranges from 8.00 higher to 8.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand. The weaned and vaccinated higher quality cattle were in high demand. The largest lot of the day was 223 head of steers weighing 769 lbs. which sold for 403.00/cwt..

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $418.51/cwt on 294 head. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −51.81 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$418.51

294 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$42.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.04

vs MO average

−27.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	430.72	2,378	209
Medium and Large 1-2	544	388.50	2,115	85

One grade step is worth $42.22/cwt here — about $263 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 sale294 hd

418.51

—

MO average19 barns · 1,615 hd

417.47

+1.04

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−27.34

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−51.81

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

70 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	450–500	491	371.30/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,823	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	387.26/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,246	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	371.75/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,539	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	420.32/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,820	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	979	315.33/cwt	300.00–321.00	3,087	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	350.44/cwt	320.00–354.00	2,944	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	389.25/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,036	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	327.63/cwt	317.00–330.00	2,588	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	378.96/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,402	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	403.90/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,264	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	413.84/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,924	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	337.26/cwt	337.00–339.00	2,914	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,871	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	352.18/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,852	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,258	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,833	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	343.62/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,333	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,692	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,808	171
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,220	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	349.32/cwt	332.00–357.00	2,166	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	378.67/cwt	350.00–397.00	1,606	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	365.73/cwt	345.00–383.00	1,763	78
Bulls	Small and Medium 3-4	400–450	410	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,005	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,081	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,906	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,976	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	355.11/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,418	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	333.10/cwt	321.00–340.00	2,871	117
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	397.21/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,117	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	438.81/cwt	395.00–450.00	1,983	25
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	442.42/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,106	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	431.67/cwt	405.00–460.00	2,284	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	421.76/cwt	380.00–450.00	2,640	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,261	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	522.98/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,029	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	425.52/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,604	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	429.89/cwt	411.00–450.00	2,459	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	397.87/cwt	379.00–414.00	2,713	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	332.44/cwt	329.00–333.00	2,713	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	394.00/cwt	371.00–403.00	3,042	408
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	363.23/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,953	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	354.33/cwt	350.00–368.00	3,083	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	392.70/cwt	373.00–400.00	2,820	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	370.57/cwt	370.00–371.00	2,109	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	397.27/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,871	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	343.56/cwt	335.00–346.00	3,195	460
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	569.94/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,818	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	339.55/cwt	334.00–348.00	2,615	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	349.59/cwt	346.00–355.00	2,552	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	341.09/cwt	338.00–342.00	2,497	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	340.10/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,064	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	374.17/cwt	365.00–388.00	1,938	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,192	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	461.67/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,967	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	314.50/cwt	310.00–317.00	2,919	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	371.43/cwt	330.00–383.00	2,303	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	350.54/cwt	330.00–357.00	2,513	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,395	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	407.71/cwt	392.00–430.00	1,712	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	378.67/cwt	363.00–399.00	2,348	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	344.13/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,965	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,030	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,203	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	347.78/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,720	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,453	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	357.62/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,042	27

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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