Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week feeder steers sold 25.00-40.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 20.00-40.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.54/cwt on 475 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −107.77 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$362.54

475 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$48.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.86

vs MO average

−67.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	379.66	2,086	139
Medium and Large 1-2	564	361.53	2,038	268
Medium and Large 2	562	331.56	1,865	68

One grade step is worth $48.10/cwt here — about $221 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 sale475 hd

362.54

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MO average17 barns · 2,495 hd

413.40

−50.86

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−67.18

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−107.77

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	914	310.04/cwt	299.00–313.00	2,834	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	341.01/cwt	332.00–355.00	1,794	116
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	297.22/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,730	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	294.19/cwt	294.00–295.00	2,862	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	433.55/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,621	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	350.37/cwt	332.00–360.00	2,214	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	312.46/cwt	305.00–317.00	2,756	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	302.18/cwt	265.00–306.00	2,496	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	288.10/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,962	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	434.46/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,403	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	395.08/cwt	380.00–402.00	1,920	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	358.64/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,077	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	416.45/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,770	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	365.90/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,778	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	307.62/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,953	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	332.34/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,908	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	379.77/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,462	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	902	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,499	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	334.98/cwt	305.00–344.00	2,104	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	338.59/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,588	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	306.82/cwt	292.00–327.00	1,648	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	310.51/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,813	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,974	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	348.81/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,507	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	263.25/cwt	245.00–286.00	1,914	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	326.65/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,882	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,833	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,058	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	357.66/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,542	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	426.37/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,356	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	315.60/cwt	312.00–321.00	2,642	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,621	9
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	389	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,478	5
Bulls	Medium 2	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	7
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	572	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	423.10/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,005	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	353.40/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,410	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,624	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	333.37/cwt	332.00–337.00	2,220	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	355.61/cwt	345.00–372.00	2,027	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	363.16/cwt	358.00–380.00	1,947	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	307.08/cwt	301.00–308.00	2,739	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,901	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	376.92/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,145	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	382.77/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,017	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,020	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	339.45/cwt	332.00–347.00	2,824	473
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	383.88/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,282	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	364.06/cwt	360.00–376.00	2,308	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	327.27/cwt	321.00–336.00	2,821	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	350.00/cwt	343.00–359.00	2,492	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	345.80/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,099	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	320.11/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,260	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	333.06/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,598	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	414.02/cwt	410.00–417.00	1,594	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	381.33/cwt	367.00–385.00	1,781	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	386.42/cwt	378.00–390.00	1,665	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	323.48/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,520	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	321.94/cwt	310.00–332.00	2,176	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	356.60/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,722	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	301.59/cwt	299.00–310.00	2,352	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	309.12/cwt	307.00–310.00	2,291	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,053	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	342.41/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,787	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	340.42/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,454	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	369.40/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,540	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	329.06/cwt	328.00–333.00	2,758	510
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	344.74/cwt	331.00–348.00	2,330	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	366.39/cwt	357.00–370.00	1,971	100

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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