Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 10.00-40.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-15.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. The market generally recovered from the "Adjustment" from last week. The largest lot of the day was 241 head of steers weighing 855 lbs. which sold for 348.00/cwt.. A load of 65 steers weighing 817 lbs. sold for 370.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $399.27/cwt on 671 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −71.05 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$399.27

671 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,178

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$499

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

$71.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.60

vs MO average

−19.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	411.46	2,250	430
Medium and Large 1-2	544	379.31	2,064	230
Medium and Large 2	515	340.00	1,751	11thin

One grade step is worth $71.46/cwt here — about $499 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 sale671 hd

399.27

—

MO average17 barns · 2,073 hd

390.67

+8.60

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−19.83

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−71.05

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

73 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	600–650	614	357.43/cwt	335.00–367.00	2,195	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	431.88/cwt	400.00–465.00	1,607	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	340.60/cwt	312.00–352.00	2,452	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	330.28/cwt	305.00–345.00	2,054	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	454.47/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,409	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	381.76/cwt	360.00–405.00	2,031	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	429.74/cwt	375.00–447.00	1,826	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	375.14/cwt	345.00–400.00	2,120	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	317.50/cwt	316.00–331.00	2,502	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	343.57/cwt	327.00–355.00	1,807	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	344.51/cwt	330.00–353.00	2,329	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,073	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	3,090	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,043	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	381.28/cwt	367.00–405.00	1,449	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	295.31/cwt	290.00–302.00	2,442	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,417	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,046	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,772	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,775	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	402.16/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,319	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	351.38/cwt	335.00–362.00	1,708	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	321.69/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,184	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,813	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	335.08/cwt	318.00–345.00	1,917	133
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,564	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,475	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	985	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,266	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,494	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,990	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,464	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	421	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,650	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	415.42/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,957	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,948	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	353.48/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,308	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	407.88/cwt	380.00–430.00	2,133	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	359.46/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,577	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	354.90/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,942	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	365.36/cwt	354.00–378.00	2,455	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	348.75/cwt	342.00–354.00	3,052	449
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	358.55/cwt	347.00–390.00	2,065	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	396.02/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,273	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	341.93/cwt	335.00–354.00	2,305	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	356.80/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,719	398
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	516.99/cwt	470.00–540.00	1,959	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	422.02/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,578	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	331.85/cwt	325.00–337.00	3,040	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	323.91/cwt	317.00–328.00	3,187	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	382.01/cwt	370.00–404.00	2,349	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,693	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	454.59/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,996	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	407.03/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,730	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	334.48/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,599	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	584.12/cwt	580.00–590.00	1,951	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	427.18/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,221	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	328.60/cwt	322.00–334.00	2,395	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	435.81/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,057	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	454.47/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,418	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,085	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	365.71/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,891	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	387.34/cwt	370.00–412.00	1,813	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	348.63/cwt	345.00–357.00	2,175	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,535	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,207	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	405.50/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,926	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,293	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	320.94/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,349	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	360.05/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,552	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,343	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,123	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	328.82/cwt	328.00–334.00	2,926	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,251	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	336.79/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,812	199

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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