Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week in uneven sales feeder steers sold 5.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold from 5.00 higher to 15.00 lower. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. Overall quality was considerably lower than last week. The largest lot of the day was 528 head of steers weighing 998 lbs. which sold for 314.25/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $375.03/cwt on 597 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −95.29 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$375.03

597 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$68.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.31

vs MO average

−49.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	388.06	2,166	290
Medium and Large 1-2	550	364.61	2,005	294
Medium and Large 2	598	320.00	1,914	13thin

One grade step is worth $68.06/cwt here — about $253 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 sale597 hd

375.03

—

MO average18 barns · 2,809 hd

389.34

−14.31

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−49.84

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−95.29

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

74 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	331.14/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,884	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	322.32/cwt	300.00–337.00	1,989	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	357.00/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,532	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	359.94/cwt	340.00–369.00	2,070	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	279.46/cwt	275.00–283.00	2,426	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	339.57/cwt	326.00–345.00	2,292	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	287.69/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,379	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	354.34/cwt	337.00–367.00	1,711	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	308.91/cwt	290.00–320.00	2,261	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	368.68/cwt	347.00–385.00	1,947	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	306.88/cwt	301.00–307.00	2,998	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	327.57/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,589	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	321.50/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,858	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,462	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	320.67/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,184	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	381.58/cwt	370.00–387.00	1,465	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	324.25/cwt	300.00–328.00	2,714	300
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	372.13/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,760	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	303.43/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,048	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	323.41/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,352	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	313.24/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,823	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	406.43/cwt	387.00–425.00	1,691	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	356.20/cwt	340.00–367.00	1,346	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	389.37/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,452	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	379.78/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,637	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	309.96/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,630	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	300.99/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	334.52/cwt	320.00–346.00	1,780	193
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,914	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	363.45/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,188	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,184	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,928	5
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	384	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,306	10
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	477	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,550	8
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	496	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,597	10
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	672	331.67/cwt	331.00–332.00	2,229	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	315.60/cwt	311.00–318.00	2,919	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	338.97/cwt	323.00–351.00	2,458	305
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	362.86/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,865	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	313.78/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,586	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	351.68/cwt	346.00–375.00	2,050	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	379.16/cwt	367.50–395.00	1,774	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	398.51/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,068	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,661	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	382.81/cwt	375.00–402.00	2,213	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	374.88/cwt	362.00–390.00	2,321	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	335.65/cwt	334.00–343.00	2,783	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	351.31/cwt	341.00–359.00	2,716	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	332.62/cwt	331.00–337.00	2,900	490
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,380	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	355.19/cwt	341.00–363.00	2,213	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	385.36/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,657	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	361.81/cwt	349.00–370.00	2,417	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	378.70/cwt	356.00–389.00	2,780	457
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	467.40/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,566	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	382.45/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,798	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	338.96/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,980	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,953	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	434.84/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,018	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	311.62/cwt	308.00–314.25	3,098	973
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	338.92/cwt	335.00–348.00	2,247	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	434.84/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,683	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,630	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	333.29/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,413	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	411.56/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,403	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	433.27/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,824	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,855	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	337.64/cwt	321.00–343.00	2,617	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	324.96/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,879	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	345.31/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,182	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	745	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,026	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	399.48/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,430	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	400.76/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,936	88

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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