Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeders steers sold 5.00-25.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-30.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. The largest lot of the day was 286 head of steers weighing 941 lbs. which sold for 314.00/cwt.. Close behind was 261 head of heifers weighing 793 lbs. which sold for 300.50/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.68/cwt on 446 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −81.64 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$388.68

446 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$451

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

$82.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.77

vs MO average

−40.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	407.76	2,274	236
Medium and Large 1-2	553	370.03	2,048	197
Medium and Large 2	561	325.00	1,823	13thin

One grade step is worth $82.76/cwt here — about $451 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 sale446 hd

388.68

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MO average9 barns · 1,618 hd

391.45

−2.77

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−40.47

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−81.64

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

66 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	300–350	345	448.08/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,546	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,856	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	390.77/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,669	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	370.82/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,976	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	392.69/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,885	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	981	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,031	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	302.08/cwt	290.00–304.50	2,809	347
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	345.99/cwt	321.00–360.00	2,187	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	318.92/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,306	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,675	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	328.93/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,181	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	328.88/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,740	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	335.73/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,601	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	318.01/cwt	316.00–322.00	1,844	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,486	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	369.31/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,112	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	307.40/cwt	297.00–321.00	2,256	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,368	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	292.64/cwt	286.00–295.00	2,221	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	317.19/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,986	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	319.84/cwt	309.00–330.00	2,114	93
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,823	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	302.53/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,900	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,708	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,150	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,438	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	337.75/cwt	322.00–355.00	2,148	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	335.86/cwt	327.00–350.00	1,921	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	475	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,233	8
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	471	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,437	9
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	382	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,299	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	647	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,077	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	313.88/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,932	550
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	328.13/cwt	312.00–332.00	2,727	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	380.84/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,399	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	381.71/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,473	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	427.55/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,360	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,611	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	333.10/cwt	330.00–338.00	2,628	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	351.69/cwt	337.00–375.00	2,395	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	347.68/cwt	327.00–355.00	2,562	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	354.04/cwt	339.00–372.00	1,866	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	315.51/cwt	310.00–333.00	2,767	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	429.17/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,017	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	412.67/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,183	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	433.54/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,838	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	315.48/cwt	307.00–321.00	3,016	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	289.61/cwt	289.00–293.00	2,482	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,569	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	404.45/cwt	387.00–425.00	2,334	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	466.09/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,697	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	304.54/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,378	456
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,119	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	348.48/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,478	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	347.57/cwt	335.00–359.00	2,318	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	381.31/cwt	357.00–400.00	1,807	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	323.25/cwt	307.00–324.00	2,689	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	384.24/cwt	362.00–405.00	1,610	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	414.96/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,564	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	336.24/cwt	325.00–352.00	1,426	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,455	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	281.03/cwt	278.00–288.00	2,296	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,281	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,943	6

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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