Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 525 lbs. sold 35.00-60.00 higher. Heavier weights sold 10.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. sold 15.00-40.00 higher. Heavier weights sold 5.00-15.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. Today's auction included a yearling special with well over 4,000 head of these cattle. Light weight steer calves were in extremely high demand selling as high as 670.00/cwt.. The largest lot of the day was 269 head of steers weighing 852 lbs. which sold for 341.00/cwt.. 13,166 head of feeder cattle crossed the scales in 15.5 hours.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.14/cwt on 914 head. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −57.18 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$413.14

914 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,305

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$416

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

$90.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.02

vs MO average

−17.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	434.64	2,433	481
Medium and Large 1-2	554	391.55	2,170	412
Medium and Large 2	586	344.16	2,017	21

One grade step is worth $90.48/cwt here — about $416 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 sale914 hd

413.14

—

MO average20 barns · 4,747 hd

419.16

−6.02

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−17.49

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−57.18

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

83 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	637	361.69/cwt	335.00–370.00	2,304	87
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	392.14/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,882	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,780	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	982	305.97/cwt	304.00–309.00	3,005	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,307	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	358.87/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,107	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	355.98/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,709	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	322.68/cwt	315.00–332.00	2,491	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	311.78/cwt	307.00–316.00	2,853	480
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	451.68/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,911	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	422.01/cwt	375.00–450.00	2,047	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	345.78/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,355	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	301.19/cwt	300.00–311.00	2,331	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	389.57/cwt	370.00–430.00	2,236	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	332.67/cwt	325.00–338.00	2,412	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	329.31/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,233	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	306.29/cwt	304.00–307.00	2,521	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,681	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,999	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	316.18/cwt	300.00–321.00	2,760	393
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	511.10/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,963	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	380.21/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,228	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	366.73/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,372	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,218	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,339	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	517.76/cwt	450.00–560.00	1,662	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	319.36/cwt	275.00–329.00	2,319	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	821	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,151	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	887	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,218	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	325.17/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,879	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,532	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,613	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	344.16/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,017	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,770	21
Steers	Large 1	700–750	700	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,436	8
Steers	Large 1	600–650	639	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,332	17
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	657	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,142	7
Steers	Large 1	800–850	810	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,608	11
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	640	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,106	12
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	725	319.15/cwt	318.00–321.00	2,314	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,672	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	331.65/cwt	331.00–335.00	2,385	78
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,897	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	558	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,483	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	478.76/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,178	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	441	487.98/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,152	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	572.50/cwt	540.00–610.00	2,113	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	344.50/cwt	335.00–359.00	2,660	637
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	330.15/cwt	321.00–344.00	2,859	800
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	395.53/cwt	370.00–435.00	2,460	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	494.82/cwt	475.00–530.00	2,093	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	361.16/cwt	340.00–378.00	2,640	574
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	436.82/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,669	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	326.80/cwt	319.00–330.50	2,967	428
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	338.73/cwt	334.00–350.00	2,764	878
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	618.12/cwt	600.00–670.00	1,959	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	315.63/cwt	311.50–321.00	3,046	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	295.80/cwt	293.00–301.00	3,008	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	407.84/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,949	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	426.47/cwt	395.00–455.00	2,456	330
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	423.19/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,794	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	454.21/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,431	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,095	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,285	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	344.91/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,325	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	317.37/cwt	308.00–321.00	2,568	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	348.12/cwt	337.00–365.00	2,193	437
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	375.02/cwt	352.00–385.00	2,546	528
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	292.34/cwt	290.00–297.00	2,637	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,346	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	332.34/cwt	312.00–345.00	2,552	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	343.07/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,808	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	492.31/cwt	450.00–525.00	2,343	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	452.50/cwt	430.00–490.00	2,371	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	304.34/cwt	297.00–308.00	2,690	123
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	322.75/cwt	315.00–331.00	2,156	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	351.54/cwt	335.00–385.00	2,025	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	394.28/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,078	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	374.15/cwt	355.00–415.00	1,953	231
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	329.22/cwt	315.00–332.00	2,729	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	327.58/cwt	315.00–337.00	2,051	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	372.22/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,571	50

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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