Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 475 lbs. sold 10.00-20.00 lower. Heavier weights sold from 5.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs. sold 10.00-25.00 higher. Heavier weights sold steady to 15.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The largest lot of the day was 218 head of steers weighing 932 lbs. which sold for 324.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $423.24/cwt on 1,202 head. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −47.08 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$423.24

1,202 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,330

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$28.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.96

vs MO average

−20.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	430.84	2,375	876
Medium and Large 1-2	549	402.81	2,210	326

One grade step is worth $28.03/cwt here — about $165 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 sale1,202 hd

423.24

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MO average17 barns · 4,454 hd

425.19

−1.96

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−20.86

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−47.08

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

65 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	800–850	830	333.82/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,771	614
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,207	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	436.67/cwt	370.00–440.00	1,865	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	430.50/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,075	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	309.44/cwt	305.00–311.00	2,407	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,066	301.09/cwt	296.00–303.00	3,210	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	954	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,948	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	491.77/cwt	430.00–530.00	1,854	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	344.59/cwt	321.00–354.00	2,350	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	331.18/cwt	317.00–337.00	2,209	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	516.51/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,746	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	316.35/cwt	303.00–333.00	2,335	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	371.32/cwt	347.00–379.00	2,376	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	333.68/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,116	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	401.49/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,742	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	319.67/cwt	317.00–321.00	2,855	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	330.01/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,600	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,694	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,184	233.43/cwt	222.00–238.00	2,764	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	411.41/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,205	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	380.26/cwt	362.00–395.00	2,213	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	410.46/cwt	405.00–411.00	1,625	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,882	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	387.08/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,904	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	348.37/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,825	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	731	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,661	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,272	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	312	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,028	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	378	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,928	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	483.61/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,080	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	343.58/cwt	336.00–357.00	2,841	508
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	447.19/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,330	359
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	356.51/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,588	495
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	321.29/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,972	635
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	419.16/cwt	395.00–445.00	2,398	504
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	327.55/cwt	321.00–336.00	2,856	554
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	397.53/cwt	385.00–417.00	2,465	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	543.50/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,826	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	368.68/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,105	419
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	339.68/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,480	379
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	374.18/cwt	360.00–396.00	2,514	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	352.72/cwt	337.00–372.00	2,349	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	536.71/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,013	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	449.35/cwt	425.00–500.00	1,892	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	324.41/cwt	316.00–335.00	2,485	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	579	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,501	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	354.05/cwt	341.00–375.00	2,740	849
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	474.11/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,555	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	473.87/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,218	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	311.30/cwt	307.50–316.00	2,568	331
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	302.31/cwt	297.00–305.50	2,645	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	302.04/cwt	297.00–303.00	2,764	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	382.88/cwt	360.00–412.50	2,029	360
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	378.52/cwt	350.00–387.00	1,813	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	449.35/cwt	420.00–485.00	1,676	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	344.51/cwt	327.00–355.00	1,946	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,406	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	367.09/cwt	362.00–377.00	2,166	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	418.15/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,965	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	337.01/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,433	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	355.07/cwt	337.00–379.00	2,216	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	308.64/cwt	308.00–314.00	2,793	117

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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