Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers under 450 lbs. sold 45.00-65.00 higher. Weights over 450 lbs. sold 3.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 475 lbs. sold 25.00-50.00 higher. Heavier weights sold steady to 8.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 29 lots of 100 head or more crossed the scales today. During the Christmas break JRS installed new lighting and heating in the auction area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.92/cwt on 501 head. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −29.40 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$440.92

501 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,427

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

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

$36.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs MO average

−11.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	448.21	2,480	400
Medium and Large 1-2	539	412.02	2,222	101

One grade step is worth $36.20/cwt here — about $257 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 sale501 hd

440.92

—

MO average1 barns · 501 hd

440.92

+0.00

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

−11.24

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−29.40

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

57 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	430.54/cwt	390.00–465.00	2,480	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	445.57/cwt	415.00–470.00	2,125	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	343.42/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,339	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	503.65/cwt	465.00–540.00	1,904	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	478.40/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,095	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	322.32/cwt	312.25–335.50	3,130	589
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	326.77/cwt	323.00–328.10	2,882	873
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	477.31/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,043	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	500.04/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,655	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	415.44/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,198	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	369.56/cwt	357.00–375.00	1,940	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	449.19/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,684	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	407.61/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,732	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,250	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,458	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	344.53/cwt	332.00–354.00	2,508	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	430.91/cwt	395.00–450.00	1,836	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	400.75/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,944	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	335.69/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,635	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	374.56/cwt	340.00–390.00	2,319	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	346.70/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,695	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	352.52/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,066	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	933	311.99/cwt	292.00–313.00	2,911	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	397.24/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,320	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	972	303.16/cwt	300.00–306.00	2,947	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	316.25/cwt	315.00–333.00	2,337	402
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	334.36/cwt	321.00–340.00	2,799	708
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	438.52/cwt	410.00–455.00	2,517	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	328.08/cwt	321.00–335.00	2,549	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	411.78/cwt	395.00–452.00	2,570	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	344.55/cwt	330.50–360.00	2,987	857
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	313.60/cwt	307.00–323.00	2,565	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	551.44/cwt	510.00–580.00	2,327	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	590.26/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,314	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	363.53/cwt	354.00–390.00	2,621	604
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	375.51/cwt	361.00–400.00	2,193	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,234	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	618.09/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,040	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	347.08/cwt	341.00–355.00	2,867	588
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	391.09/cwt	375.00–420.00	2,081	131
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,242	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,160	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	488.00/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,308	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	319.77/cwt	313.00–335.50	2,961	778
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,712	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	456	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,280	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	521.88/cwt	480.00–545.00	1,748	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	313.10/cwt	306.00–313.50	2,389	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	333.37/cwt	326.00–338.00	2,287	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	355.47/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,204	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	342.51/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,446	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	357.51/cwt	343.00–372.75	2,764	1,346
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	439.81/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,146	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	356.51/cwt	335.00–362.00	2,417	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	528.61/cwt	490.00–550.00	2,040	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	462.75/cwt	445.00–490.00	2,416	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	389.13/cwt	371.00–417.00	2,638	304

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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