Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 3.00-12.00 higher with heavy 4 weight and light 5 weight steers selling 40.00-50.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs. sold 12.00-40.00 higher with heavier weights selling 5.00-8.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The largest lot of the day was 268 head of heifers weighing 764 lbs. which sold for 337.50/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $452.92/cwt on 1,463 head, up $12.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −17.40 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$452.92

▲ 12.00 vs prior sale

1,463 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$35.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.08

vs MO average

−13.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	464.87	2,605	976
Medium and Large 1-2	553	428.96	2,373	487

One grade step is worth $35.91/cwt here — about $231 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 sale1,463 hd

452.92

—

MO average7 barns · 3,876 hd

454.00

−1.08

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−13.41

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−17.40

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

70 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	550–600	583	409.74/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,389	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	329.03/cwt	325.00–334.00	2,389	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	370.04/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,143	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	327.78/cwt	317.00–340.00	2,213	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	475.57/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,764	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,073	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,122	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	385.66/cwt	355.00–398.00	2,437	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	418.48/cwt	380.00–440.00	2,030	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	439.49/cwt	415.00–470.00	1,890	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	444.66/cwt	390.00–480.00	2,352	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	333.88/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,748	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	350.78/cwt	332.00–360.00	2,213	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	322.69/cwt	290.00–325.00	2,472	189
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,560	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	387.02/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,893	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	307.30/cwt	302.00–314.00	2,861	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	331.32/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,892	595
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	395.58/cwt	350.00–410.00	2,085	374
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,545	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	837	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,511	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	537.70/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,000	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	351.76/cwt	315.00–362.00	2,547	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	425.81/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,895	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,054	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	529.65/cwt	520.00–570.00	1,737	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	516.90/cwt	485.00–545.00	1,732	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,955	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	323.96/cwt	305.00–328.00	2,660	307
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	573.30/cwt	555.00–610.00	1,898	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	545.19/cwt	520.00–570.00	2,044	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	387.06/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,353	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	430.57/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,295	15
Steers	Large 1	850–900	887	328.49/cwt	325.00–334.00	2,914	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	964	304.48/cwt	302.00–307.00	2,935	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	492.82/cwt	475.00–540.00	2,055	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	457.71/cwt	437.50–500.00	2,138	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	339.46/cwt	321.00–363.00	2,634	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	364.63/cwt	340.00–376.00	2,505	176
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,068	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	353.15/cwt	341.00–368.00	2,380	452
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	378.16/cwt	360.00–397.00	2,352	602
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	489.68/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,341	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	499.87/cwt	450.00–525.00	2,144	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,747	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	330.92/cwt	323.00–343.00	3,064	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	506.10/cwt	480.00–550.00	2,611	255
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,253	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	436.85/cwt	410.00–470.00	2,158	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	550.96/cwt	530.00–600.00	2,347	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	336.30/cwt	328.00–343.00	2,573	404
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	392.76/cwt	380.00–409.00	2,635	542
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	416.88/cwt	395.00–453.00	2,580	497
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,389	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	482.92/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,236	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	538.11/cwt	510.00–575.00	2,545	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	608.56/cwt	590.00–640.00	2,014	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	589.35/cwt	570.00–640.00	2,186	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	317.77/cwt	317.00–320.50	3,121	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	343.89/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,476	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	389.80/cwt	377.00–420.00	2,230	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	428.42/cwt	410.00–490.00	2,219	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	348.15/cwt	342.00–357.00	2,886	507
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	371.77/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,692	627
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	340.22/cwt	336.00–356.00	2,967	743
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	360.32/cwt	348.00–375.00	2,764	667
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	450.29/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,594	721

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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