Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers sold 5.00-20.00 higher with 4 weights selling 35.00-50.00 higher and 6 weights selling 20.00-25.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. There were several lots of value added cattle, ( weaned and vaccinated with tags showing JRS Vac, MFA, Purina). These cattle were in high demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $455.08/cwt on 289 head, up $6.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −15.24 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$455.08

▲ 6.69 vs prior sale

289 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$41.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.72

vs MO average

−27.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	470.41	2,652	181
Medium and Large 1-2	552	429.40	2,372	108

One grade step is worth $41.01/cwt here — about $281 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 sale289 hd

455.08

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MO average6 barns · 1,039 hd

479.80

−24.72

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−27.95

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−15.24

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

62 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	323.59/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,365	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	503.28/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,646	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	334.63/cwt	312.00–337.00	2,908	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,252	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	486	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,673	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	489.77/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,018	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	340.00/cwt	320.00–344.00	2,853	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	440.17/cwt	415.00–475.00	2,359	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	446.93/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,949	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	514.49/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,965	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	317.15/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,461	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	986	311.46/cwt	310.00–312.00	3,071	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,996	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	483.29/cwt	460.00–530.00	1,865	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,940	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	384.12/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,435	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	350.01/cwt	330.00–353.00	2,545	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	418.43/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,962	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,605	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	365.17/cwt	345.00–380.00	2,118	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	331.80/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,216	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	413.11/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,384	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	506.66/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,493	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	385.43/cwt	372.00–395.00	2,652	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	387.18/cwt	360.00–398.00	2,099	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,769	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,136	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,443	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,328	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	563	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,787	9
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	386	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	375.93/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,752	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	577.88/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,554	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	412.95/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,808	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	559.72/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,647	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	383.52/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,374	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	754	373.48/cwt	373.00–375.00	2,816	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	362.58/cwt	355.00–365.00	3,002	358
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	501.39/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,602	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	576.46/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,156	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	459.66/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,652	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	364.39/cwt	352.00–370.00	2,868	450
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	314.37/cwt	313.00–316.00	3,185	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	428.05/cwt	400.00–460.00	2,692	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,233	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	411	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	425.47/cwt	405.00–452.00	2,246	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	345.04/cwt	339.00–352.00	3,002	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	328.30/cwt	322.00–331.00	3,030	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,700	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	331.42/cwt	326.00–345.00	2,559	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	344.73/cwt	332.00–347.50	2,492	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,421	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	326.39/cwt	320.00–331.00	3,127	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	405.77/cwt	389.00–440.00	2,309	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	696	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,422	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	450.98/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,115	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	354.50/cwt	347.00–372.00	2,404	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	337.09/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,326	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	324.50/cwt	322.00–326.00	2,693	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	745	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,779	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	341.52/cwt	335.00–352.00	2,152	21

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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