Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 750 lbs. sold 5.00-20.00 higher with heavier weights 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-22.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. Some of the high selling steers were; 12 head weighing 307 lbs. selling for 700.00/cwt., 16 steers weighing 539 lbs. and selling for 570.00/cwt. and 9 steers weighing 608 lbs. selling for 490.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $478.43/cwt on 1,413 head, up $23.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 32 comparable sales and sits +8.11 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$478.43

▲ 23.35 vs prior sale

1,413 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$427

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

$106.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.52

vs MO average

+0.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	496.52	2,743	895
Medium and Large 1-2	547	448.30	2,454	508
Medium and Large 2	594	390.00	2,317	10thin

One grade step is worth $106.52/cwt here — about $427 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 sale1,413 hd

478.43

—

MO average18 barns · 3,831 hd

485.95

−7.52

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+0.04

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

+8.11

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

74 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	900–950	914	283.00/cwt	270.00–296.00	2,587	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	371.36/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,718	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	432.81/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,017	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,401	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,257	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	463.64/cwt	410.00–490.00	2,453	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	421.07/cwt	390.00–432.00	2,644	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	348.88/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,746	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	347.99/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,892	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	971	310.27/cwt	310.00–312.00	3,013	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	538.92/cwt	510.00–570.00	2,037	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	339.97/cwt	335.00–347.00	2,954	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	387.49/cwt	367.00–405.00	2,666	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	409.45/cwt	370.00–422.00	2,150	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	341.79/cwt	325.00–347.00	2,321	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,754	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	533.83/cwt	485.00–570.00	2,263	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	466.08/cwt	405.00–485.00	2,023	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	311.33/cwt	310.00–316.00	2,615	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	470.22/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,839	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	374.05/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,158	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	363.54/cwt	330.00–375.00	2,283	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	324.63/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,516	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,618	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,317	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	451.71/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,177	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	503.28/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,892	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,437	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	368.82/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,556	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	499	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,246	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,342	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,533	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,359	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	307	697.49/cwt	690.00–700.00	2,141	16
Steers	Large 1	650–700	672	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,735	7
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	683	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,363	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	636.40/cwt	600.00–660.00	2,119	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	599.09/cwt	580.00–635.00	2,528	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	469.72/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,696	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	639.36/cwt	590.00–680.00	2,436	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	798	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,905	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,563	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	356.93/cwt	345.00–366.00	3,066	697
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	443.45/cwt	392.00–490.00	2,749	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	399.69/cwt	375.00–425.00	2,870	414
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	450.16/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,359	541
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	523.98/cwt	500.00–570.00	2,777	440
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	596.06/cwt	590.00–600.00	2,271	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	418.60/cwt	403.00–440.00	2,796	516
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	357.89/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,931	488
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	566.32/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,673	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	347.84/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,497	532
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	334.28/cwt	330.00–344.00	3,059	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,046	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,798	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	569.39/cwt	530.00–590.00	2,164	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	364.54/cwt	356.00–384.00	2,840	654
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	399.80/cwt	380.00–430.00	2,507	397
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	328.71/cwt	323.00–333.00	2,692	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	458.42/cwt	430.00–485.00	2,155	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	324.39/cwt	320.00–328.50	2,793	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	801	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,844	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	326.09/cwt	325.00–327.00	2,364	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	416.76/cwt	390.00–460.00	2,384	361
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	525.45/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,196	82
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,153	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	335.71/cwt	327.00–347.50	2,635	445
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	419.35/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,441	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	517.00/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,461	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	572.88/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,827	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	360.12/cwt	350.00–405.00	2,442	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	326.87/cwt	325.00–331.00	3,001	96

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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