Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 800 lbs. sold 5.00-20.00 higher. Yearling steers over 800 lbs. sold from 10.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold uneven from 15.00 lower to 20.00 higher across most weights. Supply was heavy with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.99/cwt on 927 head, up $10.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 32 comparable sales and sits +18.67 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$488.99

▲ 10.56 vs prior sale

927 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$42.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.55

vs MO average

+1.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	501.74	2,734	636
Large 1	580	485.00	2,813	26
Medium and Large 1-2	554	458.78	2,543	265

One grade step is worth $42.95/cwt here — about $190 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 sale927 hd

488.99

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MO average18 barns · 3,912 hd

481.44

+7.55

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+1.64

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

+18.67

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

75 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	950–1000	979	304.54/cwt	301.00–311.00	2,981	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,898	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	324.33/cwt	307.00–329.00	3,097	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	605.98/cwt	580.00–630.00	2,581	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	337.48/cwt	331.00–342.00	2,956	429
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	504.12/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,669	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	351.77/cwt	347.00–355.00	2,779	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	397.70/cwt	380.00–407.00	2,728	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	439.78/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,120	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	327.83/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,564	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	349.02/cwt	334.00–354.00	2,914	329
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	351.15/cwt	340.00–352.00	2,349	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	524.55/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,539	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	941	322.46/cwt	320.00–325.00	3,034	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	337.73/cwt	322.00–340.00	2,418	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	370.28/cwt	340.00–378.00	2,329	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	432.37/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,521	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	595.89/cwt	560.00–620.00	2,247	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,093	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	400.22/cwt	360.00–420.00	2,101	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,484	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	512.31/cwt	505.00–520.00	1,952	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	854	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,092	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	376.32/cwt	330.00–386.00	2,777	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	968	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,226	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	421.71/cwt	390.00–435.00	2,661	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	478.42/cwt	420.00–495.00	2,550	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	551.54/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,383	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	912	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,736	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	754	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,149	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	371.45/cwt	356.00–410.00	2,504	387
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	344.77/cwt	339.00–348.50	2,641	343
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,590	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,571	7
Steers	Large 1	550–600	580	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,813	26
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	618	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,410	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	403.60/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,910	558
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	457.24/cwt	435.00–487.00	2,821	494
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	374.83/cwt	357.00–388.00	2,916	818
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	400.49/cwt	377.00–424.00	2,487	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	866	307.31/cwt	305.00–313.00	2,661	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	415.58/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,369	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	506.52/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,178	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	589.40/cwt	560.00–620.00	1,880	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,124	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	2,354	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,343	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,377	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	452	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,989	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,856	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	343.72/cwt	342.00–352.00	3,011	492
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	525.40/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,732	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	472.63/cwt	445.00–500.00	2,718	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,565	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	361.44/cwt	352.00–384.00	2,978	456
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	445.39/cwt	425.00–485.00	2,356	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,776	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	571.66/cwt	530.00–610.00	2,132	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,336	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	662.47/cwt	620.00–695.00	2,511	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	657.02/cwt	650.00–660.00	2,129	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,500	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	423.46/cwt	408.00–442.00	2,837	621
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,780	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	648	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,689	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	586.14/cwt	550.00–615.00	2,749	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	350.01/cwt	344.00–363.00	2,489	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	383.82/cwt	350.00–396.00	2,226	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	325.76/cwt	324.00–336.00	2,671	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	483.89/cwt	460.00–513.00	2,269	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	331.17/cwt	325.00–342.50	3,057	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	318.01/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,617	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	478.65/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,073	143

How this sale compares

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