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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-09

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 9

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

6,341 head

▼ 3,639 vs last sale 9,980▼ 3,421 vs year ago 9,762 · −35.0%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 8, 2026 Feeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 25, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00-8.00 lower with the exception of 4 weight steers which sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. The largest lot of the day was 181 steers weighing 806 lbs. which sold for 353.00/cwt.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.82/cwt on 508 head, down $16.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 34 comparable sales and sits −7.26 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$447.82

▼ 16.81 vs prior sale

508 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,479

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$525

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

$93.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.53

vs MO average

−24.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	481.43	2,670	170
Medium and Large 1-2	553	433.78	2,400	317
Medium and Large 2	553	387.62	2,144	21

One grade step is worth $93.81/cwt here — about $525 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale508 hd

447.82

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MO average15 barns · 2,247 hd

471.35

−23.53

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−24.38

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−7.26

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $368.33, median $455.08 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

71 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 2	308	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,540	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,670	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	619.62/cwt	580.00–650.00	2,032	34
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,223	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	606.10/cwt	580.00–620.00	2,321	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	639.70/cwt	630.00–700.00	2,482	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,015	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	402	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,693	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	596.49/cwt	570.00–610.00	2,505	61
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	531.22/cwt	450.00–570.00	2,311	39
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,047	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	573.45/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,672	95
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	529.32/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,498	67
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	477	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,908	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	476.44/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,315	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	508.95/cwt	490.00–550.00	2,662	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,006	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	458.06/cwt	415.00–490.00	2,423	162
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,188	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	464.40/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,666	105
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	406.26/cwt	350.00–440.00	2,344	141
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	593	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,550	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	429.54/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,685	115
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	405.96/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,553	126
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	386.29/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,596	91
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	406.87/cwt	399.00–425.00	2,750	485
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	384.70/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,835	77
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	364.31/cwt	345.00–373.00	2,692	210
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	362.58/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,832	136
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	334.64/cwt	312.00–356.00	2,634	388
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	354.43/cwt	347.00–361.00	2,864	261
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	837	333.71/cwt	325.00–342.00	2,793	288
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	334.00/cwt	331.50–349.00	2,909	126
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	323.38/cwt	318.50–325.50	2,823	215
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,690	17
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	330.35/cwt	330.00–333.00	2,983	159
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	914	317.27/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,900	28
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	991	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,933	126
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	291	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,833	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	293	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,670	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,570	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	607.95/cwt	600.00–620.00	2,073	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	568.83/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,116	55
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	454.90/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,715	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	494.88/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,940	60
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	416	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,267	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	492.70/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,069	88
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	452.60/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,955	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	468.94/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,218	122
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	428.68/cwt	385.00–445.00	2,062	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	405.64/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,085	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	440.95/cwt	420.00–475.00	2,324	83
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	415.60/cwt	390.00–450.00	2,352	69
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	384.12/cwt	355.00–389.00	2,232	160
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	392.36/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,433	189
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	359.56/cwt	342.00–377.00	2,272	237
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	373.27/cwt	360.00–397.00	2,490	51
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	347.16/cwt	343.00–352.00	2,343	93
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	348.29/cwt	342.00–352.00	2,480	116
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	337.24/cwt	322.00–345.00	2,465	103
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	341.91/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,643	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,632	105
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	305.74/cwt	305.00–312.00	2,556	64
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,766	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	314.49/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,749	53
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	927	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,716	38
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	997	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,542	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	575.65/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,498	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	488.42/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,486	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,558	8

This sale against other markets

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Mon Mar 9, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 6,341Last week 9,980Year ago 9,762

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	328	580.00–650.00	619.62
25	350–400	383	580.00–620.00	606.10
39	400–450	435	450.00–570.00	531.22
67	450–500	472	500.00–550.00	529.32
162	500–550	529	415.00–490.00	458.06
141	550–600	577	350.00–440.00	406.26
126	600–650	629	380.00–420.00	405.96
91	650–700	672	375.00–395.00	386.29
210	700–750	739	345.00–373.00	364.31
388	750–800	787	312.00–356.00	334.64
288	800–850	837	325.00–342.00	333.71
215	850–900	873	318.50–325.50	323.38
28	900–950	914	305.00–320.00	317.27
126	950–1000	991	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	315	530.00	530.00
5	350–400	395	510.00	510.00
5	400–450	445	460.00	460.00
19	450–500	486	470.00–485.00	476.44
5	500–550	528	380.00	380.00
16	550–600	561	390.00	390.00
17	850–900	885	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	308	500.00	500.00
17	450–500	477	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	650.00	650.00
13	350–400	388	630.00–700.00	639.70
61	400–450	420	570.00–610.00	596.49
95	450–500	466	560.00–600.00	573.45
65	500–550	523	490.00–550.00	508.95
105	550–600	574	440.00–480.00	464.40
115	600–650	625	420.00–460.00	429.54
485	650–700	676	399.00–425.00	406.87
77	700–750	737	375.00–390.00	384.70
136	750–800	781	360.00–365.00	362.58
261	800–850	808	347.00–361.00	354.43
126	850–900	871	331.50–349.00	334.00
159	900–950	903	330.00–333.00	330.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	402	670.00	670.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	593	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	293	570.00	570.00
60	350–400	392	480.00–530.00	494.88
10	400–450	432	435.00–460.00	452.60
78	450–500	481	385.00–445.00	428.68
22	500–550	514	380.00–415.00	405.64
160	550–600	581	355.00–389.00	384.12
237	600–650	632	342.00–377.00	359.56
93	650–700	675	343.00–352.00	347.16
103	700–750	731	322.00–345.00	337.24
64	800–850	836	305.00–312.00	305.74
53	850–900	874	312.00–320.00	314.49
38	900–950	927	293.00	293.00
5	950–1000	997	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	334	470.00	470.00
20	350–400	377	440.00–460.00	454.90
5	450–500	450	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	291	630.00	630.00
15	300–350	341	600.00–620.00	607.95
55	350–400	372	540.00–600.00	568.83
88	400–450	420	470.00–520.00	492.70
122	450–500	473	450.00–480.00	468.94
83	500–550	527	420.00–475.00	440.95
69	550–600	566	390.00–450.00	415.60
189	600–650	620	380.00–420.00	392.36
51	650–700	667	360.00–397.00	373.27
116	700–750	712	342.00–352.00	348.29
14	750–800	773	330.00–351.00	341.91
105	800–850	833	316.00	316.00
11	850–900	859	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	416	545.00	545.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	434	570.00–580.00	575.65
14	500–550	509	480.00–495.00	488.42
8	650–700	656	390.00	390.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.