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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 23

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

8,912 head

▲ 2,314 vs last sale 6,598▼ 25 vs year ago 8,937 · −0.3%

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

As filed

CLOSEee

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly from 8.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. 17 steers weighing 808 lbs. sold for 373.00/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 $469.61/cwt on 567 head, down $8.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 34 comparable sales and sits +14.52 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$469.61

▼ 8.45 vs prior sale

567 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$30.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.05

vs MO average

−8.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	482.40	2,670	328
Medium and Large 1-2	542	452.05	2,452	239

One grade step is worth $30.35/cwt here — about $218 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 sale567 hd

469.61

—

MO average16 barns · 2,007 hd

478.65

−9.05

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

−8.48

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+14.52

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

80 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	254	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	1,905	23
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,947	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	683.37/cwt	660.00–700.00	2,166	32
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	631.97/cwt	620.00–650.00	2,048	28
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	630.07/cwt	620.00–680.00	2,306	102
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	590.43/cwt	570.00–610.00	2,167	65
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	394	529.41/cwt	510.00–560.00	2,086	54
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	415	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,615	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	531.48/cwt	490.00–570.00	2,216	86
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	607.23/cwt	585.00–650.00	2,569	69
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	451.23/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,976	39
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	578.71/cwt	560.00–630.00	2,737	216
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	519.41/cwt	490.00–560.00	2,478	164
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	460.53/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,211	47
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	467.39/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,426	147
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	528	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,587	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	508.88/cwt	490.00–550.00	2,697	149
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	458.97/cwt	445.00–480.00	2,639	171
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	434.21/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,514	71
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	583	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,361	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	439.10/cwt	415.00–470.00	2,714	146
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	391.10/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,448	92
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	423.78/cwt	410.00–465.00	2,822	318
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	387.89/cwt	367.00–407.00	2,618	185
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	390.24/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,833	162
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	362.83/cwt	340.00–380.00	2,681	83
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	376.01/cwt	361.00–389.00	2,865	319
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	343.29/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,719	118
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	358.79/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,928	371
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	334.92/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,746	218
Steers	850–900	Large 1	870	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,002	75
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	335.35/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,951	204
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	326.13/cwt	323.00–336.00	3,040	143
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	938	312.24/cwt	311.00–319.00	2,929	221
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	961	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,133	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	320.64/cwt	318.00–325.00	3,097	207
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,021	305.47/cwt	300.00–311.00	3,119	48
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	274	650.99/cwt	615.00–700.00	1,784	55
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	582.51/cwt	520.00–620.00	1,893	64
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,092	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	352	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,042	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	595.51/cwt	570.00–630.00	2,233	79
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	530.96/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,002	121
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,886	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	530.35/cwt	510.00–560.00	2,259	130
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	481.12/cwt	450.00–505.00	2,064	150
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	511.61/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,405	200
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	462.96/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,218	140
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	433.00/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,083	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	464.80/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,384	161
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	423.64/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,216	177
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,034	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	426.88/cwt	402.00–450.00	2,467	274
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	382.37/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,233	119
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	394.47/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,489	166
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	370.22/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,343	122
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	383.87/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,564	276
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	347.49/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,370	80
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	324.00/cwt	315.00–342.00	2,333	175
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	358.26/cwt	351.00–367.50	2,597	145
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	734	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,129	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	324.97/cwt	317.00–333.00	2,460	85
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	782	333.73/cwt	333.00–338.00	2,610	79
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	336.76/cwt	331.00–352.00	2,647	269
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	324.64/cwt	322.00–337.00	2,626	34
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	818	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,601	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	306.09/cwt	302.00–310.00	2,531	27
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,766	21
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	313.41/cwt	312.00–314.00	2,871	24
Heifers	900–950	Large 1	937	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,858	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	981	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,914	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,525	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	494.98/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,123	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	494.70/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,389	21
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	483.61/cwt	460.00–505.00	2,495	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	451.53/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,533	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	424.36/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,444	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	403.01/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,575	15
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	393.51/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,640	19
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,584	10

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 8,912Last week 6,598Year ago 8,937

CLOSEee

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly from 8.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. 17 steers weighing 808 lbs. sold for 373.00/cwt.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	583	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	295	660.00	660.00
28	300–350	324	620.00–650.00	631.97
65	350–400	367	570.00–610.00	590.43
86	400–450	417	490.00–570.00	531.48
164	450–500	477	490.00–560.00	519.41
147	500–550	519	430.00–480.00	467.39
71	550–600	579	410.00–445.00	434.21
92	600–650	626	370.00–405.00	391.10
185	650–700	675	367.00–407.00	387.89
83	700–750	739	340.00–380.00	362.83
118	750–800	792	343.00–350.00	343.29
218	800–850	820	320.00–350.00	334.92
221	900–950	938	311.00–319.00	312.24
48	1000–1050	1,021	300.00–311.00	305.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	350–400	394	510.00–560.00	529.41
39	400–450	438	450.00–460.00	451.23
47	450–500	480	430.00–480.00	460.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	850–900	870	345.00	345.00
9	950–1000	961	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	250–300	254	750.00	750.00
32	300–350	317	660.00–700.00	683.37
102	350–400	366	620.00–680.00	630.07
69	400–450	423	585.00–650.00	607.23
216	450–500	473	560.00–630.00	578.71
149	500–550	530	490.00–550.00	508.88
171	550–600	575	445.00–480.00	458.97
146	600–650	618	415.00–470.00	439.10
318	650–700	666	410.00–465.00	423.78
162	700–750	726	380.00–405.00	390.24
319	750–800	762	361.00–389.00	376.01
371	800–850	816	350.00–373.00	358.79
204	850–900	880	332.00–340.00	335.35
143	900–950	932	323.00–336.00	326.13
207	950–1000	966	318.00–325.00	320.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	415	630.00	630.00
8	500–550	528	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	332	630.00	630.00
79	350–400	375	570.00–630.00	595.51
130	400–450	426	510.00–560.00	530.35
200	450–500	470	480.00–540.00	511.61
161	500–550	513	450.00–495.00	464.80
274	550–600	578	402.00–450.00	426.88
166	600–650	631	385.00–405.00	394.47
276	650–700	668	365.00–395.00	383.87
145	700–750	725	351.00–367.50	358.26
269	750–800	786	331.00–352.00	336.76
34	800–850	809	322.00–337.00	324.64
21	850–900	859	322.00	322.00
24	900–950	916	312.00–314.00	313.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	250–300	274	615.00–700.00	650.99
64	300–350	325	520.00–620.00	582.51
121	350–400	377	500.00–550.00	530.96
150	400–450	429	450.00–505.00	481.12
140	450–500	479	440.00–480.00	462.96
177	500–550	523	400.00–450.00	423.64
119	550–600	584	360.00–395.00	382.37
122	600–650	633	350.00–385.00	370.22
80	650–700	682	330.00–360.00	347.49
175	700–750	720	315.00–342.00	324.00
85	750–800	757	317.00–333.00	324.97
27	800–850	827	302.00–310.00	306.09
21	950–1000	981	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	495.00	495.00
19	450–500	481	430.00–435.00	433.00
5	550–600	569	357.50	357.50
5	700–750	734	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	750–800	782	333.00–338.00	333.73
14	800–850	818	318.00	318.00
6	900–950	937	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	352	580.00	580.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	429	490.00–500.00	494.98
21	450–500	483	480.00–505.00	494.70
11	550–600	576	420.00–430.00	424.36
10	650–700	680	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	428	590.00	590.00
20	500–550	516	460.00–505.00	483.61
14	550–600	561	445.00–460.00	451.53
15	600–650	639	395.00–415.00	403.01
19	650–700	671	385.00–400.00	393.51

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.