Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 475 lbs. sold 10.00-35.00 lower. Weights over 475 lbs. sold 5.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly from 6.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. There were two very large lots in the auction today. 472 heifers weighing 637 lbs. sold for 434.00/cwt. The other lot was 426 steers weighing 915 lbs. and sold for 337.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.54/cwt on 647 head, up $7.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 32 comparable sales and sits +7.22 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$477.54

▲ 7.93 vs prior sale

647 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$511

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

$118.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.28

vs MO average

−5.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	498.86	2,705	381
Medium and Large 1-2	545	457.13	2,490	231
Medium and Large 2	577	380.19	2,194	35

One grade step is worth $118.67/cwt here — about $511 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 sale647 hd

477.54

—

MO average19 barns · 2,630 hd

479.82

−2.28

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−5.64

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

+7.22

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

82 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	300–350	339	596.73/cwt	570.00–620.00	2,023	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	376.29/cwt	335.00–390.00	2,348	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	586.79/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,288	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	469.35/cwt	435.00–490.00	2,483	158
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,485	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	400.59/cwt	392.00–406.00	2,740	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	498.36/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,357	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	904	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,667	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	373.95/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,734	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	336.33/cwt	329.00–340.00	2,953	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	520.66/cwt	490.00–550.00	2,275	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	342.76/cwt	332.00–349.00	2,499	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	433.37/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,258	113
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	473.25/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,262	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	455.29/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,185	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	994	316.12/cwt	314.00–321.00	3,142	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	430.69/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,494	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	346.03/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,384	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	568.46/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,808	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,162	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	360.78/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,049	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,034	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	477.74/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,045	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	903	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,258	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,877	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	380.19/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,194	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	494.31/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,111	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	399.39/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,296	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	322.35/cwt	305.00–325.50	2,547	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	967	303.99/cwt	303.00–306.00	2,940	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,004	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	484.00/cwt	470.00–505.00	1,839	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,999	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,483	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	475.27/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,296	80
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,400	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,404	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,279	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,723	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,712	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	711	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,787	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	481.85/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,708	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	319.49/cwt	311.00–323.50	3,246	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	342.78/cwt	340.00–357.00	3,016	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	394.60/cwt	385.00–419.00	2,896	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	337.38/cwt	330.00–343.00	3,104	877
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	331.15/cwt	329.00–334.00	3,199	478
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	490.88/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,292	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	666.74/cwt	640.00–700.00	2,114	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	364.04/cwt	358.00–374.00	2,981	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	576.51/cwt	520.00–640.00	2,456	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	428.83/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,839	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	513.61/cwt	490.00–560.00	2,696	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	529.66/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,500	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	624.20/cwt	600.00–640.00	2,241	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	378.65/cwt	364.00–389.00	2,950	553
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	425.78/cwt	370.00–434.00	2,699	659
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	360.77/cwt	347.00–380.00	2,598	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	333.08/cwt	323.00–347.00	2,731	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	480.93/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,491	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	690.54/cwt	670.00–700.00	2,154	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	412.11/cwt	395.00–422.00	2,576	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,330	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	437.18/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,273	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,017	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,112	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,081	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	320.19/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,571	74
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	373.60/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,578	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,915	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	357.44/cwt	347.00–363.00	2,917	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	353.85/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,700	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	529.07/cwt	510.00–580.00	2,212	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	605.48/cwt	570.00–630.00	2,204	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	382.66/cwt	367.50–400.00	2,575	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	339.47/cwt	331.00–353.00	2,644	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,730	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	518.60/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,955	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	298.85/cwt	297.00–303.00	2,854	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,895	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	429.84/cwt	407.00–445.00	2,515	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	452.77/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,807	255

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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