Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs. sold 15.00 up to 50.00 higher. Heavier weights sold steady to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with the exception of light 4 weights which sold up to 50.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. Light 6 weight steers sold up to 500.00/cwt. Light 8 weight steers sold up to 383.00/cwt. Most all the market area received rain the past few days. The grass is green and the market is on fire.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $505.18/cwt on 364 head, up $27.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 32 of 32 comparable sales and sits +34.86 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$505.18

▲ 27.64 vs prior sale

364 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

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

$65.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.85

vs MO average

+14.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	526.26	2,834	246
Medium and Large 1-2	560	461.23	2,584	118

One grade step is worth $65.03/cwt here — about $250 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale364 hd

505.18

—

MO average19 barns · 2,227 hd

492.33

+12.85

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+14.35

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

+34.86

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

70 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	550–600	577	461.33/cwt	430.00–477.50	2,662	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	374.89/cwt	355.00–383.00	2,883	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	619.62/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,964	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,114	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	366.71/cwt	345.00–367.50	2,442	378
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	429.26/cwt	390.00–455.00	2,245	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	390.81/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,849	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	543.73/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,077	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	610.63/cwt	585.00–620.00	2,363	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	461.08/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,467	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	927	332.65/cwt	323.00–335.00	3,084	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	359.21/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,953	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,003	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,658	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,943	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	376.42/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,360	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	512.04/cwt	470.00–530.00	2,171	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	340.56/cwt	338.00–344.00	3,021	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	605.95/cwt	560.00–640.00	2,036	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	495.48/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,131	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,208	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	350.50/cwt	330.00–367.00	2,524	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	536.48/cwt	520.00–580.00	2,538	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	433.19/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,092	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,995	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,046	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	404.97/cwt	350.00–430.00	2,337	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	657	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,643	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	368.51/cwt	352.00–377.00	2,635	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,218	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,577	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,450	7
Steers	Medium 2	650–700	651	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,148	6
Steers	Large 1	750–800	786	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,955	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	739.73/cwt	690.00–770.00	2,301	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,134	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,425	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	651.72/cwt	620.00–700.00	2,444	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	320.51/cwt	318.50–326.00	3,311	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,812	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	502.39/cwt	480.00–550.00	2,371	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	628.88/cwt	610.00–680.00	2,710	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	331.92/cwt	326.00–335.00	3,200	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	343.85/cwt	338.00–347.00	3,146	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	373.28/cwt	365.00–383.00	3,042	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	455.95/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,872	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	353.27/cwt	348.00–368.00	3,095	520
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,839	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	434.63/cwt	415.00–470.00	2,521	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	391.02/cwt	384.00–420.00	3,046	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	521.72/cwt	500.00–560.00	2,932	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	412.06/cwt	400.00–430.00	3,008	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	335.20/cwt	331.00–347.00	2,759	273
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	457.83/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,216	80
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	408.07/cwt	379.00–430.00	2,563	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	564.26/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,692	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	530.25/cwt	500.00–575.00	2,747	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	652.16/cwt	635.00–670.00	2,035	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	421.26/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,646	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	581.81/cwt	520.00–605.00	2,513	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	382.50/cwt	370.00–394.00	2,555	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	442.79/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,940	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	342.65/cwt	331.00–360.50	2,649	535
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	319.00/cwt	310.00–321.00	2,664	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	414.17/cwt	410.00–416.00	2,837	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,092	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	3,058	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	485.01/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,508	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	581.75/cwt	530.00–620.00	2,426	97

How this sale compares

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.

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