Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 10.00 lower with some exceptions. Light 4 weights and 3 weights sold 20.00-35.00 lower. Heavy 8 weights sold 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 12.00 higher. Supply was heavy with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $489.38/cwt on 720 head, down $15.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 31 of 32 comparable sales and sits +19.07 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$489.38

▼ 15.80 vs prior sale

720 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$71.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.58

vs MO average

+1.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	507.09	2,783	453
Medium and Large 1-2	557	463.28	2,578	229
Medium and Large 2	581	435.63	2,531	38

One grade step is worth $71.46/cwt here — about $252 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 sale720 hd

489.38

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MO average16 barns · 2,991 hd

496.96

−7.58

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+1.03

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

+19.07

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

78 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	850–900	869	349.72/cwt	332.00–354.00	3,039	143
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,500	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	543.94/cwt	510.00–580.00	2,339	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	404.13/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,736	86
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,304	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	502.44/cwt	470.00–535.00	2,392	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	642.58/cwt	630.00–660.00	2,230	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,013	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,221	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	530.15/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,057	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	358.45/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,918	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	388.02/cwt	370.00–391.50	2,848	596
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	328.94/cwt	320.00–336.00	3,043	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	451.92/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,630	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	419.99/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,600	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	305.04/cwt	300.00–312.00	2,840	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	570.92/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,227	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	427.27/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,435	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	357.77/cwt	335.00–367.50	2,454	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	458.52/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,205	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	497.64/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,120	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,147	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	383.82/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,387	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,675	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	347.40/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,564	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	587.54/cwt	520.00–600.00	2,021	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,875	18
Bulls	Small 1-2	550–600	573	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,607	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	423.42/cwt	385.00–440.00	2,261	128
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,406	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,059	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	435.63/cwt	427.00–445.00	2,531	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	476.37/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,248	28
Steers	Large 1	600–650	625	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,750	8
Steers	Large 1	800–850	832	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,912	6
Steers	Large 1	750–800	776	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,926	8
Steers	Large 1	650–700	677	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,640	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	427	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,964	5
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	695	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,474	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,135	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	579.42/cwt	550.00–610.00	2,167	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	654.43/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,061	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	296.24/cwt	290.00–306.00	2,897	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,601	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	443.25/cwt	435.00–500.00	2,815	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	369.28/cwt	365.00–375.00	3,013	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	551.64/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,615	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	360.91/cwt	354.00–371.00	3,118	533
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	383.00/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,941	256
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,706	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	473.78/cwt	440.00–515.00	2,487	246
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,425	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	431.23/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,885	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	483.30/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,789	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	534.86/cwt	500.00–560.00	2,760	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	410.93/cwt	394.00–430.00	2,955	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	335.24/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,746	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	339.41/cwt	335.00–345.00	3,095	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	611.86/cwt	600.00–640.00	2,356	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	323.51/cwt	323.00–324.00	3,164	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,150	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	389.07/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,630	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	599	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	426.34/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,451	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	503.09/cwt	470.00–525.00	2,339	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	601.23/cwt	580.00–640.00	2,543	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	710.99/cwt	690.00–740.00	2,289	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	348.33/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,658	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	375.29/cwt	366.00–380.00	2,931	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	327.21/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,866	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,988	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	425.63/cwt	410.00–447.00	2,630	421
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	455.57/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,342	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	463	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,222	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	474.65/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,520	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	527.67/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,216	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	373.69/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,732	130

How this sale compares

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