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Joplin Regional Stockyards

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

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Apr 13

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

9,109 head

▲ 1,301 vs last sale 7,808▲ 711 vs year ago 8,398 · +8.5%

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

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 — 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 $489.38/cwt on 720 head, down $15.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 34 comparable sales and sits +34.30 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

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

Price by quality 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale720 hd

489.38

—

MO average16 barns · 2,991 hd

496.96

−7.58

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+1.03

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+34.30

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

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. 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	710.99/cwt	690.00–740.00	2,289	37
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	642.58/cwt	630.00–660.00	2,230	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	611.86/cwt	600.00–640.00	2,356	33
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	570.92/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,227	38
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	396	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,059	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	601.23/cwt	580.00–640.00	2,543	115
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	543.94/cwt	510.00–580.00	2,339	133
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	463	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,222	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	476.37/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,248	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	551.64/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,615	182
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	502.44/cwt	470.00–535.00	2,392	118
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	534.86/cwt	500.00–560.00	2,760	209
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	474.65/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,520	116
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	483.30/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,789	244
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	435.63/cwt	427.00–445.00	2,531	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	451.92/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,630	108
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	599	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,666	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	419.99/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,600	93
Steers	600–650	Large 1	625	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,750	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	443.25/cwt	435.00–500.00	2,815	248
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	431.23/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,885	244
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	404.13/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,736	86
Steers	650–700	Large 1	677	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,640	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	410.93/cwt	394.00–430.00	2,955	207
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	729	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,406	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	388.02/cwt	370.00–391.50	2,848	596
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	383.00/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,941	256
Steers	750–800	Large 1	776	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,926	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	375.29/cwt	366.00–380.00	2,931	119
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	358.45/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,918	112
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	369.28/cwt	365.00–375.00	3,013	206
Steers	800–850	Large 1	832	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,912	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	360.91/cwt	354.00–371.00	3,118	533
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	869	349.72/cwt	332.00–354.00	3,039	143
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	339.41/cwt	335.00–345.00	3,095	244
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	328.94/cwt	320.00–336.00	3,043	220
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	323.51/cwt	323.00–324.00	3,164	29
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,150	11
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,013	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,221	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	654.43/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,061	26
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	587.54/cwt	520.00–600.00	2,021	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	579.42/cwt	550.00–610.00	2,167	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	530.15/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,057	65
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	527.67/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,216	163
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	497.64/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,120	71
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	427	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,964	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	503.09/cwt	470.00–525.00	2,339	185
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	458.52/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,205	101
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,147	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	510	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,601	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	473.78/cwt	440.00–515.00	2,487	246
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	423.42/cwt	385.00–440.00	2,261	128
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	427.27/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,435	120
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	426.34/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,451	204
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	425.63/cwt	410.00–447.00	2,630	421
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	383.82/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,387	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	389.07/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,630	330
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,135	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	357.77/cwt	335.00–367.50	2,454	112
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	695	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,474	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	373.69/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,732	130
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	347.40/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,564	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	348.33/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,658	114
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,675	36
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	335.24/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,746	101
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	327.21/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,866	58
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,875	18
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,988	41
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	931	305.04/cwt	300.00–312.00	2,840	14
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	296.24/cwt	290.00–306.00	2,897	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,425	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,304	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	455.57/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,342	17
Bulls	550–600	Small 1-2	573	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,607	20
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,544	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,500	15
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,706	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	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 Apr 13, 2026

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

Receipts 9,109Last week 7,808Year ago 8,398

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	347	630.00–660.00	642.58
38	350–400	390	560.00–580.00	570.92
133	400–450	430	510.00–580.00	543.94
118	450–500	476	470.00–535.00	502.44
116	500–550	531	460.00–500.00	474.65
108	550–600	582	430.00–475.00	451.92
93	600–650	619	405.00–435.00	419.99
86	650–700	677	390.00–415.00	404.13
596	700–750	734	370.00–391.50	388.02
119	750–800	781	366.00–380.00	375.29
112	800–850	814	340.00–363.00	358.45
143	850–900	869	332.00–354.00	349.72
220	900–950	925	320.00–336.00	328.94
11	1000–1050	1,013	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	520.00	520.00
28	450–500	472	470.00–480.00	476.37
38	550–600	581	427.00–445.00	435.63
8	700–750	729	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	625	440.00	440.00
5	650–700	677	390.00	390.00
8	750–800	776	377.00	377.00
6	800–850	832	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	322	690.00–740.00	710.99
33	350–400	385	600.00–640.00	611.86
115	400–450	423	580.00–640.00	601.23
182	450–500	474	530.00–560.00	551.64
209	500–550	516	500.00–560.00	534.86
244	550–600	577	470.00–490.00	483.30
248	600–650	635	435.00–500.00	443.25
244	650–700	669	410.00–440.00	431.23
207	700–750	719	394.00–430.00	410.93
256	750–800	768	375.00–390.00	383.00
206	800–850	816	365.00–375.00	369.28
533	850–900	864	354.00–371.00	360.91
244	900–950	912	335.00–345.00	339.41
29	950–1000	978	323.00–324.00	323.51
11	1000–1050	1,000	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	463	480.00	480.00
5	550–600	599	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	475.00	475.00
17	500–550	514	450.00–465.00	455.57
15	600–650	641	390.00	390.00
10	650–700	670	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	573	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	560.00	560.00
7	600–650	636	400.00	400.00
6	650–700	652	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	344	520.00–600.00	587.54
65	350–400	388	520.00–540.00	530.15
71	400–450	426	470.00–520.00	497.64
101	450–500	481	445.00–470.00	458.52
128	500–550	534	385.00–440.00	423.42
120	550–600	570	400.00–435.00	427.27
57	600–650	622	370.00–400.00	383.82
112	650–700	686	335.00–367.50	357.77
35	700–750	738	345.00–350.00	347.40
36	750–800	773	346.00	346.00
18	850–900	890	323.00	323.00
14	900–950	931	300.00–312.00	305.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	488	440.00	440.00
5	650–700	680	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	695	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	315	630.00–670.00	654.43
34	350–400	374	550.00–610.00	579.42
163	400–450	420	500.00–545.00	527.67
185	450–500	465	470.00–525.00	503.09
246	500–550	525	440.00–515.00	473.78
204	550–600	575	410.00–445.00	426.34
421	600–650	618	410.00–447.00	425.63
330	650–700	676	370.00–410.00	389.07
130	700–750	731	355.00–390.00	373.69
114	750–800	763	330.00–351.00	348.33
101	800–850	819	325.00–340.00	335.24
58	850–900	876	320.00–330.00	327.21
41	900–950	900	332.00	332.00
18	950–1000	978	290.00–306.00	296.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	510	510.00	510.00

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.