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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-20

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Apr 20

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

8,553 head

▼ 556 vs last sale 9,109▲ 3,679 vs year ago 4,874 · +75.5%

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 unevenly from 5.00 higher to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-20.00 lower. Supply was heavy with good demand. Lots of light muscled, plain cattle in today's offering. The largest lot of the day was 374 steers weighing 901 lbs. which sold for 345.00/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 $471.19/cwt on 658 head, down $18.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 34 comparable sales and sits +16.11 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$471.19

▼ 18.20 vs prior sale

658 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$83.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.30

vs MO average

−7.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	493.46	2,638	267
Medium and Large 1-2	550	456.58	2,511	386
Medium and Large 2	592	410.00	2,427	5thin

One grade step is worth $83.46/cwt here — about $211 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 sale658 hd

471.19

—

MO average19 barns · 4,292 hd

495.49

−24.30

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

−7.84

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+16.11

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

74 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	292	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	2,073	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	635.73/cwt	530.00–670.00	2,060	32
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	691.62/cwt	650.00–710.00	2,255	30
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	645.34/cwt	610.00–680.00	2,323	50
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,057	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	572.48/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,181	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	596.01/cwt	570.00–620.00	2,485	80
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	544.62/cwt	510.00–570.00	2,304	124
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	540.59/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,519	172
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	502.46/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,412	175
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	468.61/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,301	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	510.03/cwt	490.00–550.00	2,632	166
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	470.99/cwt	420.00–490.00	2,463	207
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	466.22/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,634	101
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	439.91/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,556	179
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	592	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,427	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	449.54/cwt	435.00–452.50	2,783	321
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	416.12/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,630	161
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,346	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	417.69/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,807	204
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	402.46/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,785	51
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	384.03/cwt	370.00–392.50	2,780	89
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	399.99/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,916	88
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	377.78/cwt	373.00–407.00	2,898	340
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	363.17/cwt	350.00–372.00	2,840	226
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	375.47/cwt	369.00–380.00	3,011	202
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	819	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,416	54
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	354.95/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,960	68
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	344.79/cwt	344.00–346.00	2,986	178
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	339.43/cwt	320.00–344.00	2,956	225
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	345.60/cwt	343.00–351.00	3,117	456
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	945	327.29/cwt	324.00–337.00	3,093	240
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	321.66/cwt	319.50–324.00	3,165	90
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	3,211	110
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,017	310.60/cwt	310.00–311.00	3,159	25
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,053	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	3,322	69
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	289	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,879	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	614.76/cwt	610.00–620.00	2,066	21
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	567.23/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,929	30
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	577.92/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,133	72
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	526.38/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,984	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	399	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,915	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	518.86/cwt	500.00–555.00	2,174	136
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	478.85/cwt	425.00–500.00	2,083	89
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	477.14/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,266	65
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	442.40/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,146	139
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,887	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	453.70/cwt	437.00–475.00	2,341	55
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	417.32/cwt	370.00–435.00	2,191	132
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	393.63/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,263	127
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	419.68/cwt	400.00–455.00	2,417	204
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	378.74/cwt	350.00–397.50	2,341	251
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	410.50/cwt	400.00–426.00	2,562	151
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	380.46/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,549	179
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	355.86/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,434	98
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,259	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	347.91/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,501	41
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	370.64/cwt	355.00–395.00	2,672	96
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	337.45/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,635	425
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	330.69/cwt	327.00–333.00	2,705	253
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	846	319.26/cwt	310.00–321.00	2,701	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	321.28/cwt	317.00–330.00	2,779	144
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	318.57/cwt	295.00–322.00	2,784	85
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,074	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,016	288.29/cwt	271.00–295.00	2,929	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,205	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,289	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,568	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	442.15/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,330	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,469	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	382.69/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,576	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,674	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,773	9
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	938	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,814	5

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 20, 2026

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Receipts 8,553Last week 9,109Year ago 4,874

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	324	530.00–670.00	635.73
36	350–400	381	560.00–580.00	572.48
124	400–450	423	510.00–570.00	544.62
175	450–500	480	480.00–520.00	502.46
207	500–550	523	420.00–490.00	470.99
179	550–600	581	425.00–450.00	439.91
161	600–650	632	375.00–430.00	416.12
51	650–700	692	390.00–407.50	402.46
89	700–750	724	370.00–392.50	384.03
226	750–800	782	350.00–372.00	363.17
68	800–850	834	345.00–360.00	354.95
225	850–900	871	320.00–344.00	339.43
240	900–950	945	324.00–337.00	327.29
25	1000–1050	1,017	310.00–311.00	310.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	550.00	550.00
25	450–500	491	460.00–475.00	468.61
5	550–600	592	410.00	410.00
9	600–650	634	370.00	370.00
54	800–850	819	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	292	710.00	710.00
30	300–350	326	650.00–710.00	691.62
50	350–400	360	610.00–680.00	645.34
80	400–450	417	570.00–620.00	596.01
172	450–500	466	530.00–560.00	540.59
166	500–550	516	490.00–550.00	510.03
101	550–600	565	455.00–490.00	466.22
321	600–650	619	435.00–452.50	449.54
204	650–700	672	410.00–445.00	417.69
88	700–750	729	395.00–420.00	399.99
340	750–800	767	373.00–407.00	377.78
202	800–850	802	369.00–380.00	375.47
178	850–900	866	344.00–346.00	344.79
456	900–950	902	343.00–351.00	345.60
90	950–1000	984	319.50–324.00	321.66
110	1000–1050	1,005	319.50	319.50
69	1050–1100	1,053	315.50	315.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	289	650.00	650.00
30	300–350	340	530.00–580.00	567.23
25	350–400	377	520.00–540.00	526.38
89	400–450	435	425.00–500.00	478.85
139	450–500	485	430.00–460.00	442.40
132	500–550	525	370.00–435.00	417.32
127	550–600	575	375.00–410.00	393.63
251	600–650	618	350.00–397.50	378.74
98	650–700	684	335.00–365.00	355.86
41	700–750	719	340.00–353.00	347.91
19	800–850	846	310.00–321.00	319.26
85	850–900	874	295.00–322.00	318.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	399	480.00	480.00
6	450–500	490	385.00	385.00
8	650–700	695	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	336	610.00–620.00	614.76
72	350–400	369	550.00–600.00	577.92
136	400–450	419	500.00–555.00	518.86
65	450–500	475	465.00–500.00	477.14
55	500–550	516	437.00–475.00	453.70
204	550–600	576	400.00–455.00	419.68
151	600–650	624	400.00–426.00	410.50
179	650–700	670	370.00–400.00	380.46
96	700–750	721	355.00–395.00	370.64
425	750–800	781	330.00–350.00	337.45
253	800–850	818	327.00–333.00	330.69
144	850–900	865	317.00–330.00	321.28
5	950–1000	976	315.00	315.00
18	1000–1050	1,016	271.00–295.00	288.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	500.00	500.00
7	450–500	472	485.00	485.00
15	500–550	527	435.00–450.00	442.15
6	600–650	625	395.00	395.00
11	650–700	673	380.00–385.00	382.69
5	900–950	938	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	524	490.00	490.00
5	650–700	677	395.00	395.00
9	750–800	781	355.00	355.00

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.