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

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

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 18 of 32 comparable sales and sits +0.87 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

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

What quality paid 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.

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 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 median32 sales

470.32

+0.87

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

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.

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

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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