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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, May 4

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

7,321 head

▼ 273 vs last sale 7,594▼ 43 vs year ago 7,364 · −0.6%

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 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs. sold steady to 12.00 higher with heavier weights selling steady to 10.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand. The largest lot of the day was 138 heifers weighing 750 lbs. which sold for 347.00/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 $486.68/cwt on 780 head, up $11.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 34 comparable sales and sits +31.59 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$486.68

▲ 11.64 vs prior sale

780 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$856

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

$127.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.67

vs MO average

−0.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	497.73	2,757	626
Medium and Large 1-2	554	444.64	2,463	148
Medium and Large 2	514	370.00	1,902	6thin

One grade step is worth $127.73/cwt here — about $856 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale780 hd

486.68

—

MO average19 barns · 3,172 hd

492.35

−5.67

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−0.87

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+31.59

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

72 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	703.35/cwt	680.00–740.00	2,293	63
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	672.26/cwt	600.00–704.00	2,434	27
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	569.84/cwt	550.00–595.00	2,182	70
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	589.58/cwt	560.00–610.00	2,506	101
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	533.60/cwt	490.00–555.00	2,289	88
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,150	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	554.13/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,610	129
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	509.75/cwt	485.00–520.00	2,416	96
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	462.12/cwt	434.00–470.00	2,237	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,902	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	519.97/cwt	495.00–550.00	2,719	195
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	455.02/cwt	350.00–485.00	2,412	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	487.67/cwt	457.00–515.00	2,770	431
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	432.09/cwt	417.00–450.00	2,519	67
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	447.01/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,767	194
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	427.99/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,696	57
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	424.15/cwt	410.00–452.00	2,816	172
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	395.99/cwt	370.00–408.00	2,693	71
Steers	700–750	Large 1	719	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,732	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	406.02/cwt	395.00–428.00	2,948	79
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	375.69/cwt	350.00–392.00	2,784	138
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	385.76/cwt	377.00–403.00	2,943	61
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	363.28/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,877	194
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	364.27/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,976	304
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	841	342.43/cwt	316.00–347.00	2,880	66
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	357.16/cwt	355.00–361.00	3,100	120
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	341.06/cwt	331.50–350.00	2,984	432
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	334.20/cwt	332.00–340.00	3,051	569
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	949	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,065	38
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	321.76/cwt	321.00–322.00	3,115	124
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	999	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,147	7
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,016	310.51/cwt	305.00–311.00	3,155	62
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,054	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,267	54
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,069	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,293	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	605.14/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,955	24
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	556.98/cwt	555.00–580.00	1,894	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	564.65/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,044	37
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	519.70/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,980	40
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	466.57/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,801	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	525.38/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,196	126
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	471.64/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,052	103
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	478.89/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,280	182
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	444.38/cwt	420.00–485.00	2,142	76
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	506	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,277	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	448.37/cwt	432.00–485.00	2,340	185
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	418.54/cwt	380.00–430.00	2,235	83
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	428.90/cwt	405.00–480.00	2,428	168
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	386.57/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,215	115
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	409.71/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,516	90
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	375.97/cwt	345.00–387.00	2,406	60
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	357.01/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,396	104
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	390.05/cwt	372.00–397.00	2,637	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	360.04/cwt	355.00–361.00	2,549	49
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	350.73/cwt	346.00–355.00	2,522	81
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	727	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,545	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	346.41/cwt	342.00–370.00	2,615	229
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,190	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	340.60/cwt	337.00–342.00	2,595	46
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,637	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	331.56/cwt	327.50–337.00	2,712	161
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	319.11/cwt	314.00–324.00	2,802	121
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,811	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,128	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	2,325	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,424	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,338	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,642	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,253	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,567	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	433.97/cwt	425.00–442.00	2,461	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,590	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,734	6

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 May 4, 2026

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

Receipts 7,321Last week 7,594Year ago 7,364

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	350–400	383	550.00–595.00	569.84
88	400–450	429	490.00–555.00	533.60
96	450–500	474	485.00–520.00	509.75
81	500–550	530	350.00–485.00	455.02
67	550–600	583	417.00–450.00	432.09
57	600–650	630	420.00–435.00	427.99
71	650–700	680	370.00–408.00	395.99
138	700–750	741	350.00–392.00	375.69
194	750–800	792	360.00–373.00	363.28
66	800–850	841	316.00–347.00	342.43
432	850–900	875	331.50–350.00	341.06
38	900–950	949	323.00	323.00
7	950–1000	999	315.00	315.00
62	1000–1050	1,016	305.00–311.00	310.51
54	1050–1100	1,054	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	448	480.00	480.00
30	450–500	484	434.00–470.00	462.12
6	500–550	514	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	719	380.00	380.00
14	1050–1100	1,069	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	300–350	326	680.00–740.00	703.35
27	350–400	362	600.00–704.00	672.26
101	400–450	425	560.00–610.00	589.58
129	450–500	471	530.00–570.00	554.13
195	500–550	523	495.00–550.00	519.97
431	550–600	568	457.00–515.00	487.67
194	600–650	619	435.00–470.00	447.01
172	650–700	664	410.00–452.00	424.15
79	700–750	726	395.00–428.00	406.02
61	750–800	763	377.00–403.00	385.76
304	800–850	817	355.00–374.00	364.27
120	850–900	868	355.00–361.00	357.16
569	900–950	913	332.00–340.00	334.20
124	950–1000	968	321.00–322.00	321.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	340	555.00–580.00	556.98
40	350–400	381	510.00–530.00	519.70
103	400–450	435	450.00–490.00	471.64
76	450–500	482	420.00–485.00	444.38
83	500–550	534	380.00–430.00	418.54
115	550–600	573	370.00–400.00	386.57
60	600–650	640	345.00–387.00	375.97
104	650–700	671	350.00–360.00	357.01
81	700–750	719	346.00–355.00	350.73
46	750–800	762	337.00–342.00	340.60
13	800–850	814	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	386	450.00–475.00	466.57
6	750–800	755	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	506	450.00	450.00
9	700–750	727	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	323	570.00–620.00	605.14
37	350–400	362	540.00–570.00	564.65
126	400–450	418	500.00–550.00	525.38
182	450–500	476	465.00–495.00	478.89
185	500–550	522	432.00–485.00	448.37
168	550–600	566	405.00–480.00	428.90
90	600–650	614	390.00–430.00	409.71
34	650–700	676	372.00–397.00	390.05
49	700–750	708	355.00–361.00	360.04
229	750–800	755	342.00–370.00	346.41
161	800–850	818	327.50–337.00	331.56
121	850–900	878	314.00–324.00	319.11
8	900–950	901	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	313	680.00	680.00
9	450–500	453	535.00	535.00
5	500–550	508	520.00	520.00
5	550–600	558	460.00	460.00
7	600–650	624	415.00	415.00
6	650–700	675	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	425	547.00	547.00
7	450–500	482	485.00	485.00
6	500–550	512	440.00	440.00
13	550–600	567	425.00–442.00	433.97

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.