Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers sold 5.00-15.00 lower with the exception of heavy 5 weights which sold 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs. sold 10.00-30.00 lower with heavier weights selling 2.00-10.00 lower. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. The largest lots of the day were 349 heifers weighing 696 lbs. which sold for 342.00/cwt. and 329 steers weighing 928 lbs. which sold for 328.75/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.26/cwt on 947 head, down $7.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 32 comparable sales and sits −7.06 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$463.26

▼ 7.95 vs prior sale

947 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$447

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

$94.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.11

vs MO average

+4.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	489.05	2,641	439
Medium and Large 1-2	548	441.90	2,421	498
Medium and Large 2	556	395.00	2,194	10thin

One grade step is worth $94.05/cwt here — about $447 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.

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 sale947 hd

463.26

—

MO average11 barns · 2,338 hd

471.36

−8.11

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+4.07

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−7.06

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

85 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	343.31/cwt	330.00–364.00	2,372	437
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	325.47/cwt	323.00–330.00	2,535	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	487.83/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,849	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	317.13/cwt	312.00–318.00	2,591	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	409.76/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,991	110
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,383	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	934	325.26/cwt	324.00–333.50	3,038	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	988	317.92/cwt	308.00–324.00	3,141	308
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	379.96/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,242	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,251	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	437.97/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,875	128
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,407	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	332.57/cwt	325.00–344.00	3,243	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	409.32/cwt	405.00–416.00	2,747	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	533.72/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,049	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	490.85/cwt	482.00–495.00	2,140	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	303.51/cwt	302.00–304.00	2,665	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	326.22/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,629	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,208	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	335.50/cwt	331.50–341.00	2,637	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	370.63/cwt	363.00–380.00	2,865	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,450	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	374.52/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,176	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	323.08/cwt	317.00–328.00	2,862	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	467.01/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,919	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	518.94/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,496	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	444.78/cwt	427.00–460.00	2,130	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	464.97/cwt	445.00–510.00	2,683	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	332.05/cwt	325.00–352.00	3,065	602
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	356.38/cwt	342.00–375.00	2,580	314
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,580	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	409.12/cwt	392.00–430.00	2,352	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	371.28/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,447	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	416.93/cwt	400.00–455.00	2,185	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	297.17/cwt	297.00–298.00	2,716	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	499.51/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,617	306
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	478	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,912	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	484	454.58/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,200	16
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	494	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,174	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	372	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,748	9
Steers	Large 1	700–750	731	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,741	11
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	445	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,980	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	335.20/cwt	331.00–339.50	2,923	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	380.76/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,753	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	428.22/cwt	415.00–442.00	2,689	363
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	353.75/cwt	345.00–361.00	2,926	352
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	398	436.34/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,737	11
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	382	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,719	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	394.32/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,928	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,505	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,070	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	372.12/cwt	364.00–387.00	2,341	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	562.57/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,295	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,912	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,215	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	470.09/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,749	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,031	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,455	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,927	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	342.18/cwt	339.50–346.00	2,840	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	488	406.85/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,985	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,286	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	426.53/cwt	400.00–442.00	2,478	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	589.26/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,945	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	452.76/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,182	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	387.65/cwt	365.00–398.00	2,621	146
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	702	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,352	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	498.05/cwt	470.00–525.00	2,142	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	355.48/cwt	347.00–357.00	2,716	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,038	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,213	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	331.85/cwt	328.00–337.00	2,920	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	451.07/cwt	390.00–470.00	2,382	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,190	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	476.75/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,279	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,702	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	359.96/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,221	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	406.33/cwt	375.00–417.00	2,552	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	381.03/cwt	355.00–405.00	2,012	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,346	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	558.88/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,185	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	548.65/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,728	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	329.21/cwt	323.50–355.00	2,436	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	364.03/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,661	114

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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