Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-18.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The largest lot the auction was 602 heifers weighing 611 lbs. which sold for 394.00/cwt.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $481.84/cwt on 887 head, up $18.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 32 comparable sales and sits +11.53 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$481.84

▲ 18.59 vs prior sale

887 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$684

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

$112.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.06

vs MO average

+28.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	492.61	2,679	668
Medium and Large 1-2	554	450.63	2,496	214
Medium and Large 2	525	380.00	1,995	5thin

One grade step is worth $112.61/cwt here — about $684 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 sale887 hd

481.84

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MO average20 barns · 4,853 hd

467.79

+14.06

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

+28.12

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

+11.53

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

76 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	600–650	625	408.60/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,554	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	389.28/cwt	365.00–410.00	2,196	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	364.45/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,832	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	382.72/cwt	372.00–402.00	2,756	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	438.29/cwt	415.00–460.00	2,731	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	465.13/cwt	455.00–520.00	2,679	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	356.33/cwt	335.00–367.00	2,191	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	799	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,553	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	331.63/cwt	323.00–343.00	3,213	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	642.42/cwt	620.00–680.00	2,081	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	351.05/cwt	337.00–355.00	3,030	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	549.93/cwt	535.00–560.00	2,409	101
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	421.60/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,412	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	385.22/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,450	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	322.55/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,693	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,867	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	415.62/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,739	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,009	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	3,295	154
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,364	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	566.16/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,868	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	454.66/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,141	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	433.58/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,471	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	356.48/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,884	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	524.79/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,446	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	431.67/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,266	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	340.90/cwt	335.00–344.00	2,601	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	367.17/cwt	352.00–397.00	2,460	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	474.82/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,004	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	366.88/cwt	349.00–377.00	2,660	900
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	392.71/cwt	372.50–415.00	2,407	690
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	517.97/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,668	355
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	546	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,239	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	459	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,603	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,487	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	623	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,772	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,333	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,371	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	504	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,016	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,308	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,955	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	572.47/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,055	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,666	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,178	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	397.96/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,065	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,624	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,171	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	3,291	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	356.10/cwt	327.00–362.50	2,799	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	415.77/cwt	385.00–440.00	1,804	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	512.96/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,939	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	408.82/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,995	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,708	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	348.04/cwt	334.00–353.00	2,868	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	680	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,666	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	457.72/cwt	420.00–480.00	2,421	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	332.29/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,951	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	339.74/cwt	322.00–347.00	2,467	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	350.36/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,421	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,168	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,995	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	441.74/cwt	409.00–450.00	2,584	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	365.27/cwt	337.00–371.00	2,663	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	491.83/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,331	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	393.93/cwt	382.00–403.00	2,694	136
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	832	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,521	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	517.12/cwt	470.00–530.00	2,156	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,074	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	3,179	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	451.07/cwt	450.00–452.00	2,201	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,220	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	966	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,024	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	575.99/cwt	560.00–590.00	1,976	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	536.17/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,064	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	784	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,587	25

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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