Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00-20.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-15.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.84/cwt on 458 head, down $35.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 32 comparable sales and sits −21.48 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$448.84

▼ 35.27 vs prior sale

458 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$574

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

$91.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.48

vs MO average

+9.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	487.40	2,658	137
Large 1	510	455.00	2,321	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	441.20	2,446	250
Medium and Large 2	526	396.40	2,084	65

One grade step is worth $91.00/cwt here — about $574 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale458 hd

448.84

—

MO average13 barns · 1,796 hd

467.32

−18.48

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

+9.69

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−21.48

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

73 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	667	364.96/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,434	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,848	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	374.35/cwt	370.00–377.00	2,287	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,518	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,183	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,301	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	324.50/cwt	321.00–328.00	2,687	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	621.57/cwt	600.00–650.00	2,331	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	332.21/cwt	330.00–339.00	3,206	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	455.75/cwt	445.00–472.00	2,602	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	499.01/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,652	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	549.15/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,065	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	380.22/cwt	376.00–390.00	2,726	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	521.39/cwt	515.00–545.00	2,487	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	354.34/cwt	349.50–360.50	3,115	417
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	417.40/cwt	402.00–432.00	2,755	234
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,198	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,366	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	467.19/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,224	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	429.30/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,224	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	535.52/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,987	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	533.99/cwt	530.00–545.00	1,725	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	523.50/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,701	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	407.44/cwt	402.00–420.00	2,363	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	494.05/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,026	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,690	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,776	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,600	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	376.08/cwt	370.50–377.50	3,016	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	401.02/cwt	391.00–435.00	2,454	131
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,116	7
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	493	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,676	5
Steers	Large 1	600–650	625	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,606	16
Steers	Large 1	500–550	510	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,321	6
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	500	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,075	7
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	651	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,454	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	430.32/cwt	400.00–447.00	2,070	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,553	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,168	269.85/cwt	265.00–276.00	3,152	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	405.34/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,140	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	375.47/cwt	345.00–385.00	2,320	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	366.92/cwt	350.00–371.00	2,649	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,752	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	350.05/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,489	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	389.84/cwt	375.00–397.50	2,269	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	514.40/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,929	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	458.36/cwt	415.00–470.00	1,953	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	489.21/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,368	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,993	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	430.71/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,464	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	341.10/cwt	338.00–347.50	3,026	421
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	351.37/cwt	342.00–359.00	2,899	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,967	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,206	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	345.81/cwt	332.00–356.00	2,718	85
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	429.37/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,971	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	988	322.24/cwt	318.00–325.00	3,184	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	502.07/cwt	470.00–545.00	2,139	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	457.46/cwt	410.00–480.00	2,411	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	396.18/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	388.49/cwt	375.00–397.00	2,657	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	402.33/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,523	245
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	897	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,835	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,302	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	435.51/cwt	410.00–470.00	1,594	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,520	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	368.03/cwt	357.00–385.00	2,819	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	343.39/cwt	339.00–343.50	3,142	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	442.09/cwt	427.50–457.00	2,728	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	559.13/cwt	545.00–590.00	2,382	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	397.56/cwt	380.00–402.00	2,071	59

How this sale compares

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.

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