Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 750 lbs. sold 15.00-35.00 lower with heavier weights selling 2.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 15.00-35.00 lower. Supply was light with moderate demand. With the heat index of 110 and a market adjustment, supply was light along with lower prices. The offering contained a large number of plain cattle compared to last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $410.82/cwt on 237 head, down $38.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −59.50 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$410.82

▼ 38.02 vs prior sale

237 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,297

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

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

$63.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.34

vs MO average

−8.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	433.47	2,432	76
Medium and Large 1-2	560	405.32	2,268	137
Medium and Large 2	550	370.46	2,038	24

One grade step is worth $63.01/cwt here — about $394 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 sale237 hd

410.82

—

MO average13 barns · 1,280 hd

444.16

−33.34

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

−8.22

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−59.50

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

69 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 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,243	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,536	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	366.71/cwt	340.00–373.00	2,244	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	437.90/cwt	432.00–440.00	2,010	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	396.46/cwt	382.00–425.00	2,244	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	374.29/cwt	362.00–390.00	1,976	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	971	319.01/cwt	290.00–320.00	3,098	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	320.12/cwt	314.00–325.00	2,535	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,770	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	384.21/cwt	382.00–385.00	2,574	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	504.51/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,361	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	347.57/cwt	340.00–351.00	2,544	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	338.50/cwt	332.00–345.00	2,661	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	393.82/cwt	387.00–400.00	2,087	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	422.66/cwt	414.00–470.00	2,430	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	325.66/cwt	324.00–328.00	2,644	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	369.77/cwt	367.00–384.00	2,348	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	350.88/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,151	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	336.32/cwt	335.00–344.00	2,442	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	354.47/cwt	354.00–355.00	2,595	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	465.89/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,418	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,820	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	536.06/cwt	520.00–580.00	2,155	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	411.21/cwt	390.00–445.00	2,171	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	326.88/cwt	320.00–329.50	2,818	144
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,398	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	392.78/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,078	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,031	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	3,165	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,846	34
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	477	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,027	12
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	591	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,950	6
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	338.23/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,821	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,418	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	319.16/cwt	316.00–325.00	2,920	243
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	857	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,434	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	375.54/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,554	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	345.14/cwt	341.00–347.00	2,354	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	408.64/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,974	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,998	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	436.74/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,865	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	490.21/cwt	455.00–510.00	2,142	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	472.28/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,243	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	505.76/cwt	480.00–540.00	1,654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	472.15/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,686	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	392.79/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,467	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,751	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,711	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	437.47/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,030	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	401.32/cwt	367.00–410.00	2,320	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	371.28/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,172	158
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,218	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,145	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	762	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,438	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,965	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,078	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	370.91/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,110	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	437.50/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,684	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	340.89/cwt	338.50–341.50	3,095	604
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	402.61/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,512	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,064	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	367.53/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,566	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	380.08/cwt	370.00–382.00	1,878	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,987	5

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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