Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00-20.00 lower with the exception of light 6 and 7 weight steers which sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-20.00 lower. Supply was light with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.50/cwt on 66 head, down $19.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −78.81 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$391.50

▼ 19.31 vs prior sale

66 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,138

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$79.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.88

vs MO average

−7.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	439.06	2,235	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	555	391.71	2,172	26
Medium and Large 2	562	359.58	2,019	24

One grade step is worth $79.48/cwt here — about $215 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 sale66 hd

391.50

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MO average13 barns · 633 hd

429.39

−37.88

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

−7.79

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−78.81

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

67 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	400–450	414	406.98/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,685	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	558.79/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,878	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	392.46/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,872	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	353.81/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,041	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	321.32/cwt	315.00–337.00	2,188	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	483.52/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,552	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	402.36/cwt	375.00–430.00	1,943	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	952	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	322.63/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,010	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	463.74/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,999	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	422.57/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,995	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	358.00/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,065	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,284	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,804	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	439.06/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,235	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	365.96/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,049	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	415.63/cwt	415.00–417.00	2,053	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	388.16/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,251	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	2,095	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	343.18/cwt	342.00–347.00	2,268	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,130	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	400.98/cwt	382.00–415.00	2,121	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	439.00/cwt	437.00–440.00	1,839	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	376.18/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,374	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	347.11/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,662	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,888	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	376.18/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,539	19
Steers	Large 1	700–750	715	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,681	3
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	818	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,593	6
Steers	Large 1	850–900	858	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	451.55/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,666	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	340.68/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,938	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	370.85/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,954	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	323.46/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,377	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	395.25/cwt	360.00–430.00	2,091	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	314.17/cwt	312.00–317.00	2,403	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	349.21/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,350	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	303.19/cwt	302.00–307.00	2,613	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,912	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	348.76/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	277	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	338.97/cwt	330.00–341.50	2,749	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	325.23/cwt	285.00–328.50	2,885	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	338.38/cwt	310.00–340.50	2,602	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,862	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,186	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	527.65/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,947	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	333.29/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,983	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	327.44/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,066	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,391	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	290.22/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,791	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	413.26/cwt	380.00–430.00	2,004	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	352.71/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,395	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,704	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	407.46/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,494	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	347.17/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,152	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,030	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,899	2

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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