Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 10.00-25.00 higher with the most gain on five weights. Feeder heifers sold steady to 20.00 higher with the most gain on weights over 600 lbs.

Supply was light with very good demand. The market recovered from last week's hot weather and border opening news.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $428.93/cwt on 290 head, up $37.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −41.39 against this barn's trailing median of $470.32.

Average price

$428.93

▲ 37.42 vs prior sale

290 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$43.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.70

vs MO average

+14.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	446.98	2,433	171
Medium and Large 1-2	536	403.00	2,159	119

One grade step is worth $43.98/cwt here — about $274 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 sale290 hd

428.93

—

MO average9 barns · 754 hd

436.63

−7.70

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+14.69

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.32

−41.39

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	700–750	726	376.62/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,734	121
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	361.75/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,279	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	366.15/cwt	365.00–367.00	2,116	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,342	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	480.48/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,306	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	483.80/cwt	465.00–510.00	1,742	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	325.43/cwt	322.00–327.00	3,192	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	410.04/cwt	380.00–435.00	2,153	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	335.50/cwt	326.00–337.00	2,815	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	384.64/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,169	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,742	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	403.43/cwt	380.00–435.00	2,102	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	417.48/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,609	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	467.86/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,419	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	556	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,029	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	484.52/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,531	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	362.92/cwt	354.00–380.00	2,453	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	306.07/cwt	306.00–307.00	2,654	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	386.15/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,599	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	418.94/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,434	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	358.53/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,933	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	439.80/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,856	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	377.43/cwt	365.00–405.00	2,351	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	429.65/cwt	400.00–455.00	2,011	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	561.62/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,162	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	673.72/cwt	650.00–680.00	2,095	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,172	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,516	115
Bulls	Small and Medium 3-4	800–850	833	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,083	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	380.04/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,178	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	322.53/cwt	312.00–337.00	2,558	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	349.19/cwt	345.00–357.00	2,507	79
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,251	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,692	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,704	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,090	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,461	2
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	577	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,048	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	322.40/cwt	322.00–323.00	2,644	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	331.28/cwt	328.00–334.00	3,038	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	368.49/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,938	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	356.63/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,254	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	329.65/cwt	320.00–337.00	2,238	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	437.19/cwt	410.00–480.00	1,915	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	496.68/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,101	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,436	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	442.97/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,153	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	388.06/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,437	94
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	386.93/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,047	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	356.14/cwt	348.00–365.00	2,771	124
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	978	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,081	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,008	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,074	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	332.08/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,630	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	322.49/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,393	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,129	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	3,353	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	443.18/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,666	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,121	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,971	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	432.73/cwt	365.00–460.00	1,865	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	404.77/cwt	365.00–440.00	1,951	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	326.57/cwt	322.00–331.00	3,076	119
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	508.82/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,908	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	404.68/cwt	395.00–412.00	1,756	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,580	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	355.68/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,099	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	317.32/cwt	311.00–325.00	2,789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,409	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	376.96/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,817	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	450	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,160	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	518.09/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,969	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	476.48/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,839	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	355.00/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,331	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	348.68/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,029	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,412	2

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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