Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 750 lbs. sold 5.00-15.00 lower. Heavier weights sold from 5.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs. sold 8.00-20.00 lower. Heavier weights sold 2.00-6.00 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 $373.60/cwt on 147 head, down $21.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −96.01 against this barn's trailing median of $469.61.

Average price

$373.60

▼ 21.32 vs prior sale

147 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,042

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$56.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.01

vs MO average

+2.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	406.00	2,192	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	541	377.45	2,043	107
Medium and Large 2	568	349.04	1,982	30

One grade step is worth $56.96/cwt here — about $210 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

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $368.33, median $469.61 across 33 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 sale147 hd

373.60

—

MO average10 barns · 597 hd

396.60

−23.01

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

+2.60

This barn, trailing median33 sales

469.61

−96.01

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

81 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	450–500	454	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,066	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	341.05/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,958	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,848	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,987	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	345.48/cwt	325.00–352.00	1,976	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,284	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,120	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	275.32/cwt	270.00–278.00	2,401	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	313.22/cwt	313.00–314.00	2,838	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	383.57/cwt	377.00–390.00	2,428	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	304.42/cwt	304.00–304.50	2,615	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	325.22/cwt	312.00–330.00	2,716	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	303.14/cwt	290.00–304.50	2,895	123
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,904	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	826	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,841	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,462	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,635	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	304.79/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,542	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	378.07/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,592	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	345.33/cwt	337.00–350.00	2,649	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	351.03/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,652	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,356	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,219	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,520	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	355.68/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,042	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	343.74/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,142	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	331.38/cwt	328.00–333.00	2,217	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	690	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,284	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	330.55/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,849	915
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,331	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	293.07/cwt	286.00–294.00	2,643	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	327.45/cwt	324.00–331.00	2,557	60
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	375	425.64/cwt	410.00–480.00	1,596	27
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	372	415.66/cwt	375.00–435.00	1,546	36
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	334	388.18/cwt	330.00–430.00	1,297	13
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	491	357.97/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,758	43
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	479	358.27/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,716	14
Steers	Large 1	900–950	943	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,036	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,928	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,175	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	353.50/cwt	352.00–354.00	2,598	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	371.15/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,464	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,207	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	332.80/cwt	331.00–341.00	2,782	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	287.59/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,956	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	400.71/cwt	387.00–420.00	1,867	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,077	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,916	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,801	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	334.16/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,931	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,860	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,551	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,790	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	330.76/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,723	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	455.85/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,527	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	357.30/cwt	330.00–372.00	1,697	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	318.37/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,840	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	348.86/cwt	327.50–358.00	2,407	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	349.85/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,019	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	508.14/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	327.73/cwt	310.00–341.00	2,422	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	363.59/cwt	342.00–376.00	2,291	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,011	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,325	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	382.45/cwt	362.00–410.00	2,012	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,875	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	331.37/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,776	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	372.90/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,760	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	364.83/cwt	327.00–380.00	2,105	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	332.67/cwt	329.00–341.00	2,558	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	451.50/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,878	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	334.00/cwt	315.00–339.00	2,077	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	317.47/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,149	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	308.82/cwt	302.00–312.00	2,381	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	339.39/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,067	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	357.22/cwt	342.00–361.00	2,426	46

How this sale compares

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