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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 19

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

8,057 head

▼ 230 vs last sale 8,287▲ 926 vs year ago 7,131 · +13.0%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 8, 2026 Feeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 25, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week heavy four weight and light five weight steers sold 30.00-60.00 higher. Heavy five weight up to eight weight steers sold steady to 8.00 lower. Heavier weights sold 2.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 10.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. Four weight steers sold up to 540.00/cwt. with five weight steers selling up to 490.00/cwt. The largest lot of the day was 351 steers weighing 910 lbs. which sold for 326.50/cwt.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.25/cwt on 491 head, up $12.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 33 comparable sales and sits −61.07 against this barn's trailing median of $461.33.

Average price

$400.25

▲ 12.58 vs prior sale

491 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$639

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$107.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.95

vs MO average

−39.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	422.67	2,369	263
Medium and Large 1-2	548	381.61	2,093	177
Medium and Large 2	564	353.07	1,990	46
Medium 2	549	315.00	1,729	5thin

One grade step is worth $107.67/cwt here — about $639 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale491 hd

400.25

—

MO average19 barns · 2,164 hd

405.20

−4.95

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

−39.02

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.33

−61.07

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $368.33, median $461.33 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	329	484.60/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,594	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,966	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	489.31/cwt	470.00–530.00	2,036	63
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	414.72/cwt	375.00–450.00	1,787	52
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	455	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,457	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	486.71/cwt	440.00–520.00	2,244	83
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	346.44/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,618	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	417.32/cwt	380.00–432.00	2,007	90
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,455	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	383.98/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,016	99
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	432.64/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,297	93
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	352.46/cwt	327.00–365.00	1,907	23
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	549	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,729	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	378.61/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,188	78
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	408.06/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,391	151
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	353.68/cwt	330.00–365.00	2,073	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	352.65/cwt	327.00–367.00	2,225	142
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	381.72/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,416	179
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	366.02/cwt	355.00–372.00	2,460	139
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	346.03/cwt	332.00–352.00	2,332	128
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	360.64/cwt	348.00–365.00	2,600	346
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	338.64/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,462	86
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	331.98/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,566	116
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	346.06/cwt	338.00–354.00	2,713	685
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	337.08/cwt	333.00–344.50	2,794	162
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	324.36/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,702	74
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	327.01/cwt	323.50–339.00	2,861	469
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	889	321.45/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,858	287
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	915	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,425	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	325.77/cwt	317.50–329.50	2,991	629
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	301.90/cwt	300.00–303.00	2,802	11
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	321.73/cwt	311.00–325.50	3,098	212
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	982	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,553	10
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	308.12/cwt	302.00–309.75	3,097	267
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,056	299.67/cwt	299.00–300.00	3,165	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,436	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	445.70/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,671	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,548	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,414	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	366.67/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,558	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	410.73/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,774	63
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,653	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	377.96/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,822	87
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	364.53/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,772	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	364.42/cwt	357.00–370.00	1,895	88
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	341.93/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,778	110
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	331.83/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,901	110
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	357.30/cwt	341.00–374.00	2,051	113
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	587	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,937	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	347.65/cwt	345.00–361.00	2,152	156
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	332.25/cwt	310.00–345.00	2,100	91
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,858	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	322.55/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,171	77
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	345.98/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,360	218
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	333.34/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,377	163
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	321.12/cwt	290.00–323.00	2,347	214
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	303.68/cwt	287.00–311.00	2,350	66
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	318.43/cwt	316.00–334.00	2,468	108
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	314.49/cwt	303.00–323.50	2,547	80
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	266.23/cwt	260.00–275.00	2,199	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	295.30/cwt	290.00–296.00	2,534	43
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	946	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,649	55
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,968	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	339.80/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,818	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	406.33/cwt	392.00–415.00	2,202	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	372.14/cwt	362.00–380.00	2,110	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	326.70/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,875	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium 2	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	601	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,043	10

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Mon Oct 19, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 8,057Last week 8,287Year ago 7,131

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	329	460.00–500.00	484.60
52	400–450	431	375.00–450.00	414.72
90	450–500	481	380.00–432.00	417.32
99	500–550	525	370.00–400.00	383.98
78	550–600	578	370.00–390.00	378.61
142	600–650	631	327.00–367.00	352.65
128	650–700	674	332.00–352.00	346.03
86	700–750	727	320.00–345.00	338.64
116	750–800	773	325.00–336.00	331.98
74	800–850	833	320.00–330.00	324.36
287	850–900	889	315.00–324.00	321.45
11	900–950	928	300.00–303.00	301.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	378	520.00	520.00
63	400–450	416	470.00–530.00	489.31
83	450–500	461	440.00–520.00	486.71
93	500–550	531	415.00–455.00	432.64
151	550–600	586	395.00–415.00	408.06
179	600–650	633	370.00–400.00	381.72
139	650–700	672	355.00–372.00	366.02
346	700–750	721	348.00–365.00	360.64
685	750–800	784	338.00–354.00	346.06
162	800–850	829	333.00–344.50	337.08
469	850–900	875	323.50–339.00	327.01
629	900–950	918	317.50–329.50	325.77
212	950–1000	963	311.00–325.50	321.73
267	1000–1050	1,005	302.00–309.75	308.12
62	1050–1100	1,056	299.00–300.00	299.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	467	325.00–360.00	346.44
23	500–550	541	327.00–365.00	352.46
23	550–600	586	330.00–365.00	353.68
6	900–950	915	265.00	265.00
10	950–1000	982	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	549	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	455	540.00	540.00
19	500–550	501	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	375	440.00–450.00	445.70
34	400–450	425	350.00–380.00	366.67
71	450–500	486	355.00–370.00	364.53
110	500–550	520	310.00–355.00	341.93
110	550–600	573	320.00–342.00	331.83
91	600–650	632	310.00–345.00	332.25
77	650–700	673	310.00–335.00	322.55
214	700–750	731	290.00–323.00	321.12
66	750–800	774	287.00–311.00	303.68
12	800–850	826	260.00–275.00	266.23
55	900–950	946	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	334	430.00	430.00
5	350–400	387	400.00	400.00
8	400–450	416	340.00	340.00
10	450–500	479	345.00	345.00
6	650–700	652	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	587	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	400–450	432	400.00–430.00	410.73
87	450–500	482	370.00–395.00	377.96
88	500–550	520	357.00–370.00	364.42
113	550–600	574	341.00–374.00	357.30
156	600–650	619	345.00–361.00	347.65
218	650–700	682	335.00–360.00	345.98
163	700–750	713	325.00–336.00	333.34
108	750–800	775	316.00–334.00	318.43
80	800–850	810	303.00–323.50	314.49
43	850–900	858	290.00–296.00	295.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	567	362.00–380.00	372.14
10	600–650	601	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	535	330.00–350.00	339.80
18	550–600	574	320.00–332.00	326.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	486	405.00	405.00
16	500–550	542	392.00–415.00	406.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	590	310.00	310.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.