Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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No recent Special Value Added sale for a price comparison, compared to Monday's regular feeder cattle sale, steers and heifers under 450 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher, steers 450 to 550 lbs and heifers (all weights) steady to 3.00 higher, steers over 550 lbs steady. Demand good, supply heavy. All calves are weaned forty five days or more, on a vaccination program, and heifers are guaranteed open. Flesh condition covered the full range of thin to fleshy, with the bulk in medium plus flesh.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.40/cwt on 4,152 head.

Average price

$148.40

4,152 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$17.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.24

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	546	151.25	826	12thin
Medium and Large 1	637	150.43	959	2,489
Medium and Large 1-2	599	146.21	876	1,512
Medium 1-2	506	142.52	721	25
Medium and Large 2	511	134.07	685	114

One grade step is worth $17.18/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4,152 hd

148.40

—

MO average20 barns · 21,685 hd

148.16

+0.24

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

72 lots · USDA AMS · Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Special- 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	—	759	137.87/cwt	136.00–138.50	1,046	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	139.87/cwt	136.00–142.25	997	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	140.87/cwt	135.00–144.50	879	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	150.12/cwt	135.00–162.50	632	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	138.02/cwt	132.00–146.00	733	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	137.66/cwt	132.00–141.00	789	441
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	140.91/cwt	137.00–144.00	589	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	132.65/cwt	127.00–135.75	818	147
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	131.73/cwt	130.00–132.00	732	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	813	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	486	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	778	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	664	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	850	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	561	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	142.43/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,159	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	141.26/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,098	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	145.25/cwt	138.00–155.00	976	359
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	133.30/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,177	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	155.82/cwt	151.00–160.00	748	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	147.86/cwt	142.00–156.00	785	222
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	602	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	132.26/cwt	130.00–132.50	1,010	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	134.40/cwt	130.00–139.00	968	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	133.65/cwt	130.00–137.00	902	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	917	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	130.75/cwt	129.00–132.00	883	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	132.99/cwt	128.00–136.00	758	149
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	624	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	126.25/cwt	125.00–127.00	790	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	605	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	829	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	129.78/cwt	125.00–134.00	684	15
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	494	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	627	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	156.40/cwt	155.00–158.00	619	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	143.85/cwt	137.00–147.00	682	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	135.58/cwt	131.50–139.00	856	345
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	137.81/cwt	135.00–142.50	514	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	136.04/cwt	129.00–138.00	637	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	133.20/cwt	128.00–138.00	703	280
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	740	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	429	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	724	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	475	144.26/cwt	135.00–152.00	685	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	194.41/cwt	182.50–200.00	743	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	169.39/cwt	160.00–175.00	801	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	144.65/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,034	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	150.85/cwt	140.00–160.00	866	396
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	167.15/cwt	152.50–182.00	717	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	139.33/cwt	136.00–141.50	924	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	142.40/cwt	137.50–151.00	824	233
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	134.65/cwt	133.50–137.00	851	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	580	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	853	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	610	146.95/cwt	145.00–151.00	896	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	526	153.72/cwt	152.00–157.00	809	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	344	148.99/cwt	146.00–153.00	513	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	590	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	797	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	437	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	638	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	500	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	705	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	491	144.12/cwt	141.00–146.00	708	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	322	184.83/cwt	180.00–190.00	595	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	373	186.05/cwt	180.00–190.00	694	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	484	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	803	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	282	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	443	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	689	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	903	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	386	145.60/cwt	140.00–150.00	562	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	703	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	998	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	419	183.77/cwt	182.00–185.00	770	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,123	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	145.20/cwt	139.50–156.00	909	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	160.04/cwt	149.00–170.00	839	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	178.37/cwt	170.00–189.00	765	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	671	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	929	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	670	128.93/cwt	128.00–131.00	864	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	589	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	842	11

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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