Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Joplin Regional Stockyards held their Wean-Vac feeder cattle special Thursday, June 25, with good offering of feeder cattle that were 45 days or more weaned with vaccination programs many selling with good weighing conditions sold with good demand. Many long strings of feeders sold on and active market with a firm to higher undertone with no recent wean vac special for a comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.94/cwt on 3,241 head.

Average price

$150.94

3,241 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$13.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.21

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	151.48	943	2,288
Medium and Large 2	478	150.01	716	45
Medium and Large 1-2	578	149.81	866	894
Large 1-2	653	138.00	901	14thin

One grade step is worth $13.48/cwt here — about $42 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 sale3,241 hd

150.94

—

MO average18 barns · 13,747 hd

145.73

+5.21

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

53 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	142.88/cwt	140.00–150.00	612	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	113.15/cwt	112.00–115.00	927	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	140.04/cwt	136.00–148.00	725	378
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	138.77/cwt	134.50–147.00	808	333
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	131.84/cwt	128.00–135.50	890	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	144.56/cwt	138.00–150.00	681	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	131.56/cwt	128.00–137.00	818	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	733	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	138.76/cwt	135.00–143.50	858	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	152.93/cwt	150.00–156.00	575	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	123.85/cwt	122.00–125.00	892	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	137.47/cwt	135.00–143.00	995	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	163.90/cwt	156.00–169.00	842	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	133.48/cwt	133.00–136.00	583	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	690	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	127.01/cwt	125.00–131.00	617	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	486	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	875	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	521	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	901	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	741	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,082	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	694	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	854	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	776	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	908	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	143.75/cwt	141.00–146.00	548	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	129.29/cwt	124.00–131.00	869	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	130.96/cwt	124.00–135.00	761	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	138.85/cwt	135.00–141.00	657	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	135.24/cwt	130.00–137.00	706	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	140.56/cwt	138.00–144.00	589	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	168.82/cwt	164.00–177.50	792	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	173.86/cwt	166.00–181.00	735	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,032	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	124.62/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,163	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	166.30/cwt	163.00–175.00	655	22
Steers	Large 1-2	—	653	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	901	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	164.21/cwt	161.00–167.00	713	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	153.53/cwt	152.00–155.00	824	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	126.36/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,089	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	159.26/cwt	152.00–163.00	756	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	185.82/cwt	180.00–187.00	613	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	125.18/cwt	124.00–130.50	1,045	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	150.88/cwt	145.00–155.00	865	206
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	732	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	140.51/cwt	137.00–144.00	791	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	151.26/cwt	148.00–157.00	942	385
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	167.86/cwt	162.50–175.00	641	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	131.16/cwt	130.00–133.00	957	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	158.03/cwt	150.00–163.00	907	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	145.09/cwt	142.00–150.00	974	375
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	156.38/cwt	156.00–157.00	641	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	132.45/cwt	128.00–136.50	1,026	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	140.72/cwt	136.00–141.00	963	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	145.09/cwt	140.00–149.00	910	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	475	8

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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