Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent Value Added Sale for a price comparison. Supply was good with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.00/cwt on 3,572 head.

Average price

$192.00

3,572 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,261

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$12.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.93

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	195.09	1,279	2,676
Medium and Large 1-2	660	182.77	1,207	896

One grade step is worth $12.32/cwt here — about $72 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 sale3,572 hd

192.00

—

MO average17 barns · 25,552 hd

188.07

+3.93

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

43 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 1-2Value Added	—	630	182.45/cwt	173.00–187.00	1,149	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	815	177.15/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,444	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	176.07/cwt	174.00–177.50	1,285	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	767	185.30/cwt	178.00–190.00	1,421	359
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	933	171.40/cwt	171.25–172.00	1,599	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	617	194.96/cwt	186.00–204.50	1,203	365
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	872	175.82/cwt	175.75–176.00	1,533	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	436	236.09/cwt	226.00–245.00	1,029	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	533	215.05/cwt	203.00–227.00	1,146	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	479	228.09/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,093	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	675	184.12/cwt	177.00–193.00	1,243	576
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	709	182.63/cwt	178.00–189.50	1,295	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	576	206.82/cwt	197.00–228.00	1,191	447
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	360	258.01/cwt	250.00–265.00	929	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	173.81/cwt	170.00–177.50	1,189	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	426	197.17/cwt	194.00–205.00	840	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	761	169.79/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,292	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	821	167.05/cwt	166.25–169.00	1,371	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	483	183.00/cwt	180.00–190.00	884	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	397	198.31/cwt	191.00–203.00	787	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	287	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	434	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	942	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	887	172.32/cwt	171.50–173.50	1,528	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	370	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	851	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	191.36/cwt	184.00–194.00	1,112	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	527	180.53/cwt	172.50–186.50	951	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	818	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,419	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	569	176.90/cwt	173.00–186.00	1,007	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	182.28/cwt	181.00–184.00	962	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	776	176.56/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,370	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	348	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	800	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	168.40/cwt	168.00–169.00	1,074	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	466	206.00/cwt	204.00–212.50	960	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	720	168.06/cwt	165.00–173.00	1,210	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	672	165.29/cwt	163.00–167.00	1,111	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	786	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	629	175.58/cwt	169.00–184.00	1,104	473
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	172.23/cwt	167.00–173.50	915	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	667	172.11/cwt	168.00–176.00	1,148	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	734	164.55/cwt	164.00–164.75	1,208	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	169.52/cwt	167.00–173.00	990	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	184.43/cwt	182.00–185.00	784	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	174.00/cwt	171.00–177.00	830	55

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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