Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

CLOSE No recent Value Added Sale for a price comparison but compared to Monday's regular feeder sale, Thursday's offering traded sharply higher, from 15.00 to 35.00 higher with some light calves under 500 lbs benefitting from even sharper gains. All cattle offered in this Value Added Sale are long time weaned and backed up with a health history. Cattle futures have strung together some very positive days this week with some big gains so far for the week which certainly helped Thursday's market. Lots of possible seasonal disruptions are just around the corner but for now the overall outlook is much more optimistic than the last several weeks. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $427.89/cwt on 460 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −45.85 against this barn's trailing median of $473.73.

Average price

$427.89

460 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$64.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.88

vs MO average

−1.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	444.37	2,448	281
Medium 1-2	520	410.00	2,132	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	402.18	2,249	156
Large 1-2	575	380.00	2,185	7thin

One grade step is worth $64.37/cwt here — about $263 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 sale460 hd

427.89

—

MO average19 barns · 4,343 hd

415.01

+12.88

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−1.26

This barn, trailing median2 sales

473.73

−45.85

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

61 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	800–850	805	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	328.00/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,076	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	330.96/cwt	324.00–342.00	2,241	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	355.33/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,736	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	519.82/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,934	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	366.45/cwt	348.00–380.00	2,474	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	342.74/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,646	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	446.59/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,103	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,056	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	3,126	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	444.56/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,147	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,970	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	453.54/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,905	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	312.91/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,459	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	409.64/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,200	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	373.52/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,711	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,440	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	378.99/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,384	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,567	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	411	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,767	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	367.09/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,913	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	347.38/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,015	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	323.85/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,303	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	320.81/cwt	319.00–323.00	2,830	48
Steers	Large 1	650–700	696	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,471	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	528	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,980	6
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	465	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,046	11
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	7
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	750–800	797	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,614	24
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	700–750	723	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,321	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,373	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	388.52/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,623	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	340.71/cwt	330.00–352.50	2,273	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	402.74/cwt	365.00–435.00	2,082	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,618	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,342	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,877	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	361.75/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,612	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	516.00/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,203	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	360.24/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,226	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	508	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	342.69/cwt	340.00–346.00	2,789	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	369.42/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,120	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	455.90/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,343	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,168	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,156	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	449.85/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,966	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	399.01/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,502	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	438.49/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,491	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	608	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,675	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	452.28/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,664	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,535	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,523	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	396.56/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,284	89
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	634	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,140	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	393	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,651	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	443	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,126	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	520	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,132	16
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	732	338.90/cwt	332.00–352.50	2,481	29
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	465	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,000	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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