Joplin Regional Stockyards Video Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

36 lots covering 8,543 head for delivery across Current, Apr, Apr-May, May, Jun, Jun-Jul, Jul, Jul-Aug, Aug to 2 buyer regions. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Supply was heavy with good demand for this PrimeTime Video Auction. Cattle on offer were located in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Current deliveries are cattle that will deliver within 14 days of sale date, (April 17th, 2025).

Current delivery

9 lots · 1,358 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	281.00/cwt	281.00	South Central	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	273.62/cwt	273.50–274.00	South Central	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	700–750	740	291.00/cwt	291.00	Southeast	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	810	273.50/cwt	273.50	South Central	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	900–950	925	258.50/cwt	258.50	South Central	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	910	246.00/cwt	246.00	South Central	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	268.00/cwt	268.00	South Central	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	815	256.50/cwt	256.50	South Central	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	785	259.50/cwt	259.50	South Central	530

Apr delivery

7 lots · 1,596 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	900–950	915	264.75/cwt	264.75	South Central	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	860	275.32/cwt	272.50–277.00	South Central	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	915	267.00/cwt	267.00	South Central	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	287.50/cwt	287.50	South Central	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	283.00/cwt	282.25–283.75	South Central	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	700–750	725	269.50/cwt	269.50	South Central	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	754	265.81/cwt	262.00–268.00	South Central	334

Apr-May delivery

1 lot · 63 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	270.00/cwt	270.00	South Central	63

May delivery

6 lots · 2,038 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	800	257.00/cwt	257.00	South Central	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	600–650	615	327.50/cwt	327.50	Southeast	1,200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	850	276.50/cwt	276.50	South Central	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	750	299.00/cwt	299.00	South Central	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	800	292.50/cwt	292.50	South Central	455
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	281.25/cwt	281.25	South Central	60

Jun delivery

4 lots · 327 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	735	273.50/cwt	272.50–274.50	South Central	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	800	264.00/cwt	264.00	South Central	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	830	284.00/cwt	284.00	South Central	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	283.00/cwt	283.00	South Central	60

Jun-Jul delivery

1 lot · 2,250 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	823	293.77/cwt	293.50–296.00	South Central	2,250

Jul delivery

4 lots · 472 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	720	281.00/cwt	281.00	South Central	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	815	296.00/cwt	296.00	South Central	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	830	289.00/cwt	289.00	South Central	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	700	305.00/cwt	305.00	South Central	70

Jul-Aug delivery

1 lot · 116 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	875	284.00/cwt	284.00	South Central	116

Aug delivery

3 lots · 323 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	800	271.00/cwt	271.00	South Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	815	290.00/cwt	290.00	South Central	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	650–700	675	314.00/cwt	314.00	South Central	78

Where the buyers were

As USDA grouped them

Region	States
South Central	KS, MO, NM, OK, TX
Southeast	AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV

Source: USDA AMS · Jefferson City, MO. Prices are as filed, F.O.B. at origin, with the buyer taking freight — they are not comparable to a spot ring price and never enter a barn average. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold. Delivery months differ between lots; a price for one month is not a price for another. Head is summed from the lots as reported.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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