Joplin Regional Stockyards Video Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

17 lots covering 3,589 head for delivery across Current, Jun, Jun-Jul, Aug, Aug-Sep, Oct to 2 buyer regions. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This months PrimeTime Value Added Video Auction held at JRS featured a moddrate supply of cattle which sold with good to very good demand. Cattle on offer were located in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi. Deliveries were current though Sept. Current deliveries are cattle that will be delivered up to 14 days from the video sale date. which is through June 19, 2025.

Current delivery

4 lots · 483 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	775	297.00/cwt	297.00	South Central	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	622	364.00/cwt	364.00	South Central	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	299.00/cwt	299.00	South Central	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	875	289.00/cwt	289.00	South Central	61

Jun delivery

3 lots · 292 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	282.00/cwt	282.00	South Central	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	296.50/cwt	296.50	South Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	900–950	900	292.50/cwt	292.50	South Central	165

Jun-Jul delivery

4 lots · 751 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	750	302.50/cwt	302.50	South Central	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	785	289.50/cwt	289.50	South Central	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	865	305.00/cwt	305.00	South Central	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	300.00/cwt	300.00	South Central	130

Aug delivery

2 lots · 1,440 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	785	290.25/cwt	290.25	South Central	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	910	298.95/cwt	298.00–299.00	South Central	1,172

Aug-Sep delivery

3 lots · 545 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00	Southeast	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	800	299.75/cwt	299.75	Southeast	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	700–750	700	312.50/cwt	312.50	Southeast	215

Oct delivery

1 lot · 78 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	650–700	675	333.00/cwt	333.00	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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