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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-01

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jun 1

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

10,603 head

▲ 206 vs last sale 10,397▼ 2,023 vs year ago 12,626 · −16.0%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Nov 4, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 8, 2026 Feeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 25, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers sold 5.00-15.00 lower with the exception of heavy 5 weights which sold 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs. sold 10.00-30.00 lower with heavier weights selling 2.00-10.00 lower. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. The largest lots of the day were 349 heifers weighing 696 lbs. which sold for 342.00/cwt. and 329 steers weighing 928 lbs. which sold for 328.75/cwt.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.26/cwt on 947 head, down $7.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 34 comparable sales and sits +8.17 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$463.26

▼ 7.95 vs prior sale

947 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$447

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

$94.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.11

vs MO average

+4.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	489.05	2,641	439
Medium and Large 1-2	548	441.90	2,421	498
Medium and Large 2	556	395.00	2,194	10thin

One grade step is worth $94.05/cwt here — about $447 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale947 hd

463.26

—

MO average11 barns · 2,338 hd

471.36

−8.11

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+4.07

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+8.17

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $368.33, median $455.08 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

85 lots · USDA AMS · Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	298	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,699	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	589.26/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,945	31
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	354	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,912	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,208	37
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	558.88/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,185	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	562.57/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,295	43
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	498.05/cwt	470.00–525.00	2,142	103
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	438	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,190	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	476.75/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,279	65
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	518.94/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,496	63
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	452.76/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,182	27
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	484	454.58/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,200	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	510	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,346	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	499.51/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,617	306
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	451.07/cwt	390.00–470.00	2,382	301
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,172	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,215	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	571	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,455	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	464.97/cwt	445.00–510.00	2,683	133
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	426.53/cwt	400.00–442.00	2,478	181
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	428.22/cwt	415.00–442.00	2,689	363
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	406.33/cwt	375.00–417.00	2,552	153
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	409.32/cwt	405.00–416.00	2,747	197
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	387.65/cwt	365.00–398.00	2,621	146
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	380.76/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,753	97
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	726	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,505	8
Steers	700–750	Large 1	731	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,741	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	364.03/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,661	114
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	355.48/cwt	347.00–357.00	2,716	114
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	370.63/cwt	363.00–380.00	2,865	63
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	353.75/cwt	345.00–361.00	2,926	352
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	342.18/cwt	339.50–346.00	2,840	259
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	335.20/cwt	331.00–339.50	2,923	320
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	331.85/cwt	328.00–337.00	2,920	76
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	332.05/cwt	325.00–352.00	3,065	602
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	934	325.26/cwt	324.00–333.50	3,038	283
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	332.57/cwt	325.00–344.00	3,243	263
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	988	317.92/cwt	308.00–324.00	3,141	308
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,038	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,213	210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	548.65/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,728	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	470.09/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,749	38
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	372	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,748	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	487.83/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,849	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	533.72/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,049	42
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	398	436.34/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,737	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	467.01/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,919	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	437.97/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,875	128
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	445	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,980	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	444.78/cwt	427.00–460.00	2,130	136
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	409.76/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,991	110
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	488	406.85/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,985	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	394.32/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,928	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	416.93/cwt	400.00–455.00	2,185	250
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	381.03/cwt	355.00–405.00	2,012	141
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,927	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	409.12/cwt	392.00–430.00	2,352	83
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	374.52/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,176	146
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,070	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	359.96/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,221	137
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	372.12/cwt	364.00–387.00	2,341	247
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	371.28/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,447	102
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	343.31/cwt	330.00–364.00	2,372	437
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	356.38/cwt	342.00–375.00	2,580	314
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	329.21/cwt	323.50–355.00	2,436	268
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	325.47/cwt	323.00–330.00	2,535	130
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	335.50/cwt	331.50–341.00	2,637	286
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	326.22/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,629	45
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	317.13/cwt	312.00–318.00	2,591	120
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	303.51/cwt	302.00–304.00	2,665	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	323.08/cwt	317.00–328.00	2,862	66
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	297.17/cwt	297.00–298.00	2,716	72
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	965	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,702	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2	382	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,719	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	490.85/cwt	482.00–495.00	2,140	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	478	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,912	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1-2	494	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,174	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,286	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,251	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,031	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	379.96/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,242	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,383	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,407	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,450	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	702	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,352	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,580	28

This sale against other markets

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Mon Jun 1, 2026

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Receipts 10,603Last week 10,397Year ago 12,626

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	315	520.00–560.00	548.65
29	350–400	379	480.00–500.00	487.83
128	400–450	428	420.00–445.00	437.97
110	450–500	486	385.00–425.00	409.76
141	500–550	528	355.00–405.00	381.03
146	550–600	581	360.00–385.00	374.52
137	600–650	617	350.00–365.00	359.96
437	650–700	691	330.00–364.00	343.31
268	700–750	740	323.50–355.00	329.21
130	750–800	779	323.00–330.00	325.47
120	800–850	817	312.00–318.00	317.13
16	850–900	878	302.00–304.00	303.51
6	950–1000	965	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	350–400	384	530.00–535.00	533.72
34	400–450	411	450.00–475.00	467.01
136	450–500	479	427.00–460.00	444.78
250	500–550	524	400.00–455.00	416.93
83	550–600	575	392.00–430.00	409.12
247	600–650	629	364.00–387.00	372.12
102	650–700	659	350.00–395.00	371.28
314	700–750	724	342.00–375.00	356.38
286	750–800	786	331.50–341.00	335.50
45	800–850	806	320.00–327.00	326.22
66	850–900	886	317.00–328.00	323.08
72	900–950	914	297.00–298.00	297.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	372	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	445	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	398	420.00–450.00	436.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	350–400	372	460.00–500.00	470.09
42	450–500	489	385.00–405.00	394.32
18	500–550	528	365.00	365.00
7	550–600	583	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	488	400.00–420.00	406.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	436	482.00–495.00	490.85
13	500–550	521	432.00	432.00
14	550–600	590	375.00–385.00	379.96
11	600–650	644	370.00	370.00
6	650–700	665	362.00	362.00
11	700–750	700	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	700–750	733	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	450.00	450.00
7	450–500	478	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	494	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	497	460.00	460.00
5	500–550	549	370.00	370.00
7	700–750	702	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	298	570.00	570.00
31	300–350	330	570.00–620.00	589.26
16	350–400	391	550.00–570.00	558.88
103	400–450	430	470.00–525.00	498.05
65	450–500	478	470.00–510.00	476.75
301	500–550	528	390.00–470.00	451.07
181	550–600	581	400.00–442.00	426.53
153	600–650	628	375.00–417.00	406.33
146	650–700	676	365.00–398.00	387.65
114	700–750	731	360.00–366.00	364.03
114	750–800	764	347.00–357.00	355.48
259	800–850	830	339.50–346.00	342.18
76	850–900	880	328.00–337.00	331.85
283	900–950	934	324.00–333.50	325.26
308	950–1000	988	308.00–324.00	317.92
210	1000–1050	1,038	309.50	309.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	368	600.00	600.00
43	400–450	408	540.00–570.00	562.57
63	450–500	481	515.00–520.00	518.94
306	500–550	524	480.00–515.00	499.51
133	550–600	577	445.00–510.00	464.97
363	600–650	628	415.00–442.00	428.22
197	650–700	671	405.00–416.00	409.32
97	700–750	723	372.00–385.00	380.76
63	750–800	773	363.00–380.00	370.63
352	800–850	827	345.00–361.00	353.75
320	850–900	872	331.00–339.50	335.20
602	900–950	923	325.00–352.00	332.05
263	950–1000	975	325.00–344.00	332.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	484	430.00–470.00	454.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	731	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	354	540.00	540.00
27	450–500	482	440.00–480.00	452.76
5	500–550	543	400.00	400.00
5	550–600	568	390.00	390.00
8	700–750	726	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	438	500.00	500.00
7	500–550	510	460.00	460.00
9	550–600	571	430.00	430.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.