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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-06

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jul 6

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

5,561 head

▼ 4,225 vs last sale 9,786▼ 303 vs year ago 5,864 · −5.2%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 8, 2026 Feeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 25, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 10.00 higher with the exception of five weight steers which sold 15.00-18.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. 12 fancy steers weighing 601 lbs. sold for 480.00/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 $484.11/cwt on 356 head, up $22.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 31 of 34 comparable sales and sits +29.03 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$484.11

▲ 22.78 vs prior sale

356 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$493

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

$130.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.69

vs MO average

+24.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	505.69	2,702	224
Medium and Large 1-2	558	450.34	2,512	127
Medium and Large 2	589	375.00	2,209	5thin

One grade step is worth $130.69/cwt here — about $493 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 sale356 hd

484.11

—

MO average9 barns · 1,689 hd

491.80

−7.69

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

+24.63

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+29.03

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

64 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,994	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	543.82/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,083	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	589.85/cwt	560.00–620.00	2,566	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	510.01/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,219	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	492.32/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,319	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,453	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,265	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	519.40/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,514	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	491	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,480	7
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	496	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,934	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	524.86/cwt	510.00–555.00	2,666	117
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	470.60/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,480	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	484.73/cwt	460.00–520.00	2,729	107
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	437.61/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,525	78
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	589	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,209	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,885	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	444.70/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,784	198
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	402.52/cwt	365.00–420.00	2,548	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	414.29/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,784	156
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	381.32/cwt	372.00–395.00	2,582	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	406.96/cwt	385.00–416.00	2,950	122
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	369.46/cwt	352.00–380.00	2,719	83
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	770	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,464	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	369.07/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,871	53
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	346.75/cwt	331.00–355.00	2,715	55
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	374.63/cwt	369.00–377.00	3,079	119
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	349.68/cwt	341.00–352.00	2,920	98
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	360.70/cwt	353.00–363.00	3,167	43
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	340.08/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,986	92
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	354.81/cwt	349.00–362.00	3,250	495
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	924	343.34/cwt	332.00–344.00	3,172	138
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	968	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,107	17
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	342.50/cwt	335.00–348.00	3,374	222
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	995	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,035	6
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,212	10
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,018	329.74/cwt	327.50–331.00	3,357	113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,654	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	518.45/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,027	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	465.03/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,921	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	513.97/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,225	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	431.39/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,088	69
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	462.09/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,246	65
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	453.18/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,334	65
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	408.02/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,146	63
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,779	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	557	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,089	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	409.94/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,308	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	420.34/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,446	85
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	410.43/cwt	395.00–424.00	2,495	112
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	333.46/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,071	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	382.91/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,420	138
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	387.78/cwt	385.00–432.00	2,571	177
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	365.35/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,441	63
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	351.43/cwt	343.00–354.00	2,516	406
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	374.89/cwt	359.00–377.00	2,752	294
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	344.79/cwt	342.00–346.00	2,641	161
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	335.90/cwt	313.00–339.00	2,654	138
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	336.48/cwt	334.00–339.50	2,732	160
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,867	40
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	323.75/cwt	323.00–325.00	2,859	139
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,856	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,038	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,453	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	412.75/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,344	18

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 Jul 6, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 5,561Last week 9,786Year ago 5,864

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	383	540.00–550.00	543.82
16	400–450	435	495.00–530.00	510.01
27	450–500	471	475.00–510.00	492.32
49	500–550	527	455.00–490.00	470.60
78	550–600	577	420.00–445.00	437.61
55	600–650	633	365.00–420.00	402.52
18	650–700	677	372.00–395.00	381.32
83	700–750	736	352.00–380.00	369.46
55	750–800	783	331.00–355.00	346.75
98	800–850	835	341.00–352.00	349.68
92	850–900	878	330.00–349.00	340.08
138	900–950	924	332.00–344.00	343.34
17	950–1000	968	321.00	321.00
10	1000–1050	1,010	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	590.00	590.00
30	400–450	435	560.00–620.00	589.85
15	450–500	484	510.00–530.00	519.40
117	500–550	508	510.00–555.00	524.86
107	550–600	563	460.00–520.00	484.73
198	600–650	626	430.00–460.00	444.70
156	650–700	672	400.00–430.00	414.29
122	700–750	725	385.00–416.00	406.96
53	750–800	778	365.00–380.00	369.07
119	800–850	822	369.00–377.00	374.63
43	850–900	878	353.00–363.00	360.70
495	900–950	916	349.00–362.00	354.81
222	950–1000	985	335.00–348.00	342.50
113	1000–1050	1,018	327.50–331.00	329.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	770	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	481	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	601	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	496	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	491	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	482	470.00	470.00
5	550–600	589	375.00	375.00
6	950–1000	995	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	510.00–530.00	518.45
11	400–450	413	460.00–470.00	465.03
69	450–500	484	410.00–450.00	431.39
63	500–550	526	370.00–425.00	408.02
82	550–600	563	370.00–425.00	409.94
138	600–650	632	355.00–390.00	382.91
63	650–700	668	350.00–390.00	365.35
406	700–750	716	343.00–354.00	351.43
138	750–800	790	313.00–339.00	335.90
139	850–900	883	323.00–325.00	323.75
12	1050–1100	1,050	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	433	510.00–515.00	513.97
65	450–500	486	455.00–480.00	462.09
65	500–550	515	430.00–475.00	453.18
85	550–600	582	410.00–440.00	420.34
112	600–650	608	395.00–424.00	410.43
177	650–700	663	385.00–432.00	387.78
294	700–750	734	359.00–377.00	374.89
161	750–800	766	342.00–346.00	344.79
160	800–850	812	334.00–339.50	336.48
40	850–900	874	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	557	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	352	470.00	470.00
8	500–550	539	330.00	330.00
22	600–650	621	330.00–335.00	333.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	545	450.00	450.00
18	550–600	568	390.00–425.00	412.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	392	520.00	520.00

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.