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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-27

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jul 27

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

1,451 head

▼ 2,059 vs last sale 3,510▼ 3,259 vs year ago 4,710 · −69.2%

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 5.00-20.00 lower with the exception of light 6 and 7 weight steers which sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-20.00 lower. Supply was light with moderate demand.

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 $391.50/cwt on 66 head, down $19.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 34 comparable sales and sits −63.58 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$391.50

▼ 19.31 vs prior sale

66 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,138

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$215

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

$79.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.88

vs MO average

−7.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	439.06	2,235	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	555	391.71	2,172	26
Medium and Large 2	562	359.58	2,019	24

One grade step is worth $79.48/cwt here — about $215 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 sale66 hd

391.50

—

MO average13 barns · 633 hd

429.39

−37.88

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

−7.79

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−63.58

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

67 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	558.79/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,878	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,100	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	527.65/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,947	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	406	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,746	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,065	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	463.74/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,999	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	402.36/cwt	375.00–430.00	1,943	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	413.26/cwt	380.00–430.00	2,004	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	439.06/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,235	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	395.25/cwt	360.00–430.00	2,091	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,899	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,030	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	388.16/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,251	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	407.46/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,494	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	347.17/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,152	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	376.18/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,374	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	349.21/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,350	51
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	376.18/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,539	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,391	10
Steers	700–750	Large 1	715	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,681	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,704	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	347.11/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,662	75
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	338.38/cwt	310.00–340.50	2,602	95
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,804	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	338.97/cwt	330.00–341.50	2,749	122
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,888	101
Steers	850–900	Large 1	858	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,866	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	887	325.23/cwt	285.00–328.50	2,885	79
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,912	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	277	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,468	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	483.52/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,552	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,776	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,376	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	451.55/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,666	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	406.98/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,685	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	439.00/cwt	437.00–440.00	1,839	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	352.71/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,552	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,395	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	392.46/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,872	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	415.63/cwt	415.00–417.00	2,053	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	370.85/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,954	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	400.98/cwt	382.00–415.00	2,121	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	365.96/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,049	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	340.68/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,938	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,862	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,130	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	290.22/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,791	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	322.63/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,010	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	343.18/cwt	342.00–347.00	2,268	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	321.32/cwt	315.00–337.00	2,188	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	686	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,024	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	323.46/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,377	85
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	314.17/cwt	312.00–317.00	2,403	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	767	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,186	8
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	818	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,593	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	862	303.19/cwt	302.00–307.00	2,613	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	952	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,618	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	2,095	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	422.57/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,995	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,757	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	348.76/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,828	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	358.00/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,919	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	353.81/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,041	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	333.29/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,983	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	631	327.44/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,066	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,284	6

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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 1,451Last week 3,510Year ago 4,710

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	277	530.00	530.00
8	300–350	321	460.00–500.00	483.52
18	350–400	369	435.00–460.00	451.55
10	400–450	414	380.00–425.00	406.98
37	450–500	477	380.00–415.00	392.46
28	500–550	527	355.00–380.00	370.85
27	550–600	569	335.00–345.00	340.68
38	600–650	623	320.00–340.00	322.63
11	650–700	681	315.00–337.00	321.32
85	700–750	735	310.00–325.00	323.46
7	750–800	765	312.00–317.00	314.17
13	850–900	862	302.00–307.00	303.19
2	950–1000	952	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	530.00	530.00
9	400–450	419	437.00–440.00	439.00
22	450–500	494	415.00–417.00	415.63
32	500–550	529	382.00–415.00	400.98
5	550–600	560	360.00–370.00	365.96
6	600–650	600	355.00	355.00
25	650–700	661	342.00–347.00	343.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	818	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	362	380.00	380.00
4	400–450	440	340.00–365.00	352.71
4	450–500	450	310.00	310.00
8	550–600	582	320.00	320.00
4	600–650	617	285.00–305.00	290.22
3	650–700	686	295.00	295.00
8	750–800	767	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	550.00–570.00	558.79
16	350–400	369	520.00–550.00	527.65
24	400–450	431	450.00–480.00	463.74
4	450–500	483	375.00–430.00	402.36
13	500–550	529	360.00–430.00	395.25
13	550–600	580	380.00–390.00	388.16
9	600–650	631	372.00–385.00	376.18
51	650–700	673	330.00–350.00	349.21
95	750–800	769	310.00–340.50	338.38
122	800–850	811	330.00–341.50	338.97
79	850–900	887	285.00–328.50	325.23
2	900–950	910	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	600.00	600.00
8	400–450	413	500.00	500.00
16	500–550	509	435.00–440.00	439.06
14	600–650	612	400.00–410.00	407.46
19	650–700	675	370.00–382.00	376.18
13	700–750	745	363.00	363.00
75	750–800	767	345.00–350.00	347.11
14	800–850	808	347.00	347.00
101	850–900	857	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	715	375.00	375.00
4	850–900	858	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	406	430.00	430.00
50	450–500	485	380.00–430.00	413.26
2	500–550	535	355.00	355.00
22	550–600	564	360.00	360.00
23	600–650	620	330.00–360.00	347.17
10	650–700	683	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
9	450–500	472	415.00–430.00	422.57
5	500–550	536	355.00–360.00	358.00
4	550–600	577	350.00–355.00	353.81
6	700–750	725	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	295	710.00	710.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	355.00	355.00
5	500–550	524	340.00–355.00	348.76
6	550–600	595	325.00–350.00	333.29
4	600–650	631	320.00–330.00	327.44

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.