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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2017-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Dec 18

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

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Receipts

5,753 head

▲ 1,277 vs last sale 4,476▲ 2,219 vs year ago 3,534 · +62.8%

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

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.45/cwt on 2,717 head.

Average price

$161.45

2,717 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,042

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$14.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.32

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	163.74	1,091	1,473
Medium and Large 1-2	632	159.72	1,009	1,086
Large 1	626	157.33	984	15thin
Medium and Large 2	584	153.23	895	78
Medium 2	420	149.38	627	46
Medium 1-2	624	149.11	931	19thin

One grade step is worth $14.64/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,717 hd

161.45

—

MO average3 barns · 3,299 hd

161.78

−0.32

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

Every lot

98 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 · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	546	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	336	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	739	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	339	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	610	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	718	6
Steers	—	Medium 2	354	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	575	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	183.41/cwt	180.00–187.00	706	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	411	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	719	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	193.08/cwt	185.00–200.00	807	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	180.62/cwt	172.00–190.00	773	65
Steers	—	Medium 2	444	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	639	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	186.74/cwt	180.00–194.00	880	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	175.71/cwt	170.00–180.00	828	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	850	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	520	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	681	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	177.08/cwt	170.00–181.00	928	160
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	169.66/cwt	163.00–176.00	911	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	166.20/cwt	157.00–172.00	946	258
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	569	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	865	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	157.28/cwt	145.00–168.00	898	133
Steers	—	Large 1	580	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	940	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	148.17/cwt	147.00–150.00	859	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	609	149.47/cwt	149.00–151.00	910	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	150.58/cwt	146.00–158.00	922	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	152.18/cwt	151.00–160.00	937	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	639	147.18/cwt	144.00–150.00	940	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	639	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	907	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	657	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	933	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	156.53/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,047	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	146.60/cwt	143.00–150.00	991	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	148.21/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,054	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	152.58/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,088	116
Steers	—	Large 1	717	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,061	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	742	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,039	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	748	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,055	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	150.56/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,153	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	150.78/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,158	106
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	779	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,098	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	798	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,053	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	153.08/cwt	153.00–153.50	1,251	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	846	146.64/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,241	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	151.00/cwt	145.00–152.50	1,303	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,203	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	901	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,399	272
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	909	153.21/cwt	135.00–154.00	1,393	121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	149.07/cwt	145.00–152.50	481	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	356	147.54/cwt	142.00–150.00	525	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	153.23/cwt	150.00–156.00	578	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	387	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	530	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	389	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	545	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	152.14/cwt	148.00–157.00	641	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	143.44/cwt	140.00–148.00	612	63
Heifers	—	Large 1	432	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	644	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	436	143.29/cwt	132.00–148.00	625	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	463	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	695	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	652	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	144.31/cwt	140.00–149.00	674	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	153.66/cwt	146.00–158.00	727	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	149.26/cwt	144.00–158.00	781	155
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	134.81/cwt	132.00–142.00	717	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	538	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	764	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	556	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	834	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	561	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	763	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	142.76/cwt	140.00–147.00	804	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	135.06/cwt	131.00–140.00	775	146
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	579	131.55/cwt	128.00–134.00	762	10
Heifers	—	Medium 3	586	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	674	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	799	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	618	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	878	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	137.28/cwt	131.00–141.00	850	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	142.31/cwt	136.00–145.00	894	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	657	126.00/cwt	125.00–127.00	828	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	140.33/cwt	130.00–143.00	935	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	141.45/cwt	136.00–148.00	958	174
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	717	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	889	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	132.30/cwt	129.00–136.00	959	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	742	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	957	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	745	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,058	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	141.40/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,075	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	772	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,119	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	132.26/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,024	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	816	133.41/cwt	131.00–134.50	1,089	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	138.11/cwt	131.00–140.50	1,131	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	827	146.19/cwt	145.50–147.00	1,209	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	886	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,187	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	262	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	485	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	637	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	404	176.94/cwt	170.00–180.00	715	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	183.01/cwt	181.00–190.00	770	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	531	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	903	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	870	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	597	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	925	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	628	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	911	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	639	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	863	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	141.76/cwt	141.00–143.00	910	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	728	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	895	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	892	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	498	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	418	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 Dec 18, 2017

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

Receipts 5,753Last week 4,476Year ago 3,534

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	280	195.00	195.00
84	—	766	147.00–151.00	150.56
34	—	711	146.00–149.00	148.21
14	—	339	180.00	180.00
158	—	537	163.00–176.00	169.66
145	—	612	146.00–158.00	150.58
114	—	471	170.00–180.00	175.71
87	—	846	144.00–152.00	146.64
38	—	676	143.00–150.00	146.60
38	—	385	180.00–187.00	183.41
133	—	571	145.00–168.00	157.28
121	—	909	135.00–154.00	153.21
65	—	428	172.00–190.00	180.62
12	—	878	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	779	141.00	141.00
14	—	569	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	520	131.00	131.00
19	—	354	162.50	162.50
19	—	444	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	580	147.00–150.00	148.17
14	—	411	175.00	175.00
5	—	657	142.00	142.00
4	—	520	150.00	150.00
10	—	483	176.00	176.00
9	—	748	141.00	141.00
6	—	798	132.00	132.00
12	—	639	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	336	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
272	—	901	155.25	155.25
141	—	669	150.00–159.00	156.53
116	—	713	150.00–155.00	152.58
89	—	418	185.00–200.00	193.08
80	—	616	151.00–160.00	152.18
68	—	817	153.00–153.50	153.08
45	—	863	145.00–152.50	151.00
258	—	569	157.00–172.00	166.20
160	—	524	170.00–181.00	177.08
109	—	471	180.00–194.00	186.74
106	—	768	148.00–154.00	150.78
6	—	342	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	639	144.00–150.00	147.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	609	149.00–151.00	149.47
18	—	742	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	717	148.00	148.00
10	—	580	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	774	131.00–133.00	132.26
144	—	666	130.00–143.00	140.33
123	—	532	132.00–142.00	134.81
32	—	816	131.00–134.50	133.41
21	—	356	142.00–150.00	147.54
18	—	323	145.00–152.50	149.07
63	—	427	140.00–148.00	143.44
54	—	467	140.00–149.00	144.31
58	—	725	129.00–136.00	132.30
39	—	619	131.00–141.00	137.28
146	—	574	131.00–140.00	135.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	579	128.00–134.00	131.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	657	125.00–127.00	126.00
4	—	742	129.00	129.00
4	—	610	131.00	131.00
4	—	466	140.00	140.00
7	—	387	137.00	137.00
24	—	436	132.00–148.00	143.29
10	—	561	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	389	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	586	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	827	145.50–147.00	146.19
20	—	772	145.00	145.00
7	—	556	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	463	150.00	150.00
13	—	538	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	717	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	149.00	149.00
14	—	618	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	377	150.00–156.00	153.23
50	—	628	136.00–145.00	142.31
8	—	886	134.00	134.00
174	—	677	136.00–148.00	141.45
123	—	819	131.00–140.50	138.11
147	—	473	146.00–158.00	153.66
56	—	421	148.00–157.00	152.14
30	—	760	140.00–144.00	141.40
4	—	745	142.00	142.00
37	—	563	140.00–147.00	142.76
155	—	523	144.00–158.00	149.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	639	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	531	170.00	170.00
3	—	728	123.00	123.00
13	—	421	181.00–190.00	183.01
3	—	597	155.00	155.00
8	—	628	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	404	170.00–180.00	176.94
3	—	262	185.00	185.00
27	—	537	162.00	162.00
21	—	642	141.00–143.00	141.76
10	—	366	174.00	174.00
6	—	870	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	498	84.00	84.00

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.