Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2018-01-04

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2018-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Thu, Jan 4

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

5,950 head

▲ 5,950 vs last sale 0▲ 717 vs year ago 5,233 · +13.7%

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 class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.88/cwt on 3,195 head.

Average price

$163.88

3,195 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$5.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.14

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	680	164.18	1,116	2,426
Medium 1	590	163.00	962	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	632	162.99	1,030	751
Large 1	650	159.00	1,034	12thin

One grade step is worth $5.18/cwt here — about $83 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 sale3,195 hd

163.88

—

MO average4 barns · 6,750 hd

164.02

−0.14

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

Every lot

50 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	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	332	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	722	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	201.96/cwt	200.00–205.00	771	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	184.60/cwt	182.50–187.50	779	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	194.93/cwt	190.00–200.00	856	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	468	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	936	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	191.82/cwt	187.50–196.00	905	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	184.14/cwt	181.00–187.00	878	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	188.72/cwt	185.00–192.50	981	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	180.04/cwt	174.00–183.00	967	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	552	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,049	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	176.25/cwt	171.00–182.00	1,001	264
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	171.84/cwt	168.00–174.50	995	115
Steers	—	Medium 1	590	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	962	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	597	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,015	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	167.67/cwt	163.50–174.00	1,026	274
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	158.01/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,011	112
Steers	—	Large 1	650	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,034	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	661	170.35/cwt	169.00–170.75	1,126	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	160.85/cwt	156.00–165.50	1,081	261
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	154.35/cwt	153.00–156.50	1,051	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	693	149.80/cwt	149.00–152.00	1,038	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	156.76/cwt	151.50–162.00	1,126	578
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	149.48/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,076	133
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	148.70/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,148	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	156.18/cwt	150.50–160.50	1,207	307
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	152.37/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,246	254
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	832	147.42/cwt	147.00–148.50	1,227	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	847	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,232	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,346	66
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	307	181.02/cwt	175.00–185.00	556	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	164.63/cwt	162.50–167.50	626	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	162.70/cwt	161.00–166.00	691	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	162.53/cwt	160.00–165.00	766	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	773	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	158.86/cwt	157.00–163.00	831	138
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	149.29/cwt	141.00–152.00	793	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	534	154.13/cwt	153.00–154.50	823	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	152.43/cwt	149.50–157.00	869	157
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	144.62/cwt	143.00–145.00	850	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	146.07/cwt	141.00–152.00	913	409
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	138.44/cwt	135.00–140.00	893	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	143.45/cwt	139.00–145.50	945	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	146.78/cwt	139.00–153.00	983	382
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	145.01/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,041	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	792	142.93/cwt	142.75–143.50	1,132	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	142.43/cwt	141.00–143.50	1,175	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,100	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	524	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	930	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	996	17
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	719	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	503	4

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

Thu Jan 4, 2018

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

Receipts 5,950Last week 0Year ago 5,233

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	832	147.00–148.50	147.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	597	170.00	170.00
26	—	693	149.00–152.00	149.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	520	185.00–192.50	188.72
66	—	922	146.00	146.00
264	—	568	171.00–182.00	176.25
274	—	612	163.50–174.00	167.67
254	—	818	149.00–157.00	152.37
261	—	672	156.00–165.50	160.85
74	—	439	190.00–200.00	194.93
74	—	472	187.50–196.00	191.82
307	—	773	150.50–160.50	156.18
578	—	718	151.50–162.00	156.76
23	—	382	200.00–205.00	201.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	332	217.50	217.50
9	—	552	190.00	190.00
114	—	661	169.00–170.75	170.35
8	—	468	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	590	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	650	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	681	153.00–156.50	154.35
37	—	772	145.00–150.00	148.70
56	—	477	181.00–187.00	184.14
14	—	422	182.50–187.50	184.60
115	—	579	168.00–174.50	171.84
112	—	640	157.00–162.00	158.01
117	—	537	174.00–183.00	180.04
17	—	847	145.50	145.50
133	—	720	144.00–153.00	149.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	719	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	471	160.00–165.00	162.53
39	—	425	161.00–166.00	162.70
409	—	625	141.00–152.00	146.07
382	—	670	139.00–153.00	146.78
138	—	523	157.00–163.00	158.86
157	—	570	149.50–157.00	152.43
82	—	825	141.00–143.50	142.43
66	—	718	142.00–146.00	145.01
83	—	792	142.75–143.50	142.93
24	—	380	162.50–167.50	164.63
10	—	307	175.00–185.00	181.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	827	133.00	133.00
17	—	486	159.00	159.00
16	—	659	139.00–145.50	143.45
16	—	645	135.00–140.00	138.44
48	—	531	141.00–152.00	149.29
21	—	588	143.00–145.00	144.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	534	153.00–154.50	154.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	615	162.00	162.00
4	—	524	177.50	177.50

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.