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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2018-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, May 21

● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

6,425 head

▲ 1,236 vs last sale 5,189▲ 402 vs year ago 6,023 · +6.7%

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 $153.92/cwt on 2,720 head.

Average price

$153.92

2,720 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$940

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$27.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.14

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	161.08	926	1,288
Medium and Large 1-2	643	148.44	955	1,320
Medium 1-2	587	137.00	804	12thin
Medium and Large 2	646	136.33	881	92
Large 1	655	133.31	873	8thin

One grade step is worth $27.77/cwt here — about $53 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 sale2,720 hd

153.92

—

MO average5 barns · 5,721 hd

156.06

−2.14

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

Every lot

121 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 · Steers53 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	540	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	318	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	588	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	171.96/cwt	165.00–182.00	585	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	175.49/cwt	167.00–185.00	648	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	181.60/cwt	180.00–184.00	686	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	385	173.83/cwt	173.00–175.00	669	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	166.11/cwt	160.00–172.50	698	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	178.17/cwt	173.00–185.00	763	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	437	178.15/cwt	173.00–180.00	779	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	475	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	784	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	163.21/cwt	156.00–174.00	775	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	174.08/cwt	170.00–180.00	829	195
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	495	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	715	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	508	170.25/cwt	163.00–171.00	865	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	164.29/cwt	157.00–173.00	871	203
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	159.21/cwt	152.00–166.00	844	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	152.05/cwt	145.00–160.00	862	86
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	567	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	805	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	161.84/cwt	157.00–166.00	927	211
Steers	—	Large 1	573	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	819	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	580	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	847	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	137.55/cwt	132.00–150.00	798	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	582	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	925	8
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	607	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	801	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	160.56/cwt	156.00–164.50	979	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Calves	615	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	849	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	618	144.11/cwt	142.50–148.00	891	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	620	156.26/cwt	145.00–160.00	969	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	624	160.32/cwt	155.00–163.00	1,000	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	150.05/cwt	145.00–159.00	945	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	148.42/cwt	148.00–150.00	983	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	142.05/cwt	135.00–145.00	949	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	673	138.66/cwt	130.00–148.00	933	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	689	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	909	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	691	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	898	4
Steers	—	Large 1Calves	704	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	898	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	145.73/cwt	141.00–150.50	1,059	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	139.42/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,018	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	730	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	949	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	749	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	951	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	136.59/cwt	127.00–137.50	1,054	207
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	136.28/cwt	136.00–136.50	1,056	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	776	128.31/cwt	127.00–132.00	996	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	789	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	994	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	796	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	987	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	806	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,106	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	819	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,110	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	819	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,057	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	863	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	949	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	869	121.58/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,057	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	958	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,111	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	992	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,156	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,023	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,238	112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers45 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	279	160.67/cwt	157.00–163.00	448	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	152.05/cwt	148.00–160.00	505	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	152.65/cwt	150.00–161.00	556	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	366	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	509	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	141.12/cwt	139.00–143.00	529	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	391	150.64/cwt	150.00–152.00	589	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	410	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	668	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	142.60/cwt	137.00–149.00	607	158
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	152.51/cwt	150.00–156.00	651	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	428	148.44/cwt	144.00–156.00	635	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	475	152.33/cwt	147.00–155.00	724	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	146.34/cwt	143.00–157.00	695	224
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	141.78/cwt	136.00–147.00	679	154
Heifers	—	Large 1	482	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	684	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	505	149.99/cwt	146.00–154.00	757	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	138.47/cwt	133.00–143.00	727	197
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	141.68/cwt	136.00–147.00	745	180
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	530	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	787	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	134.49/cwt	129.00–139.00	763	68
Heifers	—	Large 1	575	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	765	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	138.04/cwt	133.00–144.00	795	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	800	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	729	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Yearlings	587	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	810	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	590	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	808	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	617	126.92/cwt	125.00–130.00	783	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	130.41/cwt	124.00–134.00	815	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	629	131.78/cwt	130.00–135.00	829	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	136.25/cwt	134.00–139.00	862	41
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	651	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	807	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	133.57/cwt	130.00–137.00	884	62
Heifers	—	Large 1Calves	678	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	888	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	127.88/cwt	120.00–134.00	867	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	698	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	914	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	133.81/cwt	132.00–134.00	950	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	121.81/cwt	120.00–124.00	870	31
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	716	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	859	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	719	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	863	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	848	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Gaunt	796	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	844	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	800	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,008	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	839	115.30/cwt	112.00–116.25	967	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,001	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	109.67/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,017	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	933	93.16/cwt	90.00–96.00	869	19
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	281	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	548	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	185.10/cwt	170.00–202.50	603	12
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	366	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	593	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	163.03/cwt	155.00–172.00	610	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	382	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	623	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	169.52/cwt	162.00–175.00	705	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	434	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	760	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	163.93/cwt	158.00–168.00	793	56
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	485	155.60/cwt	154.00–166.00	755	60
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	494	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	736	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	522	154.07/cwt	147.50–158.00	804	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	149.12/cwt	144.00–153.00	790	39
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	562	144.47/cwt	137.00–148.00	812	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	139.55/cwt	131.00–144.00	790	48
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	614	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	872	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	614	133.56/cwt	124.00–138.00	820	41
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	824	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	653	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	882	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	124.53/cwt	119.00–136.00	841	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	697	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	819	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	714	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	785	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	715	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	840	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	119.96/cwt	117.00–124.00	864	11

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 May 21, 2018

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

Receipts 6,425Last week 5,189Year ago 6,023

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	142.00	142.00
10	—	653	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	644	128.00	128.00
33	—	374	155.00–172.00	163.03
11	—	720	117.00–124.00	119.96
23	—	416	162.00–175.00	169.52
39	—	530	144.00–153.00	149.12
56	—	484	158.00–168.00	163.93
4	—	281	195.00	195.00
48	—	566	131.00–144.00	139.55
12	—	326	170.00–202.50	185.10
18	—	675	119.00–136.00	124.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	485	154.00–166.00	155.60
11	—	434	175.00	175.00
21	—	562	137.00–148.00	144.47
8	—	522	147.50–158.00	154.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	494	149.00	149.00
4	—	382	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	715	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	714	110.00	110.00
5	—	697	117.50	117.50
41	—	614	124.00–138.00	133.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	366	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	364	150.00–161.00	152.65
53	—	710	132.00–134.00	133.81
180	—	526	136.00–147.00	141.68
41	—	633	134.00–139.00	136.25
4	—	878	114.00	114.00
91	—	427	150.00–156.00	152.51
62	—	662	130.00–137.00	133.57
123	—	576	133.00–144.00	138.04
224	—	475	143.00–157.00	146.34
15	—	927	109.00–110.00	109.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	410	163.00	163.00
33	—	530	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	714	120.00–124.00	121.81
68	—	567	129.00–139.00	134.49
158	—	426	137.00–149.00	142.60
197	—	525	133.00–143.00	138.47
7	—	750	113.00	113.00
19	—	933	90.00–96.00	93.16
51	—	375	139.00–143.00	141.12
59	—	839	112.00–116.25	115.30
92	—	625	124.00–134.00	130.41
154	—	479	136.00–147.00	141.78
118	—	678	120.00–134.00	127.88
15	—	279	157.00–163.00	160.67
34	—	332	148.00–160.00	152.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	505	146.00–154.00	149.99
22	—	391	150.00–152.00	150.64
60	—	475	147.00–155.00	152.33
13	—	580	138.00	138.00
26	—	428	144.00–156.00	148.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	133.00	133.00
7	—	482	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	716	120.00	120.00
7	—	651	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	629	130.00–135.00	131.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Yearlings$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	587	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	590	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	678	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	719	120.00	120.00
9	—	583	125.00	125.00
10	—	366	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	698	131.00	131.00
17	—	800	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	796	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	617	125.00–130.00	126.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	530	157.00–173.00	164.29
29	—	775	136.00–136.50	136.28
75	—	806	137.25	137.25
195	—	476	170.00–180.00	174.08
211	—	573	157.00–166.00	161.84
24	—	662	148.00–150.00	148.42
71	—	727	141.00–150.50	145.73
98	—	610	156.00–164.50	160.56
111	—	428	173.00–185.00	178.17
39	—	378	180.00–184.00	181.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	582	159.00	159.00
12	—	475	165.00	165.00
12	—	624	155.00–163.00	160.32
56	—	508	163.00–171.00	170.25
24	—	385	173.00–175.00	173.83
11	—	318	185.00	185.00
19	—	437	173.00–180.00	178.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	789	126.00	126.00
20	—	580	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	749	127.00	127.00
23	—	618	142.50–148.00	144.11
10	—	689	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	607	132.00	132.00
6	—	567	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	704	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	495	144.00–145.00	144.50
21	—	580	132.00–150.00	137.55
4	—	691	130.00	130.00
15	—	776	127.00–132.00	128.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	673	130.00–148.00	138.66
7	—	730	130.00	130.00
180	—	620	145.00–160.00	156.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	796	124.00	124.00
6	—	863	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	819	135.50	135.50
27	—	992	116.50	116.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	668	135.00–145.00	142.05
112	—	1,023	121.00	121.00
207	—	772	127.00–137.50	136.59
13	—	819	129.00	129.00
40	—	369	167.00–185.00	175.49
79	—	420	160.00–172.50	166.11
86	—	567	145.00–160.00	152.05
101	—	530	152.00–166.00	159.21
141	—	475	156.00–174.00	163.21
3	—	277	195.00	195.00
10	—	958	116.00	116.00
27	—	730	135.00–143.00	139.42
41	—	869	121.00–122.00	121.58
26	—	340	165.00–182.00	171.96
95	—	630	145.00–159.00	150.05

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.