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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2018-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Aug 27

● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

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Receipts

6,191 head

▲ 1,021 vs last sale 5,170▲ 1,965 vs year ago 4,226 · +46.5%

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 $157.65/cwt on 2,158 head.

Average price

$157.65

2,158 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,014

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$364

per head · Medium 2-3 over Medium 2

$30.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.30

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 2-3	355	168.04	596	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	371	165.00	612	16thin
Medium and Large 1	646	163.55	1,057	851
Medium and Large 1-2	654	154.66	1,011	1,067
Large 1-2	615	151.43	931	43
Medium and Large 2	561	151.28	849	72
Medium 1-2	631	146.15	922	68
Medium 2	698	137.50	959	28

One grade step is worth $30.54/cwt here — about −$364 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 sale2,158 hd

157.65

—

MO average5 barns · 3,702 hd

159.95

−2.30

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

Every lot

97 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 · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	290	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	515	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	298	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	589	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	194.55/cwt	192.00–200.00	654	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	196.90/cwt	192.50–200.00	730	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	371	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	612	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	186.48/cwt	180.00–193.00	710	58
Steers	—	Medium 2	395	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	602	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	421	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	768	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	423	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	795	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	182.34/cwt	177.50–190.00	775	60
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	430	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	675	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	164.93/cwt	162.00–177.00	714	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	174.38/cwt	165.00–184.00	759	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	164.48/cwt	155.00–176.00	780	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	158.53/cwt	150.00–174.00	753	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	179.08/cwt	171.00–183.00	870	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	160.72/cwt	153.00–169.00	831	117
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	521	148.93/cwt	147.00–155.00	776	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	168.08/cwt	164.00–176.00	894	57
Steers	—	Large 1-2	537	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	873	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	544	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	832	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	7
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fleshy	565	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	870	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	155.85/cwt	151.00–164.00	895	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	170.58/cwt	167.50–175.00	981	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	614	142.35/cwt	141.00–146.00	874	19
Steers	—	Medium 2	620	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	856	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	158.43/cwt	154.00–163.00	992	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	163.36/cwt	156.00–168.00	1,024	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Yearlings	645	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	980	8
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	661	147.28/cwt	147.00–147.50	974	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	157.27/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,066	49
Steers	—	Large 1-2	678	144.07/cwt	142.00–152.00	977	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	154.96/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,054	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	683	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	990	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	692	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,010	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	155.19/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,122	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	143.29/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,045	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	145.56/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,112	271
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,182	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	147.94/cwt	144.00–151.25	1,213	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	827	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,100	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	843	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,146	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	886	140.43/cwt	136.00–144.50	1,244	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	899	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	1,292	121
Steers	—	Medium 2	962	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,251	9
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	1,008	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,240	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	160.99/cwt	158.00–167.50	538	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	150.44/cwt	143.00–155.00	557	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	166.04/cwt	162.00–169.50	618	48
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	382	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	577	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	384	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	614	9
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	400	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	536	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	145.91/cwt	144.00–150.00	613	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	160.22/cwt	154.00–164.00	694	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	635	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	140.12/cwt	139.00–141.00	671	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	146.91/cwt	142.00–156.00	705	185
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	155.58/cwt	147.00–159.00	751	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	151.06/cwt	145.50–159.00	781	160
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	521	144.29/cwt	139.00–155.00	752	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	145.48/cwt	140.00–153.00	761	68
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	525	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	780	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	139.13/cwt	135.00–143.00	730	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	547	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	788	15
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fleshy	553	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	780	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	134.88/cwt	132.00–146.00	774	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	153.33/cwt	150.00–160.00	899	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	144.15/cwt	137.00–152.00	845	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	602	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	903	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	609	129.72/cwt	125.00–138.00	790	14
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	615	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	867	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	139.63/cwt	136.00–144.00	868	163
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	639	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	831	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	130.49/cwt	130.00–131.00	872	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	140.26/cwt	131.00–147.00	943	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	145.98/cwt	141.00–147.00	993	191
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	698	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	855	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	703	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	949	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	144.63/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,027	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	132.67/cwt	125.00–137.00	951	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	129.44/cwt	125.00–131.00	988	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,089	15
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	773	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	935	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	121.68/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,012	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	841	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,034	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	277	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	471	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	362	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	615	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	168.87/cwt	165.00–182.50	724	56
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	146.51/cwt	143.00–160.00	725	40
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	154.62/cwt	149.00–157.00	789	39
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	141.63/cwt	137.00–151.00	807	71
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	142.04/cwt	141.00–143.00	910	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	938	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	916	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	720	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	468	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	946	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	568	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

Mon Aug 27, 2018

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

Receipts 6,191Last week 5,170Year ago 4,226

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	334	158.00–167.50	160.99
15	—	772	141.00	141.00
6	—	602	150.00	150.00
160	—	517	145.50–159.00	151.06
122	—	483	147.00–159.00	155.58
89	—	433	154.00–164.00	160.22
78	—	710	141.00–146.00	144.63
48	—	372	162.00–169.50	166.04
191	—	680	141.00–147.00	145.98
37	—	586	150.00–160.00	153.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	574	132.00–146.00	134.88
22	—	525	135.00–143.00	139.13
14	—	609	125.00–138.00	129.72
3	—	438	145.00	145.00
25	—	479	139.00–141.00	140.12
3	—	841	123.00	123.00
10	—	668	130.00–131.00	130.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	480	142.00–156.00	146.91
104	—	586	137.00–152.00	144.15
68	—	370	143.00–155.00	150.44
38	—	717	125.00–137.00	132.67
38	—	672	131.00–147.00	140.26
34	—	832	121.00–122.00	121.68
73	—	420	144.00–150.00	145.91
163	—	622	136.00–144.00	139.63
26	—	763	125.00–131.00	129.44
68	—	523	140.00–153.00	145.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	547	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	703	135.00	135.00
11	—	382	151.00	151.00
9	—	615	141.00	141.00
4	—	698	122.50	122.50
5	—	773	121.00	121.00
63	—	521	139.00–155.00	144.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	384	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	400	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	525	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	639	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	553	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	421	182.50	182.50
5	—	537	162.50	162.50
24	—	678	142.00–152.00	144.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	290	177.50	177.50
6	—	430	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	521	147.00–155.00	148.93
36	—	661	147.00–147.50	147.28
5	—	1,008	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	627	156.00–168.00	163.36
12	—	336	192.00–200.00	194.55
18	—	775	152.50	152.50
60	—	425	177.50–190.00	182.34
96	—	723	153.00–157.00	155.19
134	—	486	171.00–183.00	179.08
26	—	371	192.50–200.00	196.90
27	—	680	152.00–156.00	154.96
57	—	532	164.00–176.00	168.08
102	—	575	167.50–175.00	170.58
114	—	820	144.00–151.25	147.94
121	—	899	143.75	143.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	423	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	544	153.00	153.00
10	—	475	150.00–174.00	158.53
5	—	692	146.00	146.00
15	—	433	162.00–177.00	164.93
5	—	827	133.00	133.00
7	—	560	150.00	150.00
19	—	614	141.00–146.00	142.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	683	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	565	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Yearlings$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	645	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	395	152.50	152.50
9	—	962	130.00	130.00
15	—	620	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	298	197.50	197.50
71	—	626	154.00–163.00	158.43
37	—	843	136.00	136.00
56	—	435	165.00–184.00	174.38
77	—	474	155.00–176.00	164.48
117	—	886	136.00–144.50	140.43
47	—	574	151.00–164.00	155.85
49	—	678	153.00–160.00	157.27
58	—	381	180.00–193.00	186.48
116	—	729	140.00–145.00	143.29
117	—	517	153.00–169.00	160.72
271	—	764	141.00–149.00	145.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	371	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	946	60.00	60.00
4	—	720	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	277	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	570	137.00–151.00	141.63
56	—	429	165.00–182.50	168.87
40	—	495	143.00–160.00	146.51
39	—	510	149.00–157.00	154.62
26	—	362	170.00	170.00
23	—	641	141.00–143.00	142.04
5	—	739	124.00	124.00
3	—	690	136.00	136.00

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.