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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jan 6

● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

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Receipts

13,074 head

▲ 10,019 vs last sale 3,055▼ 779 vs year ago 13,853 · −5.6%

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

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Compared to the last sale of 2019 two weeks ago, steer calves under 550 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves under 550 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher, steer and heifer calves over 550 lbs and yearlings steady. Demand good, supply heavy.

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 $151.21/cwt on 6,184 head.

Average price

$151.21

6,184 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$992

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$539

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$54.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.94

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	408	173.75	709	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	592	152.57	904	1,123
Medium and Large 1	671	151.24	1,014	4,953
Medium and Large 2	544	141.34	770	26
Medium 1-2	672	136.59	917	17thin
Medium 2-3	440	120.00	528	24
Large 1-2	1,044	119.50	1,248	25

One grade step is worth $54.25/cwt here — about −$539 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 sale6,184 hd

151.21

—

MO average14 barns · 20,749 hd

153.15

−1.94

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

Every lot

119 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 · Steers50 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	275	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	550	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	317	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	626	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	172.54/cwt	160.00–185.00	583	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	208.96/cwt	200.00–215.00	717	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	197.60/cwt	190.00–207.50	739	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	374	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	701	15
Steers	—	Large 1	375	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	675	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	174.70/cwt	165.00–185.00	680	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	417	176.87/cwt	171.00–182.00	738	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	186.38/cwt	170.00–200.00	785	82
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	427	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	512	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	434	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	803	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	168.55/cwt	160.00–180.00	732	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	167.39/cwt	165.00–172.00	798	20
Steers	—	Large 1	480	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	768	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	164.84/cwt	157.00–172.50	793	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	173.41/cwt	167.00–185.00	836	271
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	488	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	586	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	514	164.22/cwt	160.00–170.00	844	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	166.61/cwt	160.00–174.00	876	334
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	159.59/cwt	151.00–167.00	844	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	546	142.68/cwt	142.00–143.00	779	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	148.76/cwt	143.00–154.00	852	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	136.33/cwt	136.00–137.00	791	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	155.31/cwt	150.00–167.00	902	551
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	584	142.07/cwt	141.00–143.00	830	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	586	152.93/cwt	150.00–162.00	896	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	145.61/cwt	140.00–150.00	901	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	148.08/cwt	144.00–153.00	927	608
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	626	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	858	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	138.67/cwt	137.00–142.00	881	38
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	649	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	896	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	138.81/cwt	137.00–139.00	909	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	140.75/cwt	136.00–144.00	944	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	146.84/cwt	140.00–156.25	988	713
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	673	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	956	20
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	713	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	955	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	141.13/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,016	184
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	144.90/cwt	138.50–152.75	1,046	797
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	140.64/cwt	138.00–142.50	1,087	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	143.78/cwt	139.00–149.50	1,116	413
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	143.17/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,167	580
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	821	140.00/cwt	137.00–140.50	1,149	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	144.95/cwt	140.50–151.00	1,251	236
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	889	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,222	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	939	141.79/cwt	140.50–142.50	1,331	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	132.57/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,285	21
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,044	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,248	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	260	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	429	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	423	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	329	156.22/cwt	152.00–158.00	514	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	155.57/cwt	150.00–160.00	518	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	337	145.76/cwt	140.00–147.50	491	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	141.19/cwt	132.00–146.00	528	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	154.42/cwt	143.00–162.00	591	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	385	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	608	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	387	143.11/cwt	137.00–145.00	554	26
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	412	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	482	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	140.43/cwt	130.00–144.00	587	95
Heifers	—	Large 1	429	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	609	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	152.38/cwt	143.00–163.00	655	169
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	133.70/cwt	133.00–135.00	582	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	442	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	619	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	462	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	675	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	464	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	585	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	138.01/cwt	137.00–142.00	645	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	137.78/cwt	130.00–146.00	664	192
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	146.64/cwt	140.00–157.00	708	286
Heifers	—	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	500	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	335	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	507	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	674	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	509	140.87/cwt	140.00–143.00	717	28
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	510	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	597	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	144.49/cwt	136.00–161.00	753	385
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	133.62/cwt	127.00–140.00	700	180
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	524	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	639	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	530	125.39/cwt	120.00–130.00	665	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	553	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	702	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	130.67/cwt	124.00–134.00	738	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	136.52/cwt	132.00–148.00	790	622
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	588	130.57/cwt	130.00–130.75	768	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	591	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	715	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	130.08/cwt	120.00–143.00	800	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	135.21/cwt	128.00–139.50	846	462
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	126.95/cwt	125.00–129.00	795	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	135.23/cwt	128.00–141.00	910	436
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	130.75/cwt	127.00–133.50	884	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	691	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	739	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	134.68/cwt	129.00–139.50	971	172
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	125.98/cwt	121.00–128.00	920	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	736	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	876	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	133.04/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,026	186
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	777	123.92/cwt	117.00–128.00	963	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	824	117.53/cwt	100.00–126.00	968	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	133.48/cwt	130.50–134.50	1,109	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	965	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	993	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,221	19
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	239	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	335	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	295	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	472	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	585	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	351	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	544	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	358	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	616	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	721	47
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	452	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	728	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	496	146.57/cwt	142.50–147.00	727	41
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	509	156.79/cwt	145.00–159.00	798	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	144.47/cwt	140.00–147.00	758	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	741	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	794	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	597	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	716	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	606	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	854	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	864	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	629	129.22/cwt	128.00–133.00	813	35
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	689	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	875	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	703	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	815	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	801	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	857	13

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

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Receipts 13,074Last week 3,055Year ago 13,853

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	351	155.00	155.00
6	—	295	160.00	160.00
6	—	597	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	563	141.00	141.00
14	—	606	141.00	141.00
21	—	689	127.00	127.00
20	—	509	145.00–159.00	156.79
8	—	452	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	629	128.00–133.00	129.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	561	132.00	132.00
14	—	626	138.00	138.00
12	—	703	116.00	116.00
41	—	496	142.50–147.00	146.57
26	—	358	172.00	172.00
13	—	801	107.00	107.00
47	—	424	170.00	170.00
29	—	300	195.00	195.00
14	—	525	140.00–147.00	144.47
5	—	655	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	239	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	510	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	919	105.00	105.00
111	—	383	143.00–162.00	154.42
186	—	771	127.00–136.00	133.04
436	—	673	128.00–141.00	135.23
462	—	626	128.00–139.50	135.21
286	—	483	140.00–157.00	146.64
169	—	430	143.00–163.00	152.38
35	—	831	130.50–134.50	133.48
622	—	579	132.00–148.00	136.52
385	—	521	136.00–161.00	144.49
172	—	721	129.00–139.50	134.68
53	—	333	150.00–160.00	155.57
19	—	993	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	385	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	467	137.00–142.00	138.01
28	—	509	140.00–143.00	140.87
10	—	736	119.00	119.00
54	—	588	130.00–130.75	130.57
16	—	626	125.00–129.00	126.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	278	152.00	152.00
56	—	730	121.00–128.00	125.98
95	—	418	130.00–144.00	140.43
192	—	482	130.00–146.00	137.78
123	—	615	120.00–143.00	130.08
70	—	565	124.00–134.00	130.67
36	—	676	127.00–133.50	130.75
22	—	824	100.00–126.00	117.53
180	—	524	127.00–140.00	133.62
82	—	374	132.00–146.00	141.19
49	—	337	140.00–147.50	145.76
24	—	777	117.00–128.00	123.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	462	146.00	146.00
24	—	329	152.00–158.00	156.22
7	—	260	165.00	165.00
26	—	387	137.00–145.00	143.11
7	—	442	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	691	107.00	107.00
28	—	530	120.00–130.00	125.39
20	—	625	120.00	120.00
23	—	553	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	507	133.00	133.00
32	—	435	133.00–135.00	133.70
6	—	591	121.00	121.00
11	—	464	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	500	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	429	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	412	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	338	160.00–185.00	172.54
45	—	389	165.00–185.00	174.70
90	—	434	160.00–180.00	168.55
130	—	573	143.00–154.00	148.76
138	—	529	151.00–167.00	159.59
101	—	619	140.00–150.00	145.61
70	—	821	137.00–140.50	140.00
15	—	889	137.50	137.50
184	—	720	134.00–143.00	141.13
110	—	481	157.00–172.50	164.84
76	—	671	136.00–144.00	140.75
36	—	773	138.00–142.50	140.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	434	185.00	185.00
20	—	673	142.00	142.00
15	—	374	187.50	187.50
20	—	317	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	546	142.00–143.00	142.68
12	—	626	137.00	137.00
13	—	584	141.00–143.00	142.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	580	136.00–137.00	136.33
5	—	515	140.00	140.00
6	—	480	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	160.00	160.00
11	—	375	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	713	134.00	134.00
11	—	649	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	275	200.00	200.00
713	—	673	140.00–156.25	146.84
551	—	581	150.00–167.00	155.31
271	—	482	167.00–185.00	173.41
71	—	939	140.50–142.50	141.79
17	—	343	200.00–215.00	208.96
797	—	722	138.50–152.75	144.90
580	—	815	140.00–145.00	143.17
334	—	526	160.00–174.00	166.61
82	—	421	170.00–200.00	186.38
21	—	969	130.00–136.00	132.57
608	—	626	144.00–153.00	148.08
413	—	776	139.00–149.50	143.78
236	—	863	140.50–151.00	144.95
60	—	374	190.00–207.50	197.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	635	137.00–142.00	138.67
20	—	477	165.00–172.00	167.39
27	—	586	150.00–162.00	152.93
55	—	655	137.00–139.00	138.81
35	—	514	160.00–170.00	164.22
18	—	417	171.00–182.00	176.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	488	120.00	120.00
19	—	427	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,044	119.50	119.50

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.