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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 2

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

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Receipts

3,310 head

▼ 5,391 vs last sale 8,701▲ 2,579 vs year ago 731 · +352.8%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, steers 500 to 700 lbs steers steady to 3.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady, 500 weight heifers steady, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower . Demand good for calves suitable to graze, moderate for feedlot bound yearlings, supply moderate. Live Cattle and Feeder cattle futures closed with triple digit gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up over 1200 points.

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 $157.97/cwt on 1,368 head.

Average price

$157.97

1,368 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$17.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.03

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	482	162.64	785	156
Medium and Large 1	615	157.47	969	1,203
Medium 1-2	452	145.00	655	9thin

One grade step is worth $17.64/cwt here — about $129 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 sale1,368 hd

157.97

—

MO average17 barns · 6,784 hd

153.95

+4.03

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

Every lot

71 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	243	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	365	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	269	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	457	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	293	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	533	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	198.31/cwt	196.00–200.00	652	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	347	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	666	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	187.54/cwt	182.50–192.50	686	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	368	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	662	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	753	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	178.57/cwt	176.00–188.00	737	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	168.42/cwt	162.00–178.00	724	49
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	452	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	655	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	167.28/cwt	165.00–169.00	781	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	177.27/cwt	170.00–183.00	835	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	168.60/cwt	165.00–170.00	821	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	169.81/cwt	168.00–173.00	869	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	161.78/cwt	158.00–167.00	835	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	178.11/cwt	163.00–189.00	933	196
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	571	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	857	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	163.13/cwt	152.00–170.00	933	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	873	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	153.23/cwt	147.00–167.00	962	188
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	148.66/cwt	138.00–157.00	993	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	934	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	686	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	940	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	999	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	139.35/cwt	133.50–140.00	1,031	254
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	743	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	966	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	134.42/cwt	125.00–136.50	1,048	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	138.09/cwt	127.00–140.00	1,124	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	998	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	223	152.20/cwt	150.00–157.50	339	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	244	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	366	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	259	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	363	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	277	158.43/cwt	157.00–160.00	439	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	281	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	407	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	523	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	145.93/cwt	142.00–150.00	484	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	359	152.80/cwt	145.00–160.00	549	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	153.71/cwt	145.00–165.00	583	105
Heifers	—	Medium 3	412	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	503	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	518	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	150.98/cwt	144.00–157.50	652	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	142.55/cwt	132.00–151.00	617	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	442	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	632	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	149.74/cwt	146.00–154.00	699	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	135.97/cwt	134.00–140.00	644	35
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	488	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	639	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	133.22/cwt	131.00–135.00	681	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	517	123.78/cwt	122.50–126.00	640	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	154.89/cwt	146.00–158.50	805	180
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	522	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	715	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	141.56/cwt	131.00–153.00	800	158
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	123.55/cwt	120.00–127.00	714	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	124.43/cwt	121.00–129.00	757	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	132.73/cwt	126.00–138.00	835	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	647	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	738	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	119.66/cwt	110.00–125.00	802	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	127.34/cwt	123.00–128.00	867	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	122.59/cwt	116.00–126.50	877	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	888	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	118.35/cwt	113.00–119.00	974	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	112.40/cwt	110.00–119.00	940	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	642	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	705	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	781	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	532	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	705	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	145.41/cwt	135.00–148.00	830	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	627	139.20/cwt	130.00–142.00	873	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	752	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	895	10

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 Mar 2, 2020

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Receipts 3,310Last week 8,701Year ago 731

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	779	114.00	114.00
158	—	565	131.00–153.00	141.56
70	—	715	116.00–126.50	122.59
30	—	681	123.00–128.00	127.34
14	—	317	165.00	165.00
180	—	520	146.00–158.50	154.89
72	—	467	146.00–154.00	149.74
40	—	432	144.00–157.50	150.98
15	—	836	110.00–119.00	112.40
105	—	379	145.00–165.00	153.71
46	—	629	126.00–138.00	132.73
16	—	277	157.00–160.00	158.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	281	145.00	145.00
7	—	244	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	823	113.00–119.00	118.35
19	—	359	145.00–160.00	152.80
9	—	511	131.00–135.00	133.22
35	—	474	134.00–140.00	135.97
20	—	332	142.00–150.00	145.93
15	—	223	150.00–157.50	152.20
7	—	259	140.00	140.00
68	—	433	132.00–151.00	142.55
20	—	670	110.00–125.00	119.66
16	—	578	120.00–127.00	123.55
7	—	608	121.00–129.00	124.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	120.00	120.00
5	—	647	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	488	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	412	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	517	122.50–126.00	123.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	442	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	430	164.00	164.00
15	—	571	135.00–148.00	145.41
5	—	371	173.00	173.00
9	—	528	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	627	130.00–142.00	139.20
6	—	495	145.00	145.00
10	—	752	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	430	162.00–178.00	168.42
9	—	818	122.00	122.00
7	—	672	139.00	139.00
5	—	269	170.00	170.00
15	—	366	182.50–192.50	187.54
7	—	729	137.00	137.00
5	—	347	192.00	192.00
25	—	516	158.00–167.00	161.78
20	—	467	165.00–169.00	167.28
8	—	594	147.00	147.00
6	—	243	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	686	137.00	137.00
5	—	571	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	487	165.00–170.00	168.60
19	—	368	180.00	180.00
19	—	512	168.00–173.00	169.81
5	—	743	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	524	163.00–189.00	178.11
85	—	572	152.00–170.00	163.13
59	—	413	176.00–188.00	178.57
11	—	384	196.00	196.00
9	—	293	182.00	182.00
254	—	740	133.50–140.00	139.35
108	—	780	125.00–136.50	134.42
75	—	471	170.00–183.00	177.27
25	—	329	196.00–200.00	198.31
188	—	628	147.00–167.00	153.23
82	—	668	138.00–157.00	148.66
41	—	814	127.00–140.00	138.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	452	145.00	145.00

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.