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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 16

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

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Receipts

1,724 head

▼ 3,903 vs last sale 5,627▼ 6,085 vs year ago 7,809 · −77.9%

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

*MID-SESSION/CLOSE*

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 10.00 to 15.00 lower, with some steer calves 20.00 lower. Demand moderate to light, supply light. Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle futures closed limit or near limit down.

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 $133.14/cwt on 730 head.

Average price

$133.14

730 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$19.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.14

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	139.81	806	121
Medium and Large 1-2	605	134.11	811	494
Medium and Large 2	649	122.07	792	109
Medium 2	536	120.00	643	6thin

One grade step is worth $19.81/cwt here — about $163 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 sale730 hd

133.14

—

MO average15 barns · 5,883 hd

146.28

−13.14

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

Every lot

66 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	271	182.34/cwt	180.00–185.00	494	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	569	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	157.58/cwt	154.00–167.50	596	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	158.60/cwt	155.00–160.00	649	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	153.21/cwt	147.50–158.00	653	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	433	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	710	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	679	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	149.89/cwt	147.50–151.00	722	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	140.80/cwt	133.00–146.00	728	79
Steers	—	Medium 2	536	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	643	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	147.97/cwt	145.00–149.00	795	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	138.84/cwt	131.00–144.00	779	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	135.63/cwt	135.00–137.00	776	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	591	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	715	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	134.72/cwt	133.00–136.50	851	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	841	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	130.53/cwt	130.00–131.00	867	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	669	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	823	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	823	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	863	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	722	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	722	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	121.25/cwt	119.00–123.00	879	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	115.95/cwt	115.00–117.00	881	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	862	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	914	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	282	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	275	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	299	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	428	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	312	140.61/cwt	138.00–145.00	439	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	327	122.76/cwt	120.00–125.00	401	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	127.45/cwt	125.00–134.00	489	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	131.56/cwt	119.00–138.00	556	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	140.69/cwt	139.00–147.00	597	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	134.89/cwt	133.00–135.00	627	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	467	115.07/cwt	110.00–119.00	537	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	126.60/cwt	123.00–130.00	592	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	479	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	651	31
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	501	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	514	3
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	510	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	472	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	122.30/cwt	117.00–126.00	626	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	129.68/cwt	125.00–133.00	670	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	658	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	109.59/cwt	100.00–118.00	572	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	124.90/cwt	121.00–129.00	709	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	571	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	582	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	637	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	596	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	626	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	776	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	109.36/cwt	105.00–120.00	687	60
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	648	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	680	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	712	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	688	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	516	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	722	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	738	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	769	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	846	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1,251	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	876	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	154.46/cwt	140.00–157.50	510	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	563	5
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	140.64/cwt	139.00–142.50	655	11
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	561	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	631	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	577	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	594	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	598	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	664	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	615	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	626	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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 1,724Last week 5,627Year ago 7,809

*MID-SESSION/CLOSE*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	423	119.00–138.00	131.56
8	—	312	138.00–145.00	140.61
5	—	579	110.00	110.00
52	—	512	117.00–126.00	122.30
21	—	468	123.00–130.00	126.60
7	—	299	143.00	143.00
60	—	628	105.00–120.00	109.36
24	—	384	125.00–134.00	127.45
7	—	715	101.00	101.00
4	—	672	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	522	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	424	139.00–147.00	140.69
8	—	568	121.00–129.00	124.90
131	—	465	133.00–135.00	134.89
14	—	738	100.00	100.00
3	—	626	124.00	124.00
15	—	517	125.00–133.00	129.68
4	—	335	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	688	75.00	75.00
6	—	510	92.50	92.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	596	105.00	105.00
3	—	648	105.00	105.00
3	—	501	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	522	100.00–118.00	109.59
5	—	282	97.50	97.50
7	—	327	120.00–125.00	122.76
7	—	467	110.00–119.00	115.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,251	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	769	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	479	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	330	140.00–157.50	154.46
5	—	369	152.50	152.50
10	—	783	80.00	80.00
11	—	466	139.00–142.50	140.64
4	—	676	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	561	112.50	112.50
3	—	395	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	598	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	669	123.00	123.00
5	—	722	100.00	100.00
21	—	591	121.00	121.00
28	—	640	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	517	133.00–146.00	140.80
55	—	669	123.00	123.00
30	—	378	154.00–167.50	157.58
18	—	561	131.00–144.00	138.84
57	—	725	119.00–123.00	121.25
36	—	760	115.00–117.00	115.95
26	—	482	147.50–151.00	149.89
4	—	325	175.00	175.00
60	—	862	106.00	106.00
51	—	426	147.50–158.00	153.21
27	—	647	130.00	130.00
11	—	900	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	632	133.00–136.50	134.72
16	—	572	135.00–137.00	135.63
3	—	468	145.00	145.00
19	—	409	155.00–160.00	158.60
13	—	707	122.00	122.00
26	—	537	145.00–149.00	147.97
15	—	664	130.00–131.00	130.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	271	180.00–185.00	182.34
34	—	433	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	120.00	120.00

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.