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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 30

● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

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Receipts

6,918 head

▲ 5,123 vs last sale 1,795▲ 1,264 vs year ago 5,654 · +22.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to a light test last week, steer and heifer calves and yearlings steady to 7.00 lower. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate to heavy. Several new crop calves in the offering along with the weaned calves and loads of yearlings.

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 $138.28/cwt on 3,377 head.

Average price

$138.28

3,377 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$940

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$13.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.02

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	144.02	959	1,865
Medium 1-2	513	141.00	723	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	703	131.25	923	1,313
Medium and Large 2	659	130.47	860	191

One grade step is worth $13.55/cwt here — about $99 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 sale3,377 hd

138.28

—

MO average14 barns · 8,088 hd

144.30

−6.02

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

Every lot

104 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	429	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	508	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	173.03/cwt	165.00–178.00	568	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	329	177.37/cwt	175.00–180.00	584	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	334	169.77/cwt	167.50–170.00	567	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	368	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	637	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	169.88/cwt	165.00–175.00	639	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	163.23/cwt	155.00–172.00	624	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	154.43/cwt	145.00–158.00	646	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	167.89/cwt	160.00–175.00	707	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	157.16/cwt	152.00–166.00	662	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	160.49/cwt	155.00–164.00	759	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	170.88/cwt	166.00–176.00	817	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	730	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	164.19/cwt	164.00–165.00	796	21
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	513	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	723	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	517	137.02/cwt	133.00–140.00	708	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	525	162.56/cwt	160.00–166.00	853	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	165.23/cwt	160.00–170.00	881	227
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	157.65/cwt	150.00–168.00	845	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	153.22/cwt	144.00–158.00	861	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	832	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	161.59/cwt	150.00–170.00	932	212
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	147.33/cwt	142.00–151.00	908	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	141.24/cwt	135.00–146.50	883	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	627	138.15/cwt	132.00–139.00	866	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	145.97/cwt	138.00–153.50	988	230
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	678	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	909	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	136.25/cwt	131.00–141.50	925	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	132.43/cwt	128.00–145.00	964	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	733	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	817	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	126.15/cwt	121.00–132.00	927	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	128.46/cwt	122.00–138.00	980	267
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	770	116.64/cwt	109.00–120.00	898	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	123.95/cwt	115.00–126.75	956	201
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	124.21/cwt	119.50–127.00	1,025	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	115.60/cwt	108.50–119.25	965	452
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	116.67/cwt	110.00–118.75	1,012	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	899	111.75/cwt	111.75–111.75	1,005	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	108.77/cwt	106.00–109.50	997	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	957	110.05/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,053	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	242	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	363	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	279	143.97/cwt	140.00–157.00	402	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	308	151.78/cwt	151.00–152.00	467	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	312	156.65/cwt	150.00–160.00	489	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	517	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	342	147.02/cwt	145.00–148.00	503	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	362	132.63/cwt	130.00–142.00	480	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	144.32/cwt	140.00–147.00	531	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	370	151.33/cwt	151.00–152.00	560	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	153.43/cwt	151.00–154.00	569	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	386	136.28/cwt	134.00–140.00	526	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	391	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	594	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	412	145.65/cwt	145.00–146.00	600	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	139.05/cwt	130.00–144.00	584	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	146.63/cwt	139.00–153.00	625	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	427	126.38/cwt	126.00–128.00	540	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	432	138.66/cwt	135.00–141.00	599	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	133.61/cwt	125.00–137.50	584	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	136.17/cwt	130.00–142.00	641	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	142.14/cwt	134.00–151.00	672	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	474	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	616	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	476	138.91/cwt	137.00–140.00	661	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	493	133.38/cwt	126.00–136.00	658	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	138.38/cwt	138.00–139.00	710	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	142.00/cwt	136.00–145.50	743	171
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	133.04/cwt	126.00–137.00	698	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	697	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	556	125.66/cwt	124.00–126.00	699	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	557	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	680	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	562	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	736	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	139.75/cwt	130.00–148.00	795	253
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	128.59/cwt	112.00–135.00	732	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	617	100.79/cwt	95.00–104.00	622	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	126.81/cwt	123.00–131.00	796	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	122.15/cwt	110.00–127.00	773	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	643	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	797	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	128.83/cwt	117.00–131.00	864	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	114.99/cwt	112.00–120.00	774	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	735	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	112.58/cwt	110.00–114.50	802	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	117.22/cwt	107.00–123.00	850	152
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	869	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	798	112.20/cwt	111.75–113.00	895	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	102.66/cwt	101.50–106.00	834	16
Heifers	—	Large 1	818	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	875	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	874	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	926	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	900	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	936	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,002	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	752	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	241	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	422	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	481	11
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	350	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	473	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	361	162.80/cwt	157.00–165.00	588	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	379	166.00/cwt	165.00–167.50	629	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	634	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	425	155.74/cwt	155.00–157.00	662	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	479	156.65/cwt	152.00–161.00	750	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	145.12/cwt	141.00–150.00	714	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	146.89/cwt	145.00–155.00	781	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	549	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	736	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	615	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	858	8

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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 6,918Last week 1,795Year ago 5,654

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	421	152.00–166.00	157.16
40	—	899	111.75	111.75
57	—	536	150.00–168.00	157.65
7	—	245	175.00	175.00
33	—	334	167.50–170.00	169.77
46	—	473	155.00–164.00	160.49
63	—	625	135.00–146.50	141.24
177	—	735	121.00–132.00	126.15
201	—	771	115.00–126.75	123.95
65	—	679	131.00–141.50	136.25
50	—	562	144.00–158.00	153.22
40	—	382	155.00–172.00	163.23
8	—	290	175.00	175.00
452	—	835	108.50–119.25	115.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	867	110.00–118.75	116.67
212	—	577	150.00–170.00	161.59
267	—	763	122.00–138.00	128.46
89	—	917	106.00–109.50	108.77
19	—	376	165.00–175.00	169.88
227	—	533	160.00–170.00	165.23
135	—	825	119.50–127.00	124.21
93	—	728	128.00–145.00	132.43
57	—	957	110.00–111.00	110.05
19	—	328	165.00–178.00	173.03
87	—	421	160.00–175.00	167.89
98	—	478	166.00–176.00	170.88
142	—	616	142.00–151.00	147.33
230	—	677	138.00–153.50	145.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	368	173.00	173.00
16	—	329	175.00–180.00	177.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	627	132.00–139.00	138.15
14	—	418	145.00–158.00	154.43
22	—	733	111.50	111.50
11	—	480	152.00	152.00
13	—	566	147.00	147.00
64	—	770	109.00–120.00	116.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	517	133.00–140.00	137.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	485	164.00–165.00	164.19
28	—	525	160.00–166.00	162.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	678	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	562	131.00	131.00
20	—	643	124.00	124.00
24	—	513	138.00–139.00	138.38
18	—	342	145.00–148.00	147.02
54	—	432	135.00–141.00	138.66
20	—	386	134.00–140.00	136.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	308	151.00–152.00	151.78
36	—	368	140.00–147.00	144.32
11	—	865	107.00	107.00
42	—	712	110.00–114.50	112.58
54	—	779	111.50	111.50
107	—	525	126.00–137.00	133.04
111	—	633	110.00–127.00	122.15
81	—	420	130.00–144.00	139.05
51	—	673	112.00–120.00	114.99
16	—	812	101.50–106.00	102.66
7	—	242	150.00	150.00
54	—	279	140.00–157.00	143.97
87	—	471	130.00–142.00	136.17
134	—	569	112.00–135.00	128.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	312	150.00–160.00	156.65
29	—	476	137.00–140.00	138.91
20	—	412	145.00–146.00	145.65
26	—	370	151.00–152.00	151.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	362	130.00–142.00	132.63
39	—	427	126.00–128.00	126.38
7	—	557	122.00	122.00
21	—	474	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	391	152.00	152.00
21	—	700	105.00	105.00
13	—	437	125.00–137.50	133.61
15	—	493	126.00–136.00	133.38
14	—	617	95.00–104.00	100.79
18	—	556	124.00–126.00	125.66
8	—	532	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	818	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	832	105.00	105.00
54	—	900	104.00	104.00
253	—	569	130.00–148.00	139.75
126	—	671	117.00–131.00	128.83
59	—	426	139.00–153.00	146.63
15	—	371	151.00–154.00	153.43
4	—	325	159.00	159.00
152	—	725	107.00–123.00	117.22
102	—	798	111.75–113.00	112.20
41	—	628	123.00–131.00	126.81
10	—	1,002	75.00	75.00
113	—	473	134.00–151.00	142.14
171	—	523	136.00–145.50	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	379	165.00–167.50	166.00
16	—	425	155.00–157.00	155.74
17	—	479	152.00–161.00	156.65
8	—	549	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	241	175.00	175.00
11	—	275	175.00	175.00
18	—	361	157.00–165.00	162.80
29	—	532	145.00–155.00	146.89
11	—	492	141.00–150.00	145.12
5	—	634	97.00	97.00
14	—	417	152.00	152.00
8	—	692	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	350	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	405	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.