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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, May 4

● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

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Receipts

7,294 head

▲ 201 vs last sale 7,093▲ 4,086 vs year ago 3,208 · +127.4%

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 under 550 lbs and heifers under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, steer calves over 550 lbs and yearlings steers steady to 3.00 higher, yearling heifers steady. Demand moderate, supply heavy. Trade improved as the Cattle futures turned favorable to Buyers. Several strings of new crop calves along with loads of yearlings in the offering.

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 $129.90/cwt on 4,151 head.

Average price

$129.90

4,151 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$35.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.53

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	528	145.09	765	22
Medium 1-2	393	140.00	550	4thin
Medium and Large 1	701	133.23	934	2,573
Medium and Large 1-2	710	124.36	883	1,472
Medium and Large 2	620	121.88	756	63
Medium 2	569	121.00	688	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	592	110.00	651	10thin

One grade step is worth $35.09/cwt here — about $114 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 sale4,151 hd

129.90

—

MO average18 barns · 13,295 hd

140.43

−10.53

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

Every lot

116 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 and Large 1-2	231	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	416	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	169.10/cwt	165.00–180.00	561	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	162.83/cwt	160.00–167.00	559	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	162.85/cwt	159.00–165.00	604	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	153.21/cwt	145.00–156.00	594	24
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	393	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	550	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	161.36/cwt	155.00–173.00	686	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	428	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	603	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	152.15/cwt	147.00–160.00	653	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	431	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	603	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	149.59/cwt	141.00–155.00	702	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	476	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	633	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	154.82/cwt	147.00–164.00	740	184
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	503	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	755	14
Steers	—	Large 1	505	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	747	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	142.94/cwt	130.00–150.00	750	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	150.50/cwt	140.00–163.00	796	161
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	637	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	559	130.77/cwt	123.00–136.00	731	54
Steers	—	Large 1	567	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	794	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	150.18/cwt	136.00–155.00	855	381
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	140.05/cwt	130.00–150.00	797	86
Steers	—	Medium 2	569	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	688	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	766	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	577	125.36/cwt	125.00–127.00	723	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	592	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	651	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	618	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	729	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	132.41/cwt	124.00–142.00	830	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	143.56/cwt	132.00–146.00	904	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	131.93/cwt	128.00–137.00	838	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	130.85/cwt	120.00–137.50	866	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	848	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	135.44/cwt	130.00–143.50	920	389
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	682	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	835	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	126.64/cwt	121.00–132.50	912	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	122.14/cwt	115.00–125.50	890	190
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	117.80/cwt	111.50–121.00	906	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	123.27/cwt	114.00–128.00	968	387
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	814	114.93/cwt	111.00–116.75	936	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	119.22/cwt	113.00–123.00	978	186
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	114.58/cwt	110.00–119.50	1,000	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	874	107.24/cwt	102.00–113.00	937	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	883	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	751	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	906	105.91/cwt	92.00–110.00	960	363
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	112.92/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,031	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,029	103.25/cwt	103.25–103.25	1,062	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,060	97.63/cwt	97.00–99.50	1,035	219
Feeder Cattle · Heifers46 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	276	131.34/cwt	130.00–135.00	362	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	420	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	311	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	420	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	329	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	470	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	137.34/cwt	134.00–142.00	460	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	344	140.64/cwt	132.00–142.00	484	22
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	365	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	518	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	137.09/cwt	134.00–140.00	514	48
Heifers	—	Large 1	378	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	507	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	129.52/cwt	127.00–136.00	496	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	398	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	517	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	128.66/cwt	121.00–138.00	547	87
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	425	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	519	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	135.31/cwt	125.00–140.00	576	92
Heifers	—	Large 1	461	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	599	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	464	134.74/cwt	133.00–136.00	625	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	124.75/cwt	120.00–131.00	590	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	123.51/cwt	120.50–126.00	588	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	133.16/cwt	126.00–137.00	647	166
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	121.32/cwt	115.00–128.50	632	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	127.87/cwt	114.00–133.00	669	153
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	124.49/cwt	113.00–128.50	659	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	536	112.53/cwt	112.00–114.00	603	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	539	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	604	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	549	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	692	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	109.52/cwt	102.00–118.00	619	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	118.51/cwt	114.00–122.00	674	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	122.06/cwt	121.00–123.00	702	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	129.30/cwt	124.00–133.00	749	133
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	684	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	118.32/cwt	107.00–125.00	740	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	114.69/cwt	105.00–123.00	717	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	121.11/cwt	117.00–127.00	758	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	108.31/cwt	102.00–113.00	721	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	117.13/cwt	112.00–122.00	801	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	111.05/cwt	96.00–116.25	796	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	848	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	112.95/cwt	106.50–114.50	853	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	757	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	613	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	109.07/cwt	100.00–111.50	828	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	817	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	850	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	892	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	861	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	825	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	220	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	411	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	261	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	522	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	288	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	518	3
Bulls	—	Large 1	332	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	591	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	334	167.98/cwt	165.00–172.00	561	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	525	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	361	150.23/cwt	145.00–153.00	542	30
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	398	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	561	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	152.11/cwt	149.00–153.00	648	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	652	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	639	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	135.94/cwt	125.00–139.00	624	38
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	485	133.04/cwt	130.00–139.00	645	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	519	139.55/cwt	130.00–146.00	724	57
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	546	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	612	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	573	121.03/cwt	112.00–131.00	694	34
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	115.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	675	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	628	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	659	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	115.43/cwt	114.00–118.00	736	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	779	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	740	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	821	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	739	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	864	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	734	18

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 →

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Receipts 7,294Last week 7,093Year ago 3,208

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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
44	—	627	124.00–142.00	132.41
24	—	388	145.00–156.00	153.21
86	—	569	130.00–150.00	140.05
158	—	769	111.50–121.00	117.80
6	—	231	180.00	180.00
33	—	429	147.00–160.00	152.15
78	—	874	102.00–113.00	107.24
81	—	662	120.00–137.50	130.85
190	—	729	115.00–125.50	122.14
103	—	814	111.00–116.75	114.93
115	—	469	141.00–155.00	149.59
363	—	906	92.00–110.00	105.91
25	—	332	165.00–180.00	169.10
72	—	525	130.00–150.00	142.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	665	127.50	127.50
8	—	572	134.00	134.00
59	—	635	128.00–137.00	131.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
387	—	785	114.00–128.00	123.27
184	—	478	147.00–164.00	154.82
381	—	569	136.00–155.00	150.18
76	—	1,029	103.25	103.25
5	—	343	160.00–167.00	162.83
125	—	873	110.00–119.50	114.58
186	—	820	113.00–123.00	119.22
140	—	425	155.00–173.00	161.36
27	—	371	159.00–165.00	162.85
128	—	630	132.00–146.00	143.56
31	—	720	121.00–132.50	126.64
161	—	529	140.00–163.00	150.50
219	—	1,060	97.00–99.50	97.63
389	—	679	130.00–143.50	135.44
52	—	913	104.00–115.00	112.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	503	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	476	133.00	133.00
54	—	559	123.00–136.00	130.77
4	—	618	118.00	118.00
8	—	428	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	431	140.00	140.00
25	—	682	122.50	122.50
9	—	531	120.00	120.00
5	—	883	85.00	85.00
17	—	577	125.00–127.00	125.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	505	148.00	148.00
8	—	567	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	592	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	393	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	569	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	486	126.00–137.00	133.16
27	—	725	117.00	117.00
67	—	755	106.50–114.50	112.95
133	—	579	124.00–133.00	129.30
11	—	861	100.00	100.00
7	—	335	134.00–142.00	137.34
92	—	426	125.00–140.00	135.31
48	—	375	134.00–140.00	137.09
8	—	280	150.00	150.00
9	—	818	109.00	109.00
153	—	523	114.00–133.00	127.87
13	—	970	85.00	85.00
58	—	684	112.00–122.00	117.13
93	—	626	117.00–127.00	121.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	625	107.00–125.00	118.32
36	—	476	120.50–126.00	123.51
11	—	575	121.00–123.00	122.06
15	—	398	130.00	130.00
36	—	521	115.00–128.50	121.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	757	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	549	126.00	126.00
13	—	378	134.00	134.00
8	—	461	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	425	122.00	122.00
7	—	350	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	600	114.00	114.00
10	—	539	112.00	112.00
13	—	490	125.00	125.00
15	—	565	102.00–118.00	109.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	329	143.00	143.00
24	—	464	133.00–136.00	134.74
5	—	365	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	473	120.00–131.00	124.75
81	—	569	114.00–122.00	118.51
54	—	383	127.00–136.00	129.52
4	—	817	104.00	104.00
132	—	625	105.00–123.00	114.69
87	—	425	121.00–138.00	128.66
61	—	717	96.00–116.25	111.05
22	—	344	132.00–142.00	140.64
25	—	666	102.00–113.00	108.31
61	—	759	100.00–111.50	109.07
102	—	529	113.00–128.50	124.49
14	—	276	130.00–135.00	131.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	311	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	536	112.00–114.00	112.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	332	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	220	187.00	187.00
9	—	334	165.00–172.00	167.98
34	—	573	112.00–131.00	121.03
57	—	519	130.00–146.00	139.55
19	—	426	149.00–153.00	152.11
4	—	398	141.00	141.00
29	—	485	130.00–139.00	133.04
4	—	821	90.00	90.00
3	—	288	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	638	114.00–118.00	115.43
6	—	779	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	546	112.00	112.00
25	—	582	110.00–120.00	115.93
30	—	361	145.00–153.00	150.23
15	—	429	152.00	152.00
4	—	261	200.00	200.00
38	—	459	125.00–139.00	135.94
18	—	864	85.00	85.00
5	—	341	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	450	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	110.00	110.00

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.