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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-24

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Aug 24

● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

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Receipts

5,446 head

▲ 1,077 vs last sale 4,369▲ 1,613 vs year ago 3,833 · +42.1%

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, steer and heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, few steady, yearlings steady to 2.00 lower. Demand and supply moderate. The USDA Cattle On Feed report showed 102 percent On Feed, 111 percent Placements, 99 percent Marketed. Placements numbers much larger than early estimates. Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle futures closed with double and triple digits losses.

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 $143.73/cwt on 2,344 head.

Average price

$143.73

2,344 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$68.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.13

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	148.92	991	1,242
Medium and Large 1-2	669	141.92	950	850
Medium and Large 2	569	137.78	784	92
Medium 1	625	132.00	825	6thin
Medium 1-2	812	125.25	1,017	53
Medium 2	868	113.18	982	94
Large 3	1,057	80.00	846	7thin

One grade step is worth $68.92/cwt here — about $146 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 sale2,344 hd

143.73

—

MO average17 barns · 9,968 hd

149.85

−6.13

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

Every lot

121 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	317	194.79/cwt	190.00–200.00	617	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	320	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	496	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	559	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	359	174.13/cwt	170.00–176.00	625	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	397	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	673	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	155.20/cwt	147.50–167.00	658	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	690	6
Steers	—	Medium 2	428	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	578	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	162.00/cwt	157.00–167.00	701	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	469	157.11/cwt	154.00–161.00	737	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	153.55/cwt	150.00–158.00	728	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	159.43/cwt	157.00–164.00	768	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	495	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	698	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	149.41/cwt	142.00–157.00	771	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	523	148.37/cwt	147.00–150.00	776	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	147.32/cwt	140.00–153.00	781	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	145.95/cwt	140.00–152.00	775	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	154.38/cwt	153.00–160.00	829	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	551	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	760	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	569	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	831	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	573	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	923	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	145.42/cwt	139.00–150.00	833	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	153.61/cwt	149.00–159.00	882	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	146.67/cwt	140.00–150.00	852	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	619	135.79/cwt	135.00–136.00	841	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	145.63/cwt	138.00–151.00	910	44
Steers	—	Medium 1	625	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	825	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	152.33/cwt	146.00–160.00	958	248
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	871	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	653	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	882	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	138.06/cwt	134.50–145.00	936	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	150.06/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,020	293
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	706	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	939	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	123.21/cwt	121.00–126.00	875	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	146.95/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,060	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	139.78/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,008	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	723	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	991	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	137.29/cwt	133.00–141.50	1,063	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	132.86/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,039	163
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	812	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,017	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	826	131.09/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,083	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	136.67/cwt	131.00–142.00	1,132	115
Steers	—	Medium 2	843	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	965	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,168	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	138.29/cwt	131.00–142.50	1,206	99
Steers	—	Medium 2	931	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,024	55
Steers	—	Large 3	1,057	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	846	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers55 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	439	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	482	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	500	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	342	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	523	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	357	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	436	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	367	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	543	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	144.29/cwt	140.00–150.00	541	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	146.72/cwt	145.00–149.00	555	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	527	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	412	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	630	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	140.58/cwt	135.00–142.00	596	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	130.13/cwt	127.00–135.00	557	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	148.70/cwt	141.00–153.00	638	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	142.03/cwt	132.00–145.00	675	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	140.18/cwt	133.00–144.00	666	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	479	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	704	6
Heifers	—	Large 2Thin Fleshed	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	144.79/cwt	143.00–147.00	707	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	491	135.84/cwt	128.00–137.00	667	66
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	492	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	635	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	635	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	136.30/cwt	135.00–138.00	698	7
Heifers	—	Large 1Unweaned	512	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	655	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	145.44/cwt	138.00–149.00	756	13
Heifers	—	Medium 2	526	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	663	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	702	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	136.65/cwt	127.00–146.00	727	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	726	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	138.77/cwt	135.00–141.00	785	87
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	569	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	777	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	128.23/cwt	127.00–130.00	737	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	135.29/cwt	126.00–141.00	781	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	580	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	795	11
Heifers	—	Medium 3	584	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	642	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	127.78/cwt	125.00–132.00	795	24
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	622	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	790	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	129.28/cwt	127.00–131.00	811	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	632	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	809	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	735	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	145.39/cwt	135.00–151.00	925	300
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	127.57/cwt	125.00–133.00	845	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	137.51/cwt	129.00–146.00	914	204
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	702	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	772	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	722	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	931	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	133.63/cwt	132.00–134.50	973	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	129.16/cwt	122.00–130.00	944	76
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	782	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	837	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	130.05/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,023	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	797	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	821	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	121.39/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,016	29
Heifers	—	Large 1	837	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	937	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	997	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	851	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,030	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	851	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,021	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	952	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	962	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	235	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	388	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	290	201.66/cwt	195.00–207.00	585	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	324	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	616	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	150.42/cwt	150.00–152.00	554	30
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	385	172.43/cwt	160.00–182.00	664	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	402	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	611	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	148.13/cwt	145.00–149.00	637	51
Bulls	—	Large 1	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	140.25/cwt	140.00–142.00	687	53
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	133.33/cwt	130.00–134.00	747	48
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	632	124.32/cwt	120.00–126.00	786	50
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	637	131.99/cwt	130.00–133.00	841	9
Bulls	—	Large 1Unweaned	656	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	827	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	708	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	779	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	827	11

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 Aug 24, 2020

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

Receipts 5,446Last week 4,369Year ago 3,833

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	465	150.00	150.00
8	—	723	137.00	137.00
20	—	569	146.00	146.00
15	—	523	147.00–150.00	148.37
10	—	653	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	516	142.00–157.00	149.41
3	—	335	167.00	167.00
55	—	424	147.50–167.00	155.20
13	—	359	170.00–176.00	174.13
45	—	721	136.00–142.00	139.78
180	—	865	135.00	135.00
44	—	625	138.00–151.00	145.63
163	—	782	131.00–135.00	132.86
38	—	678	134.50–145.00	138.06
115	—	573	139.00–150.00	145.42
14	—	826	130.00–133.00	131.09
72	—	474	150.00–158.00	153.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	162.00	162.00
114	—	721	140.00–150.00	146.95
8	—	317	190.00–200.00	194.79
99	—	872	131.00–142.50	138.29
73	—	574	149.00–159.00	153.61
48	—	774	133.00–141.50	137.29
293	—	680	144.00–154.00	150.06
41	—	482	157.00–164.00	159.43
248	—	629	146.00–160.00	152.33
22	—	397	169.00–170.00	169.50
33	—	537	153.00–160.00	154.38
115	—	828	131.00–142.00	136.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,057	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	706	133.00	133.00
4	—	631	138.00	138.00
64	—	581	140.00–150.00	146.67
27	—	433	157.00–167.00	162.00
19	—	531	140.00–152.00	145.95
9	—	469	154.00–161.00	157.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	695	130.00	130.00
9	—	530	140.00–153.00	147.32
5	—	430	145.00	145.00
24	—	619	135.00–136.00	135.79
15	—	551	138.00	138.00
9	—	710	121.00–126.00	123.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	931	110.00	110.00
33	—	843	114.50	114.50
6	—	428	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	495	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	320	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	573	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	812	125.25	125.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	342	153.00	153.00
11	—	580	137.00	137.00
6	—	479	147.00	147.00
6	—	367	148.00	148.00
5	—	412	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	577	126.00–141.00	135.29
8	—	838	119.00	119.00
110	—	475	132.00–145.00	142.03
34	—	662	125.00–133.00	127.57
4	—	851	120.00	120.00
76	—	731	122.00–130.00	129.16
3	—	326	148.00	148.00
49	—	627	127.00–131.00	129.28
45	—	424	135.00–142.00	140.58
35	—	375	140.00–150.00	144.29
113	—	532	127.00–146.00	136.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	512	135.00–138.00	136.30
10	—	575	127.00–130.00	128.23
24	—	622	125.00–132.00	127.78
19	—	475	133.00–144.00	140.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	325	135.00	135.00
4	—	385	137.00	137.00
10	—	428	127.00–135.00	130.13
8	—	702	110.00	110.00
6	—	797	103.00	103.00
6	—	634	116.00	116.00
6	—	528	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	333	150.00	150.00
300	—	636	135.00–151.00	145.39
51	—	429	141.00–153.00	148.70
29	—	837	120.00–127.00	121.39
204	—	665	129.00–146.00	137.51
27	—	378	145.00–149.00	146.72
100	—	787	127.00–131.00	130.05
13	—	520	138.00–149.00	145.44
87	—	566	135.00–141.00	138.77
10	—	851	121.00	121.00
79	—	488	143.00–147.00	144.79
66	—	728	132.00–134.50	133.63
6	—	952	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	569	136.50	136.50
27	—	622	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	480	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	584	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	357	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	782	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	491	128.00–137.00	135.84
29	—	550	132.00	132.00
21	—	632	128.00	128.00
4	—	500	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	512	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	492	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	837	112.00	112.00
5	—	722	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	526	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	385	160.00–182.00	172.43
8	—	290	195.00–207.00	201.66
5	—	324	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	402	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	368	150.00–152.00	150.42
11	—	795	104.00	104.00
5	—	515	140.00	140.00
4	—	235	165.00	165.00
53	—	490	140.00–142.00	140.25
51	—	430	145.00–149.00	148.13
48	—	560	130.00–134.00	133.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	632	120.00–126.00	124.32
14	—	708	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	637	130.00–133.00	131.99

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.