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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-25

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jan 25

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

5,928 head

▼ 1,196 vs last sale 7,124▲ 921 vs year ago 5,007 · +18.4%

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

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs. traded steady, over 600 lb. steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers traded steady. Supply moderate with good buyer attendance. Due to heavy thunderstorms and very muddy conditions, some producers were unable to move livestock.

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 $145.41/cwt on 3,329 head.

Average price

$145.41

3,329 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$22.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.52

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	678	146.08	990	2,437
Medium and Large 1-2	577	145.56	840	724
Medium and Large 2	558	136.45	761	146
Medium 2	550	133.00	731	7thin
Large 1	712	123.67	881	15thin

One grade step is worth $22.41/cwt here — about $109 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 sale3,329 hd

145.41

—

MO average17 barns · 13,980 hd

142.89

+2.52

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

Every lot

80 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	323	187.55/cwt	185.00–200.00	606	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	171.60/cwt	170.00–175.00	565	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	332	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	531	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	184.20/cwt	183.00–191.00	696	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	382	148.79/cwt	142.00–155.00	568	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	173.04/cwt	167.00–179.00	663	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	181.33/cwt	172.00–187.50	754	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	165.35/cwt	160.00–171.00	706	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	652	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	159.91/cwt	155.00–165.00	748	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	173.05/cwt	169.00–177.00	825	113
Steers	—	Large 1	488	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	678	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	489	152.83/cwt	152.00–153.00	747	17
Steers	—	Medium 2	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	161.30/cwt	153.00–168.00	845	234
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	133.22/cwt	131.00–135.00	702	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	143.16/cwt	139.00–151.00	757	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	159.11/cwt	152.00–163.00	912	230
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	145.37/cwt	140.00–151.00	842	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	589	133.79/cwt	125.00–136.00	788	59
Steers	—	Medium 2	591	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	733	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	144.60/cwt	140.00–152.00	911	400
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	134.93/cwt	130.00–138.00	850	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	636	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	763	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	147.55/cwt	138.00–149.00	962	163
Steers	—	Large 1	665	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	871	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	134.71/cwt	130.00–136.50	904	199
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	122.47/cwt	120.00–128.00	827	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	135.60/cwt	131.00–140.35	984	326
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	127.66/cwt	127.00–128.00	932	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	128.67/cwt	127.00–131.00	984	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	134.98/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,042	145
Steers	—	Large 1	791	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	925	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	793	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	952	4
Steers	—	Large 1	817	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	940	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	821	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,018	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	132.61/cwt	128.00–136.50	1,090	434
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	126.39/cwt	126.25–127.00	1,148	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,178	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	998	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,208	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	119.54/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,255	116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	146.89/cwt	140.00–153.00	485	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	344	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	471	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	362	146.31/cwt	141.00–156.00	530	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	146.50/cwt	142.00–151.00	552	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	384	134.46/cwt	129.00–139.00	516	26
Heifers	—	Medium 2	385	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	450	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	136.70/cwt	130.00–145.00	571	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	143.26/cwt	140.00–154.00	609	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	132.84/cwt	125.00–137.00	634	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	141.98/cwt	138.00–146.00	679	200
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	620	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	130.33/cwt	122.00–134.00	675	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	132.91/cwt	128.00–140.00	692	182
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	129.00/cwt	125.00–137.00	744	238
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	122.87/cwt	121.00–124.00	710	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	586	116.20/cwt	115.00–118.00	681	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	118.20/cwt	112.00–121.00	729	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	127.86/cwt	122.00–133.00	799	349
Heifers	—	Large 1	654	132.09/cwt	127.50–133.00	864	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	126.08/cwt	122.00–129.50	845	138
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	116.43/cwt	112.00–121.00	781	32
Heifers	—	Medium 2	698	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	698	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	125.99/cwt	121.00–128.10	900	215
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	119.55/cwt	119.00–121.00	867	32
Heifers	—	Medium 2	726	103.29/cwt	102.00–104.00	750	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	123.06/cwt	121.00–125.00	951	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	926	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	801	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	977	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	747	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	522	142.66/cwt	140.00–150.00	745	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	739	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	759	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	127.05/cwt	125.00–134.00	805	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	826	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	691	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	815	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	703	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	823	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	707	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	855	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	781	105.15/cwt	90.00–112.00	821	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	862	83.36/cwt	83.00–85.00	719	23

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 Jan 25, 2021

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

Receipts 5,928Last week 7,124Year ago 5,007

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	383	167.00–179.00	173.04
21	—	730	127.00–128.00	127.66
6	—	950	124.00	124.00
84	—	427	160.00–171.00	165.35
52	—	529	139.00–151.00	143.16
37	—	765	127.00–131.00	128.67
116	—	579	140.00–151.00	145.37
73	—	630	130.00–138.00	134.93
33	—	329	170.00–175.00	171.60
5	—	821	124.00	124.00
68	—	468	155.00–165.00	159.91
199	—	671	130.00–136.50	134.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
234	—	524	153.00–168.00	161.30
116	—	1,050	117.00–122.00	119.54
145	—	772	130.00–139.00	134.98
3	—	998	121.00	121.00
400	—	630	140.00–152.00	144.60
230	—	573	152.00–163.00	159.11
163	—	652	138.00–149.00	147.55
326	—	726	131.00–140.35	135.60
113	—	477	169.00–177.00	173.05
434	—	822	128.00–136.50	132.61
53	—	416	172.00–187.50	181.33
35	—	323	185.00–200.00	187.55
97	—	908	126.25–127.00	126.39
88	—	378	183.00–191.00	184.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	145.00	145.00
4	—	591	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	139.00	139.00
5	—	791	117.00	117.00
4	—	817	115.00	115.00
3	—	665	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	382	142.00–155.00	148.79
7	—	332	160.00	160.00
5	—	429	152.00	152.00
4	—	793	120.00	120.00
4	—	636	120.00	120.00
17	—	489	152.00–153.00	152.83
14	—	527	131.00–135.00	133.22
24	—	675	120.00–128.00	122.47
59	—	589	125.00–136.00	133.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	518	122.00–134.00	130.33
32	—	725	119.00–121.00	119.55
6	—	785	118.00	118.00
50	—	477	125.00–137.00	132.84
42	—	617	112.00–121.00	118.20
32	—	671	112.00–121.00	116.43
68	—	418	130.00–145.00	136.70
42	—	377	142.00–151.00	146.50
23	—	330	140.00–153.00	146.89
51	—	578	121.00–124.00	122.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	362	141.00–156.00	146.31
138	—	670	122.00–129.50	126.08
182	—	521	128.00–140.00	132.91
24	—	773	121.00–125.00	123.06
14	—	801	122.00	122.00
118	—	425	140.00–154.00	143.26
215	—	714	121.00–128.10	125.99
200	—	478	138.00–146.00	141.98
349	—	625	122.00–133.00	127.86
238	—	577	125.00–137.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	654	127.50–133.00	132.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	117.00	117.00
14	—	726	102.00–104.00	103.29
13	—	698	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	384	129.00–139.00	134.46
3	—	488	127.00	127.00
16	—	586	115.00–118.00	116.20
8	—	344	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	124.00	124.00
3	—	528	140.00	140.00
17	—	593	128.00	128.00
13	—	634	125.00–134.00	127.05
6	—	498	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	522	140.00–150.00	142.66
5	—	707	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	862	83.00–85.00	83.36
11	—	703	117.00	117.00
3	—	691	118.00	118.00
24	—	781	90.00–112.00	105.15

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.