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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Apr 26

● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

4,825 head

▼ 136 vs last sale 4,961▼ 2,268 vs year ago 7,093 · −32.0%

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, feeder steers under 600 lbs. traded steady to 3.00 lower,while weights over 600 lbs. traded steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 5.00 lower with most of the decline on the heavier weights. Supply was moderate with good demand.

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 $145.79/cwt on 2,039 head.

Average price

$145.79

2,039 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$14.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.39

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	152.44	1,039	583
Medium 2	478	148.77	710	52
Medium and Large 1-2	668	144.21	964	1,073
Medium and Large 2	661	138.81	917	302
Large 1	647	138.27	894	29

One grade step is worth $14.17/cwt here — about $145 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 sale2,039 hd

145.79

—

MO average15 barns · 8,006 hd

155.19

−9.39

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

Every lot

100 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 · Steers46 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	319	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	654	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	337	163.07/cwt	160.00–165.00	550	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	178.27/cwt	175.00–185.00	603	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	179.14/cwt	175.00–185.00	636	12
Steers	—	Medium 2	372	163.90/cwt	160.00–165.00	610	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	172.07/cwt	170.00–174.00	656	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	180.40/cwt	177.50–182.00	749	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	171.30/cwt	165.00–175.00	725	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	155.37/cwt	150.00–160.00	657	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	180.40/cwt	180.00–181.00	841	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	156.12/cwt	152.00–160.00	746	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	169.96/cwt	162.00–176.00	814	87
Steers	—	Medium 2	496	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	732	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	143.23/cwt	140.00–152.00	740	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	157.42/cwt	150.00–161.00	819	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	168.26/cwt	162.00–176.00	890	130
Steers	—	Medium 2	531	136.28/cwt	135.00–137.50	724	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	166.48/cwt	162.00–169.00	942	56
Steers	—	Large 1	575	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	736	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	577	142.24/cwt	140.00–145.00	821	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	152.87/cwt	147.00–158.00	888	76
Steers	—	Medium 2	598	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	813	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	159.41/cwt	151.00–168.00	972	121
Steers	—	Large 1	626	140.49/cwt	140.00–142.00	879	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	144.20/cwt	137.50–149.00	913	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	132.37/cwt	132.00–133.00	839	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	141.66/cwt	133.50–146.00	941	113
Steers	—	Large 1	667	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	854	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	153.96/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,028	30
Steers	—	Medium 2	672	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	823	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	694	130.48/cwt	130.00–133.00	906	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,034	10
Steers	—	Large 1	729	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,035	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	733	124.49/cwt	123.00–125.00	913	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	133.03/cwt	130.50–141.00	978	162
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	773	123.88/cwt	120.00–128.00	958	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	132.13/cwt	131.00–133.75	1,041	179
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,058	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	821	124.13/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,019	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	879	127.64/cwt	126.50–130.00	1,122	149
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	879	124.52/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,095	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,061	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	124.73/cwt	124.50–124.75	1,157	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	125.21/cwt	125.00–125.25	1,200	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,022	113.10/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,156	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,025	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,210	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	388	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	316	155.83/cwt	155.00–157.00	492	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	148.31/cwt	146.00–153.00	483	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	343	143.81/cwt	135.00–145.00	493	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	158.52/cwt	155.00–165.00	587	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	376	142.10/cwt	138.00–144.00	534	78
Heifers	—	Medium 2	386	124.66/cwt	123.00–127.00	481	7
Heifers	—	Large 1	418	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	585	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	648	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	144.89/cwt	141.00–147.00	619	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	134.67/cwt	125.00–138.00	575	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	143.49/cwt	140.00–147.00	686	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	133.78/cwt	125.00–139.00	642	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	142.35/cwt	136.00–144.00	732	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	133.81/cwt	130.00–135.00	692	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	128.88/cwt	126.00–131.00	687	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	561	127.90/cwt	120.00–130.00	718	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	132.91/cwt	131.00–135.00	760	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	136.74/cwt	135.00–138.00	800	62
Heifers	—	Large 1	589	136.75/cwt	129.00–138.00	805	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	125.61/cwt	124.00–129.50	773	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	619	123.93/cwt	120.00–127.00	767	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	131.43/cwt	131.00–132.00	837	30
Heifers	—	Medium 2	643	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	739	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	120.83/cwt	118.00–124.00	801	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	131.87/cwt	131.75–133.00	894	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	127.18/cwt	125.00–130.00	874	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	130.94/cwt	124.00–132.00	938	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	121.71/cwt	118.00–123.00	879	106
Heifers	—	Medium 2	729	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	722	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	844	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	124.32/cwt	123.00–125.00	955	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	771	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	910	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	984	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	118.41/cwt	118.00–120.00	971	5
Heifers	—	Medium 2Fleshy	866	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	693	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	872	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,007	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	924	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,109	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	293	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	592	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	298	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	551	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	373	156.85/cwt	155.00–165.00	585	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	162.59/cwt	160.00–165.00	683	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	152.57/cwt	150.00–155.00	658	38
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	473	151.43/cwt	149.00–155.00	716	18
Bulls	—	Medium 2	480	142.98/cwt	132.00–145.00	686	42
Bulls	—	Medium 2	507	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	644	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	522	142.04/cwt	140.00–144.00	741	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	803	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	569	131.28/cwt	125.00–134.00	747	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	606	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	812	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	613	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	785	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2	646	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	801	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	654	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	818	24
Bulls	—	Medium 2	666	122.01/cwt	120.00–124.00	813	32

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 Apr 26, 2021

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

Receipts 4,825Last week 4,961Year ago 7,093

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	298	185.00	185.00
5	—	550	146.00	146.00
6	—	606	134.00	134.00
8	—	420	160.00–165.00	162.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	646	124.00	124.00
5	—	507	127.00	127.00
32	—	569	125.00–134.00	131.28
42	—	480	132.00–145.00	142.98
32	—	666	120.00–124.00	122.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	293	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	373	155.00–165.00	156.85
38	—	431	150.00–155.00	152.57
18	—	473	149.00–155.00	151.43
6	—	613	128.00	128.00
24	—	654	125.00	125.00
26	—	522	140.00–144.00	142.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	585	135.00–138.00	136.74
98	—	514	136.00–144.00	142.35
96	—	768	123.00–125.00	124.32
16	—	426	152.00	152.00
30	—	637	131.00–132.00	131.43
8	—	924	120.00	120.00
12	—	316	155.00–157.00	155.83
62	—	813	121.00	121.00
111	—	716	124.00–132.00	130.94
73	—	678	131.75–133.00	131.87
11	—	370	155.00–165.00	158.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	427	141.00–147.00	144.89
85	—	687	125.00–130.00	127.18
106	—	722	118.00–123.00	121.71
5	—	820	118.00–120.00	118.41
11	—	326	146.00–153.00	148.31
63	—	615	124.00–129.50	125.61
69	—	517	130.00–135.00	133.81
114	—	572	131.00–135.00	132.91
110	—	478	140.00–147.00	143.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	619	120.00–127.00	123.93
51	—	663	118.00–124.00	120.83
8	—	771	118.00	118.00
78	—	376	138.00–144.00	142.10
7	—	740	114.00	114.00
12	—	285	136.00	136.00
85	—	561	120.00–130.00	127.90
15	—	343	135.00–145.00	143.81
37	—	533	126.00–131.00	128.88
76	—	427	125.00–138.00	134.67
85	—	480	125.00–139.00	133.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	872	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	140.00	140.00
42	—	589	129.00–138.00	136.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	729	99.00	99.00
7	—	386	123.00–127.00	124.66
6	—	643	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	866	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	479	162.00–176.00	169.96
8	—	1,022	112.00–115.00	113.10
11	—	915	116.00	116.00
90	—	633	137.50–149.00	144.20
113	—	664	133.50–146.00	141.66
12	—	355	175.00–185.00	179.14
16	—	338	175.00–185.00	178.27
179	—	788	131.00–133.75	132.13
85	—	520	150.00–161.00	157.42
149	—	879	126.50–130.00	127.64
162	—	735	130.50–141.00	133.03
85	—	423	165.00–175.00	171.30
76	—	581	147.00–158.00	152.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	928	124.50–124.75	124.73
67	—	958	125.00–125.25	125.21
130	—	529	162.00–176.00	168.26
121	—	610	151.00–168.00	159.41
14	—	808	131.00	131.00
10	—	708	146.00	146.00
6	—	1,025	118.00	118.00
5	—	319	205.00	205.00
25	—	466	180.00–181.00	180.40
18	—	415	177.50–182.00	180.40
56	—	566	162.00–169.00	166.48
30	—	668	147.00–156.00	153.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	626	140.00–142.00	140.49
7	—	729	142.00	142.00
4	—	575	128.00	128.00
2	—	667	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	598	136.00	136.00
23	—	372	160.00–165.00	163.90
11	—	672	122.50	122.50
4	—	531	135.00–137.50	136.28
3	—	496	147.50	147.50
5	—	337	160.00–165.00	163.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	517	140.00–152.00	143.23
15	—	381	170.00–174.00	172.07
58	—	577	140.00–145.00	142.24
92	—	879	118.00–127.00	124.52
15	—	773	120.00–128.00	123.88
17	—	821	120.00–126.00	124.13
53	—	478	152.00–160.00	156.12
6	—	694	130.00–133.00	130.48
8	—	634	132.00–133.00	132.37
8	—	733	123.00–125.00	124.49
21	—	423	150.00–160.00	155.37

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.