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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 4

● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Sep 27Oct 4Oct 11 →

Receipts

3,662 head

▼ 1,458 vs last sale 5,120▼ 1,420 vs year ago 5,082 · −27.9%

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 traded steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Supply 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 $152.17/cwt on 1,399 head.

Average price

$152.17

1,399 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$543

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

$19.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.68

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	765	153.52	1,174	483
Medium and Large 2	527	153.06	807	290
Medium and Large 1-2	631	152.64	963	480
Large 1	736	148.09	1,089	22
Medium 2	470	145.37	683	106
Medium 2-3	469	134.46	631	18thin

One grade step is worth $19.06/cwt here — about $543 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 sale1,399 hd

152.17

—

MO average14 barns · 6,433 hd

153.85

−1.68

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

Every lot

99 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	341	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	614	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	372	161.52/cwt	160.00–165.00	601	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	177.19/cwt	170.00–180.00	672	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	187.07/cwt	182.50–191.00	715	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	180.81/cwt	180.00–182.50	761	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	167.55/cwt	165.00–171.00	705	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	156.48/cwt	155.00–160.00	660	9
Steers	—	Medium 2	425	148.93/cwt	145.00–150.00	633	34
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	442	138.10/cwt	135.00–140.00	610	13
Steers	—	Medium 2	474	148.08/cwt	144.00–152.50	702	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	161.11/cwt	155.00–162.50	775	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	166.84/cwt	165.00–170.00	821	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	155.05/cwt	152.00–160.00	792	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	832	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	522	132.98/cwt	132.00–135.00	694	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	524	145.17/cwt	140.00–150.00	761	47
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	557	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	841	15
Steers	—	Medium 2	562	135.08/cwt	135.00–136.00	759	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	144.02/cwt	140.00–151.00	825	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	159.84/cwt	154.00–161.00	946	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	619	139.10/cwt	135.00–143.00	861	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	151.43/cwt	145.00–157.50	939	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	622	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,057	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	160.10/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,009	48
Steers	—	Large 1	633	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	956	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,041	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	150.60/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,012	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	672	139.87/cwt	136.00–144.00	940	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	153.64/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,100	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	143.91/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,053	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	153.96/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,196	163
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	143.60/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,130	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	140.25/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,147	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	821	127.71/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,048	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	150.48/cwt	148.50–155.00	1,237	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,277	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,190	7
Steers	—	Large 1	915	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,308	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	132.05/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,215	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,298	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	965	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,322	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,364	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,012	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,300	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	294	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	382	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	319	133.66/cwt	130.00–135.00	426	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	142.75/cwt	140.00–147.50	474	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	151.61/cwt	150.00–152.50	511	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	358	156.12/cwt	150.00–159.00	559	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	133.86/cwt	130.00–137.00	486	25
Heifers	—	Medium 2	374	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	468	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	143.16/cwt	140.00–147.50	541	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	147.19/cwt	140.00–152.00	614	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	128.12/cwt	120.00–130.00	551	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	136.38/cwt	131.00–141.00	592	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	146.13/cwt	140.00–148.00	675	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	128.17/cwt	122.00–130.00	613	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	134.78/cwt	131.00–140.00	647	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	504	122.86/cwt	122.00–127.00	619	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	132.56/cwt	130.00–138.00	701	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	146.25/cwt	140.00–147.50	796	60
Heifers	—	Medium 2	563	115.73/cwt	115.00–118.00	652	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	567	122.95/cwt	120.00–128.00	697	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	149.71/cwt	141.00–153.00	850	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	134.84/cwt	130.00–139.00	773	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	137.53/cwt	133.00–140.00	849	15
Heifers	—	Medium 2	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	146.62/cwt	143.00–152.00	911	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	626	126.13/cwt	120.00–131.00	790	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	142.43/cwt	142.00–143.00	950	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	135.80/cwt	132.00–141.00	913	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	682	125.49/cwt	120.00–131.00	856	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	144.49/cwt	137.00–146.50	1,049	154
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	132.16/cwt	126.00–134.00	970	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	741	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	904	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	792	128.71/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,019	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	132.16/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,068	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	811	117.25/cwt	115.00–118.00	951	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,116	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,121	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	340	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	553	6
Bulls	—	Medium 2-3	341	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	512	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2Unweaned	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	8
Bulls	—	Medium 2-3	430	132.51/cwt	128.00–136.00	570	27
Bulls	—	Medium 2Unweaned	433	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	615	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	452	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	732	9
Bulls	—	Medium 2	484	141.92/cwt	141.00–142.50	687	20
Bulls	—	Medium 2	509	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	667	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	518	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	730	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2Unweaned	519	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	654	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	565	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	774	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2Unweaned	567	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	697	12
Bulls	—	Medium 2	568	128.64/cwt	123.00–130.00	731	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	591	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	768	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2-3	631	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	726	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	632	127.26/cwt	125.00–128.00	804	12
Bulls	—	Medium 2	639	122.43/cwt	117.00–128.00	782	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	661	128.52/cwt	126.00–131.00	850	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	708	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	857	12

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 Oct 4, 2021

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

Receipts 3,662Last week 5,120Year ago 5,082

Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Supply moderate with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	382	182.50–191.00	187.07
7	—	875	136.00	136.00
5	—	920	126.00–136.00	132.05
58	—	732	137.00–148.00	143.91
7	—	965	137.00	137.00
84	—	672	145.00–156.00	150.60
24	—	421	165.00–171.00	167.55
71	—	511	152.00–160.00	155.05
13	—	1,012	128.50	128.50
9	—	818	138.00–144.00	140.25
8	—	492	165.00–170.00	166.84
96	—	620	145.00–157.50	151.43
18	—	787	141.00–146.00	143.60
42	—	592	154.00–161.00	159.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	777	150.00–158.00	153.96
77	—	716	150.00–157.00	153.64
5	—	927	140.00	140.00
10	—	655	159.00	159.00
48	—	630	158.00–168.00	160.10
69	—	822	148.50–155.00	150.48
21	—	974	140.00	140.00
6	—	421	180.00–182.50	180.81
61	—	867	147.25	147.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	125.00	125.00
13	—	442	135.00–140.00	138.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	573	140.00–151.00	144.02
22	—	619	135.00–143.00	139.10
32	—	672	136.00–144.00	139.87
47	—	524	140.00–150.00	145.17
5	—	341	180.00	180.00
11	—	821	125.00–133.00	127.71
9	—	422	155.00–160.00	156.48
56	—	379	170.00–180.00	177.19
49	—	481	155.00–162.50	161.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	372	160.00–165.00	161.52
34	—	425	145.00–150.00	148.93
13	—	562	135.00–136.00	135.08
16	—	522	132.00–135.00	132.98
36	—	474	144.00–152.50	148.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	622	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	915	143.00	143.00
14	—	633	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	512	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	557	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	573	130.00–139.00	134.84
70	—	529	130.00–138.00	132.56
30	—	672	132.00–141.00	135.80
54	—	434	131.00–141.00	136.38
16	—	811	115.00–118.00	117.25
63	—	480	131.00–140.00	134.78
22	—	792	125.00–133.00	128.71
28	—	332	140.00–147.50	142.75
15	—	617	133.00–140.00	137.53
9	—	378	140.00–147.50	143.16
27	—	734	126.00–134.00	132.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	462	140.00–148.00	146.13
60	—	544	140.00–147.50	146.25
33	—	667	142.00–143.00	142.43
32	—	358	150.00–159.00	156.12
11	—	337	150.00–152.50	151.61
7	—	950	118.00	118.00
39	—	621	143.00–152.00	146.62
154	—	726	137.00–146.50	144.49
65	—	915	122.00	122.00
87	—	808	127.00–135.00	132.16
66	—	417	140.00–152.00	147.19
98	—	568	141.00–153.00	149.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	741	122.00	122.00
5	—	294	130.00	130.00
25	—	363	130.00–137.00	133.86
27	—	430	120.00–130.00	128.12
12	—	682	120.00–131.00	125.49
23	—	504	122.00–127.00	122.86
13	—	319	130.00–135.00	133.66
63	—	626	120.00–131.00	126.13
20	—	567	120.00–128.00	122.95
36	—	478	122.00–130.00	128.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	620	117.00	117.00
15	—	563	115.00–118.00	115.73
11	—	374	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	340	162.50	162.50
23	—	568	123.00–130.00	128.64
27	—	639	117.00–128.00	122.43
20	—	484	141.00–142.50	141.92
5	—	509	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	350	155.00	155.00
7	—	519	126.00	126.00
12	—	567	123.00	123.00
10	—	433	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	591	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	141.00	141.00
12	—	632	125.00–128.00	127.26
12	—	708	121.00	121.00
12	—	661	126.00–131.00	128.52
9	—	452	162.00	162.00
5	—	565	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	631	115.00	115.00
5	—	341	150.00	150.00
27	—	430	128.00–136.00	132.51

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.