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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-28

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Feb 28

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Feb 21Feb 28Mar 7 →

Receipts

4,777 head

▼ 3,971 vs last sale 8,748▼ 8,774 vs year ago 13,551 · −64.7%

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 500 lbs. traded 3.00-5.00 higher. Heavier weights traded steady. Feeder heifers traded 1.00-3.00 higher. Internet bidding was active. Supply and demand was moderate.

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 $180.66/cwt on 2,227 head.

Average price

$180.66

2,227 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$33.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.91

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	186.91	1,173	1,472
Medium and Large 1-2	682	168.78	1,151	677
Medium and Large 2	565	167.80	948	68
Large 1	758	153.00	1,160	10thin

One grade step is worth $33.91/cwt here — about $13 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 sale2,227 hd

180.66

—

MO average14 barns · 8,476 hd

178.75

+1.91

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

Every lot

74 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	293	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	645	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	610	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	320	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	760	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	212.13/cwt	210.00–215.00	689	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	376	234.27/cwt	232.50–235.00	881	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	218.72/cwt	210.00–229.00	849	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	731	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	418	233.00/cwt	230.00–234.00	974	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	217.45/cwt	205.00–225.00	920	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	191.10/cwt	185.00–197.00	822	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	790	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	214.28/cwt	202.50–220.00	1,014	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	480	226.00/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,085	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	486	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	836	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	190.71/cwt	180.00–200.00	931	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	894	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	203.96/cwt	195.00–216.00	1,097	337
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	186.18/cwt	175.00–192.50	1,005	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	196.46/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,124	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	170.91/cwt	170.00–174.00	990	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	188.57/cwt	177.50–192.50	1,097	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,136	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	167.15/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,050	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	180.85/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,143	150
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	173.69/cwt	173.00–174.50	1,167	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	672	151.14/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,016	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	165.20/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,130	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	167.38/cwt	160.00–172.50	1,208	243
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	731	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,038	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	157.41/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,165	99
Steers	—	Large 1	758	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,160	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	156.27/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,210	236
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	162.80/cwt	161.00–163.50	1,278	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	153.55/cwt	152.00–155.50	1,268	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	156.27/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,342	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	879	149.31/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,312	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	933	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,353	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	182.10/cwt	175.00–187.50	577	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	552	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	341	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	546	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	185.20/cwt	175.00–190.00	695	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	661	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	175.98/cwt	170.00–183.00	741	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	164.86/cwt	157.00–168.00	707	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	183.76/cwt	174.00–191.00	878	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	158.28/cwt	155.00–168.00	768	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	140.66/cwt	134.00–147.50	722	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	159.39/cwt	155.00–164.00	848	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	175.41/cwt	167.00–185.00	935	236
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	553	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	774	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	159.67/cwt	153.00–165.00	918	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	172.37/cwt	166.00–180.00	996	470
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	606	149.93/cwt	147.00–153.00	909	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	162.63/cwt	154.00–170.00	1,015	170
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	156.38/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,052	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	149.46/cwt	141.00–152.00	1,016	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	152.54/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,088	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	142.86/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,019	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,202	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	757	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	931	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	775	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,062	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	142.76/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,115	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	802	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,131	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,183	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,349	39
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	451	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	857	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	495	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	767	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	910	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	540	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,013	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	588	154.51/cwt	146.00–159.00	909	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	146.28/cwt	145.00–147.00	960	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	707	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	997	5
Bulls	—	Medium 2	734	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	895	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	767	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,020	4

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 Feb 28, 2022

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

Receipts 4,777Last week 8,748Year ago 13,551

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	523	171.00	171.00
4	—	731	142.00	142.00
31	—	579	170.00–174.00	170.91
8	—	672	150.00–153.00	151.14
8	—	486	172.00	172.00
8	—	445	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	430	185.00–197.00	191.10
14	—	628	166.00–168.00	167.15
159	—	582	177.50–192.50	188.57
26	—	879	147.00–150.00	149.31
29	—	488	180.00–200.00	190.71
236	—	774	155.00–157.00	156.27
30	—	540	175.00–192.50	186.18
3	—	305	200.00	200.00
3	—	395	185.00	185.00
99	—	740	155.00–158.00	157.41
61	—	684	160.00–166.00	165.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
337	—	538	195.00–216.00	203.96
93	—	785	161.00–163.50	162.80
95	—	859	155.00–157.00	156.27
86	—	672	173.00–174.50	173.69
19	—	388	210.00–229.00	218.72
62	—	423	205.00–225.00	217.45
47	—	473	202.50–220.00	214.28
243	—	722	160.00–172.50	167.38
150	—	632	170.00–185.00	180.85
7	—	325	210.00–215.00	212.13
85	—	826	152.00–155.50	153.55
78	—	572	195.00–200.00	196.46
10	—	933	145.00	145.00
6	—	293	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	758	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	418	230.00–234.00	233.00
57	—	480	224.00–230.00	226.00
7	—	320	237.50	237.50
13	—	376	232.50–235.00	234.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	601	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	734	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	495	155.00	155.00
25	—	588	146.00–159.00	154.51
4	—	767	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	170.00	170.00
14	—	656	145.00–147.00	146.28
5	—	707	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	540	187.50	187.50
4	—	451	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	429	157.00–168.00	164.86
76	—	680	141.00–152.00	149.46
8	—	389	170.00	170.00
34	—	485	155.00–168.00	158.28
25	—	606	147.00–153.00	149.93
58	—	532	155.00–164.00	159.39
94	—	781	140.00–145.00	142.76
12	—	320	172.50	172.50
55	—	713	140.00–148.00	142.86
31	—	575	153.00–165.00	159.67
13	—	802	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	950	142.00	142.00
236	—	533	167.00–185.00	175.41
21	—	317	175.00–187.50	182.10
6	—	810	146.00	146.00
470	—	578	166.00–180.00	172.37
75	—	713	150.00–154.00	152.54
61	—	375	175.00–190.00	185.20
132	—	421	170.00–183.00	175.98
85	—	751	160.00	160.00
107	—	673	154.00–161.00	156.38
117	—	478	174.00–191.00	183.76
170	—	624	154.00–170.00	162.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	137.00	137.00
18	—	513	134.00–147.50	140.66
3	—	553	140.00	140.00
6	—	341	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	757	123.00	123.00

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.