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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-04

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Apr 4

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

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Receipts

6,364 head

▲ 532 vs last sale 5,832▲ 592 vs year ago 5,772 · +10.3%

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 800 lbs. traded steady, with heavier weights steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded steady. Quality was not as deep as last week. Supply and demand was moderate. Internet buying was active.

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 $170.22/cwt on 3,067 head.

Average price

$170.22

3,067 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$16.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.40

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	694	175.25	1,217	1,480
Medium and Large 1-2	695	166.33	1,157	1,423
Medium and Large 2	688	158.49	1,091	164

One grade step is worth $16.77/cwt here — about $126 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 sale3,067 hd

170.22

—

MO average16 barns · 9,537 hd

175.62

−5.40

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

Every lot

86 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	206.79/cwt	195.00–217.00	674	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	224.07/cwt	220.00–237.50	733	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	212.97/cwt	200.00–217.50	818	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	387	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	687	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	225.07/cwt	220.00–232.00	885	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	180.30/cwt	175.00–185.00	766	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	204.48/cwt	190.00–212.00	875	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	221.49/cwt	217.00–230.00	952	157
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	990	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	865	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	195.66/cwt	187.00–213.00	941	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	521	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,000	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	191.41/cwt	180.00–197.50	1,001	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	205.17/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,079	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	178.32/cwt	177.50–179.00	945	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	208.80/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,167	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	175.95/cwt	172.50–179.00	994	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	184.91/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,058	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	615	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,162	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	165.20/cwt	152.00–170.00	1,041	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	179.89/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,141	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	174.90/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,167	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	161.69/cwt	152.50–170.00	1,098	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	153.55/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,121	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	164.40/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,202	273
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	746	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,067	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	154.93/cwt	149.00–158.50	1,195	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	158.96/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,227	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	149.83/cwt	146.00–151.50	1,236	188
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	153.50/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,269	343
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	832	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,165	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	146.50/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,286	231
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	887	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,277	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	895	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,289	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	898	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,356	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	916	144.21/cwt	143.00–146.00	1,321	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	931	139.83/cwt	130.00–142.50	1,302	149
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	984	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,353	69
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	286	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	486	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	298	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	581	20
Heifers	—	Medium 2	330	143.80/cwt	137.50–147.50	475	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	191.92/cwt	187.00–197.50	641	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	343	178.17/cwt	170.00–181.00	611	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	187.07/cwt	175.00–192.00	702	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	176.18/cwt	170.00–185.00	661	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	382	155.44/cwt	152.00–162.50	594	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	173.40/cwt	170.00–185.00	730	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	166.20/cwt	155.00–168.00	703	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	589	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	174.03/cwt	171.00–177.00	818	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	162.69/cwt	154.00–168.00	765	162
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	492	141.95/cwt	135.00–149.00	698	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	168.37/cwt	163.00–174.00	889	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	156.95/cwt	147.00–162.00	838	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	559	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	769	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	157.15/cwt	150.00–161.00	893	186
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	166.27/cwt	163.00–169.00	948	78
Heifers	—	Medium 2	621	126.26/cwt	125.00–127.50	784	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	158.88/cwt	153.00–165.00	995	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	146.80/cwt	142.00–152.00	920	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	145.04/cwt	140.00–150.00	991	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	684	134.59/cwt	130.00–139.00	921	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	694	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,062	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	721	154.25/cwt	152.00–154.75	1,112	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	143.44/cwt	132.50–144.00	1,034	163
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	146.61/cwt	144.00–151.00	1,059	245
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	145.06/cwt	143.00–150.50	1,113	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	140.08/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,094	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	142.86/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,171	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	869	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,121	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,282	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	942	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,225	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	974	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,227	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,151	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,393	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	351	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	684	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	749	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	411	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	699	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	830	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	515	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	824	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	165.07/cwt	162.00–167.00	867	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	536	178.94/cwt	175.00–182.00	959	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	167.50/cwt	158.00–175.00	958	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	578	170.82/cwt	166.00–177.00	987	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	610	163.63/cwt	162.00–165.00	998	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	942	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	145.09/cwt	140.00–147.50	981	9

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 4, 2022

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

Receipts 6,364Last week 5,832Year ago 5,772

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
245	—	722	144.00–151.00	146.61
82	—	528	163.00–174.00	168.37
78	—	570	163.00–169.00	166.27
98	—	470	171.00–177.00	174.03
89	—	820	139.00–143.00	142.86
83	—	375	175.00–192.00	187.07
11	—	890	144.00	144.00
110	—	626	153.00–165.00	158.88
13	—	1,151	121.00	121.00
36	—	334	187.00–197.50	191.92
20	—	298	195.00	195.00
18	—	694	153.00	153.00
113	—	767	143.00–150.50	145.06
128	—	421	170.00–185.00	173.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	721	152.00–154.75	154.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	942	130.00	130.00
16	—	974	126.00	126.00
140	—	781	129.00–141.00	140.08
35	—	343	170.00–181.00	178.17
186	—	568	150.00–161.00	157.15
96	—	423	155.00–168.00	166.20
78	—	627	142.00–152.00	146.80
55	—	534	147.00–162.00	156.95
58	—	683	140.00–150.00	145.04
38	—	375	170.00–185.00	176.18
7	—	286	170.00	170.00
162	—	470	154.00–168.00	162.69
163	—	721	132.50–144.00	143.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	430	137.00	137.00
32	—	382	152.00–162.50	155.44
5	—	559	137.50	137.50
11	—	684	130.00–139.00	134.59
8	—	869	129.00	129.00
6	—	492	135.00–149.00	141.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	621	125.00–127.50	126.26
10	—	330	137.50–147.50	143.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	521	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	630	152.00–170.00	165.20
88	—	481	187.00–213.00	195.66
188	—	825	146.00–151.50	149.83
45	—	326	195.00–217.00	206.79
231	—	878	145.00–148.00	146.50
149	—	931	130.00–142.50	139.83
121	—	730	150.00–158.00	153.55
120	—	523	180.00–197.50	191.41
83	—	679	152.50–170.00	161.69
61	—	384	200.00–217.50	212.97
128	—	572	180.00–190.00	184.91
60	—	771	149.00–158.50	154.93
48	—	428	190.00–212.00	204.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	425	175.00–185.00	180.30
18	—	565	172.50–179.00	175.95
8	—	475	182.00	182.00
11	—	530	177.50–179.00	178.32
39	—	832	140.00	140.00
9	—	387	177.50	177.50
46	—	895	144.00	144.00
6	—	746	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	327	220.00–237.50	224.07
8	—	456	217.00	217.00
90	—	916	143.00–146.00	144.21
273	—	731	162.00–168.00	164.40
147	—	526	200.00–217.00	205.17
33	—	559	207.00–210.00	208.80
93	—	634	175.00–186.00	179.89
69	—	898	151.00	151.00
48	—	667	171.00–180.00	174.90
31	—	393	220.00–232.00	225.07
15	—	772	158.00–160.00	158.96
157	—	430	217.00–230.00	221.49
343	—	827	151.00–156.00	153.50
69	—	984	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	615	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	887	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	676	140.00–147.50	145.09
6	—	628	150.00	150.00
5	—	351	195.00	195.00
12	—	405	185.00	185.00
11	—	474	175.00	175.00
32	—	525	162.00–167.00	165.07
31	—	572	158.00–175.00	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	578	166.00–177.00	170.82
7	—	536	175.00–182.00	178.94
11	—	610	162.00–165.00	163.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	515	160.00	160.00
9	—	411	170.00	170.00

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.