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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-07

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Aug 7

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

5,356 head

▲ 1,552 vs last sale 3,804▲ 1,343 vs year ago 4,013 · +33.5%

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 525 lbs. sold 10.00-15.00 higher with heavier weights 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 525 lbs. sold 10.00-15.00 higher with heavier weights 4.00-8.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. Temperatures 25 degrees lower than last Monday and a high quality offering had buyers wanting cattle.

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 $263.71/cwt on 2,773 head.

Average price

$263.71

2,773 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$472

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

$31.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.83

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	266.40	1,782	2,052
Medium and Large 1-2	642	258.19	1,658	653
Medium 2	391	242.00	946	5thin
Medium and Large 2	557	235.26	1,310	63

One grade step is worth $31.14/cwt here — about $472 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 sale2,773 hd

263.71

—

MO average15 barns · 6,409 hd

268.54

−4.83

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

Every lot

61 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	300.59/cwt	290.00–305.00	965	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	329.86/cwt	319.00–342.50	1,065	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	266.43/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,015	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	315.07/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,219	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,161	37
Steers	—	Medium 2	391	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	946	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	274.36/cwt	272.00–279.00	1,163	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	305.25/cwt	287.50–320.00	1,303	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	299.47/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,416	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	275.00/cwt	257.00–283.00	1,337	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	284.93/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,513	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	260.39/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,388	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	535	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,311	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	267.07/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,560	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	279.85/cwt	271.00–290.00	1,651	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,357	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	272.61/cwt	262.50–283.00	1,709	362
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	258.52/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,621	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	264.68/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,747	197
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	255.25/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,743	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	685	224.54/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,538	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	707	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,707	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	253.49/cwt	242.00–259.00	1,810	204
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	765	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,584	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	252.44/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,934	384
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	784	240.38/cwt	231.00–242.50	1,885	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	245.92/cwt	240.50–251.00	2,007	390
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,975	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,090	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	284.63/cwt	277.50–287.50	934	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	280.29/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,045	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	252.50/cwt	240.00–262.00	949	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	276.25/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,180	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	241.05/cwt	229.00–252.00	1,034	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	241.44/cwt	232.50–250.00	1,142	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	221.05/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,052	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	267.54/cwt	254.00–277.50	1,287	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	236.32/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,238	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	262.52/cwt	248.00–272.00	1,383	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,434	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	256.30/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,469	215
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	238.18/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,367	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	597	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,182	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	251.31/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,551	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	234.96/cwt	225.00–243.00	1,461	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	248.43/cwt	243.00–252.00	1,660	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	232.95/cwt	222.00–238.00	1,556	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	234.32/cwt	225.00–240.50	1,689	241
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,421	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	222.34/cwt	215.00–223.00	1,650	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,721	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	220.31/cwt	211.00–221.50	1,683	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	892	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,650	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,815	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,269	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,270	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,292	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	576	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,538	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	244.43/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,515	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	653	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,613	5

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 Aug 7, 2023

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

Receipts 5,356Last week 3,804Year ago 4,013

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	765	207.00	207.00
22	—	381	260.00–272.50	266.43
28	—	618	219.50	219.50
7	—	685	220.00–228.00	224.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	950	220.00	220.00
47	—	627	247.00–263.00	258.52
151	—	683	247.00–263.00	255.25
37	—	387	300.00	300.00
14	—	321	290.00–305.00	300.59
33	—	486	257.00–283.00	275.00
61	—	830	238.00	238.00
31	—	707	241.50	241.50
82	—	784	231.00–242.50	240.38
18	—	424	272.00–279.00	274.36
129	—	584	250.00–272.50	267.07
32	—	533	250.00–266.00	260.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	531	274.00–295.00	284.93
71	—	427	287.50–320.00	305.25
129	—	473	285.00–315.00	299.47
22	—	387	310.00–322.50	315.07
123	—	590	271.00–290.00	279.85
384	—	766	244.00–254.00	252.44
27	—	323	319.00–342.50	329.86
204	—	714	242.00–259.00	253.49
390	—	816	240.50–251.00	245.92
362	—	627	262.50–283.00	272.61
197	—	660	263.00–275.00	264.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	391	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	653	247.00	247.00
8	—	470	270.00	270.00
5	—	576	267.00	267.00
12	—	620	244.00–245.00	244.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	242.00	242.00
9	—	498	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	892	185.00	185.00
111	—	574	230.00–245.00	238.18
110	—	764	211.00–221.50	220.31
43	—	429	229.00–252.00	241.05
47	—	473	232.50–250.00	241.44
16	—	376	240.00–262.00	252.50
71	—	524	225.00–245.00	236.32
72	—	742	215.00–223.00	222.34
48	—	668	222.00–238.00	232.95
90	—	622	225.00–243.00	234.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	373	270.00–292.50	280.29
15	—	328	277.50–287.50	284.63
11	—	931	195.00	195.00
215	—	573	250.00–261.00	256.30
131	—	481	254.00–277.50	267.54
128	—	527	248.00–272.00	262.52
241	—	721	225.00–240.50	234.32
100	—	668	243.00–252.00	248.43
107	—	617	244.00–259.00	251.31
81	—	427	265.00–283.00	276.25
150	—	760	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	597	198.00	198.00
5	—	725	196.00	196.00
6	—	476	215.00–227.50	221.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	558	257.00	257.00

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.