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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Sep 18

● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

8,067 head

▼ 157 vs last sale 8,224▲ 2,942 vs year ago 5,125 · +57.4%

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 sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 6.00-10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very 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 $263.93/cwt on 3,427 head.

Average price

$263.93

3,427 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$857

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$40.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.37

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	722	268.31	1,937	2,026
Medium and Large 1-2	682	259.49	1,770	1,197
Medium and Large 2	580	247.12	1,432	198
Medium 2	475	227.50	1,081	6thin

One grade step is worth $40.81/cwt here — about $857 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 sale3,427 hd

263.93

—

MO average16 barns · 9,876 hd

273.30

−9.37

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

Every lot

94 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	322	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	902	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	294.78/cwt	290.00–300.00	979	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,142	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	278.38/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,055	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	308.25/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,193	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	329.41/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,288	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	288.47/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,217	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	317.34/cwt	305.00–337.50	1,349	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	253.26/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,188	19
Steers	—	Medium 2	475	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,081	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	288.58/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,382	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	310.93/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,496	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	482	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,398	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	303.07/cwt	285.00–317.00	1,567	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	254.63/cwt	242.00–262.00	1,339	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	275.94/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,465	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	561	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,498	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	252.35/cwt	237.50–262.00	1,454	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	273.64/cwt	262.00–282.00	1,579	181
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	290.65/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,686	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	256.79/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,595	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	277.50/cwt	268.00–288.00	1,726	352
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	622	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,524	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,729	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	277.38/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,858	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	694	253.04/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,756	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	697	229.55/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,600	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	718	227.22/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,631	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	271.03/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,979	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	253.16/cwt	237.00–262.00	1,848	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	756	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,996	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	260.77/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,997	143
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	796	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,998	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	252.06/cwt	243.00–265.00	2,054	346
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	830	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,660	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	244.25/cwt	242.00–248.00	2,142	280
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	236.30/cwt	228.50–241.00	2,075	359
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	236.56/cwt	236.00–237.00	2,153	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	911	218.11/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,987	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	235.88/cwt	234.50–236.50	2,267	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	967	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,127	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,002	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,229	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	803	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	896	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	349	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	810	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	291.60/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,120	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	270.14/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,051	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	277.73/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,180	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	233.14/cwt	228.00–237.00	996	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	252.59/cwt	242.00–260.00	1,089	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	441	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,319	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	274.99/cwt	265.00–289.00	1,273	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	249.72/cwt	239.00–262.00	1,209	168
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	229.27/cwt	215.00–239.00	1,112	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	239.19/cwt	222.00–249.00	1,253	165
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	529	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,323	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	257.72/cwt	247.00–269.00	1,366	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	238.55/cwt	225.00–249.00	1,360	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	257.07/cwt	247.00–270.00	1,486	151
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	212.75/cwt	207.00–222.00	1,238	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	258.30/cwt	243.00–266.00	1,607	270
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	229.13/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,425	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	638	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,321	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,562	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	230.06/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,539	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	248.94/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,668	176
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	232.57/cwt	222.00–250.00	1,684	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	244.16/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,773	224
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	228.58/cwt	215.00–232.50	1,753	135
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	237.50/cwt	236.00–241.50	1,838	320
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	230.30/cwt	222.00–236.50	1,865	374
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	219.08/cwt	217.00–219.25	1,851	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	866	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,875	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	230.10/cwt	220.00–233.50	2,011	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	210.34/cwt	208.00–210.50	1,950	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,057	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	378	311.36/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,177	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,084	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	445	243.01/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,081	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	260.25/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,213	25
Bulls	—	Medium 2	468	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,041	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	483	239.89/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,159	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	528	236.89/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,251	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,365	7
Bulls	—	Medium 2	530	218.54/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,158	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	532	269.28/cwt	267.00–271.00	1,433	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,395	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,581	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	586	232.22/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,361	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	603	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,526	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	607	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,378	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	235.67/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,449	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	686	223.89/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,536	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,596	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 Sep 18, 2023

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

Receipts 8,067Last week 8,224Year ago 5,125

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 6.00-10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	697	225.00–245.00	229.55
21	—	379	275.00–280.00	278.38
19	—	469	240.00–265.00	253.26
7	—	830	200.00	200.00
10	—	622	245.00	245.00
39	—	718	222.00–232.00	227.22
20	—	526	242.00–262.00	254.63
50	—	576	237.50–262.00	252.35
10	—	322	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	479	275.00–297.50	288.58
23	—	694	250.00–257.00	253.04
27	—	911	215.00–220.00	218.11
22	—	967	220.00	220.00
103	—	422	270.00–302.00	288.47
89	—	796	251.00	251.00
94	—	531	270.00–283.00	275.94
76	—	621	249.00–265.00	256.79
21	—	1,002	222.50	222.50
181	—	577	262.00–282.00	273.64
8	—	332	290.00–300.00	294.78
359	—	878	228.50–241.00	236.30
30	—	387	307.50–310.00	308.25
31	—	730	237.00–262.00	253.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
346	—	815	243.00–265.00	252.06
352	—	622	268.00–288.00	277.50
134	—	517	285.00–317.00	303.07
47	—	391	325.00–330.00	329.41
60	—	910	236.00–237.00	236.56
280	—	877	242.00–248.00	244.25
25	—	341	335.00	335.00
35	—	425	305.00–337.50	317.34
93	—	481	300.00–327.00	310.93
76	—	580	285.00–302.00	290.65
180	—	961	234.50–236.50	235.88
122	—	730	261.00–282.00	271.03
120	—	670	270.00–280.00	277.38
143	—	766	252.00–267.00	260.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	650	266.00	266.00
11	—	482	290.00	290.00
8	—	561	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	756	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	726	235.00–256.00	244.16
48	—	874	220.00–233.50	230.10
8	—	975	211.00	211.00
151	—	578	247.00–270.00	257.07
374	—	810	222.00–236.50	230.30
53	—	425	270.00–290.00	277.73
270	—	622	243.00–266.00	258.30
320	—	774	236.00–241.50	237.50
7	—	320	280.00	280.00
72	—	384	280.00–310.00	291.60
176	—	670	243.00–259.00	248.94
94	—	927	208.00–210.50	210.34
98	—	463	265.00–289.00	274.99
78	—	530	247.00–269.00	257.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	651	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	427	228.00–237.00	233.14
6	—	349	232.00	232.00
15	—	582	207.00–222.00	212.75
92	—	485	215.00–239.00	229.27
6	—	638	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	315	255.00	255.00
39	—	866	216.50	216.50
38	—	845	217.00–219.25	219.08
132	—	570	225.00–249.00	238.55
33	—	389	260.00–277.00	270.14
101	—	622	220.00–240.00	229.13
95	—	669	221.00–240.00	230.06
43	—	431	242.00–260.00	252.59
168	—	484	239.00–262.00	249.72
165	—	524	222.00–249.00	239.19
135	—	767	215.00–232.50	228.58
61	—	724	222.00–250.00	232.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	441	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	529	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	771	207.00	207.00
8	—	558	250.00	250.00
25	—	466	255.00–262.00	260.25
14	—	413	262.50	262.50
26	—	615	230.00–239.00	235.67
7	—	529	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	603	253.00	253.00
7	—	575	275.00	275.00
9	—	378	310.00–312.50	311.36
14	—	532	267.00–271.00	269.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	445	241.00–250.00	243.01
7	—	607	227.00	227.00
25	—	586	223.00–240.00	232.22
16	—	686	222.00–225.00	223.89
24	—	483	237.00–242.00	239.89
26	—	528	230.00–242.00	236.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	530	215.00–222.00	218.54
6	—	468	222.50	222.50

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.