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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 18

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

9,331 head

▲ 1,320 vs last sale 8,011▲ 1,648 vs year ago 7,683 · +21.4%

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 steady to 8.00 higher with some heavy 4 weight steers selling 25.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 3.00 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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.12/cwt on 686 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −140.96 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$314.12

686 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$383

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

$74.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.76

vs MO average

−4.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	322.37	1,769	508
Medium and Large 1-2	568	297.57	1,691	153
Medium and Large 2	559	247.79	1,386	25

One grade step is worth $74.58/cwt here — about $383 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale686 hd

314.12

—

MO average15 barns · 2,535 hd

317.89

−3.76

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−4.17

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−140.96

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $368.33, median $455.08 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

87 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	299	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,091	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	307	397.56/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,221	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	356.94/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,314	38
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	382.13/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,464	35
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	389	333.04/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,296	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	339.01/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,458	62
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	363.43/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,566	156
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	293.58/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,268	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	452	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,853	13
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	468	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,240	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	315.62/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,490	64
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	365.48/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,743	104
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	301.13/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,476	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	510	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,887	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	299.54/cwt	280.00–307.50	1,564	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	327.48/cwt	310.00–365.00	1,736	265
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	546	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,802	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	240.78/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,365	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	314.29/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,798	213
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	296.85/cwt	282.50–308.00	1,737	112
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	303.05/cwt	280.00–318.00	1,873	237
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	618	301.41/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,863	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	273.32/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,738	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	263.04/cwt	232.50–275.00	1,786	60
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	681	280.40/cwt	278.00–282.00	1,910	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	281.68/cwt	271.00–307.50	1,921	256
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	682	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,756	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	693	262.60/cwt	225.00–274.00	1,820	50
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	243.24/cwt	223.00–257.00	1,781	62
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	266.67/cwt	257.00–280.00	1,955	102
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	260.49/cwt	253.00–267.00	2,019	333
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	243.28/cwt	237.00–252.00	1,900	122
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	247.83/cwt	238.75–255.00	2,017	570
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	233.68/cwt	222.50–235.00	1,968	87
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	237.18/cwt	235.00–246.00	2,056	207
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	232.52/cwt	225.00–233.25	2,065	272
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	227.62/cwt	222.50–233.25	2,085	527
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	939	205.49/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,930	28
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	230.84/cwt	227.00–232.50	2,221	71
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,013	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,026	5
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,043	213.12/cwt	205.00–213.75	2,223	56
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,054	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,240	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	754	18
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	343.19/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,126	47
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	316.77/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,049	32
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	314.11/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,162	63
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	327.85/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,246	60
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,051	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	278.98/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,177	64
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	304.81/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,302	168
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	470	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,340	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	288.63/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,365	166
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	275.85/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,313	147
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	261.24/cwt	240.00–267.50	1,364	62
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	282.44/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,488	122
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	278.91/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,581	443
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	232.75/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,329	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	252.21/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,453	143
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	591	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,507	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	260.23/cwt	247.50–275.00	1,619	290
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	243.49/cwt	234.00–247.00	1,563	108
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	258.08/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,690	268
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	239.04/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,573	377
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	688	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,514	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,473	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	236.23/cwt	229.00–249.00	1,689	388
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	223.57/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,645	80
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	761	219.32/cwt	210.00–220.50	1,669	55
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	228.66/cwt	224.00–242.00	1,768	149
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	216.62/cwt	212.00–219.50	1,774	81
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	877	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,903	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	216.78/cwt	211.00–222.00	1,903	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	200.92/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,768	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,002	47
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	963	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,502	11
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,011	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,891	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	23
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	324.83/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,397	40
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	351.63/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,625	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium 2	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,328	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,533	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	249.91/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,407	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	283.68/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,645	38
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,552	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 Mar 18, 2024

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

Receipts 9,331Last week 8,011Year ago 7,683

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	307	380.00–410.00	397.56
35	350–400	383	370.00–410.00	382.13
156	400–450	431	345.00–390.00	363.43
104	450–500	477	350.00–380.00	365.48
265	500–550	530	310.00–365.00	327.48
213	550–600	572	300.00–332.00	314.29
237	600–650	618	280.00–318.00	303.05
256	650–700	682	271.00–307.50	281.68
102	700–750	733	257.00–280.00	266.67
333	750–800	775	253.00–267.00	260.49
570	800–850	814	238.75–255.00	247.83
207	850–900	867	235.00–246.00	237.18
527	900–950	916	222.50–233.25	227.62
71	950–1000	962	227.00–232.50	230.84
56	1000–1050	1,043	205.00–213.75	213.12
22	1050–1100	1,054	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	299	365.00	365.00
38	350–400	368	350.00–370.00	356.94
62	400–450	430	330.00–345.00	339.01
64	450–500	472	305.00–330.00	315.62
41	500–550	522	280.00–307.50	299.54
112	550–600	585	282.50–308.00	296.85
19	600–650	636	265.00–277.50	273.32
60	650–700	679	232.50–275.00	263.04
62	700–750	732	223.00–257.00	243.24
122	750–800	781	237.00–252.00	243.28
87	800–850	842	222.50–235.00	233.68
272	850–900	888	225.00–233.25	232.52
28	900–950	939	205.00–207.00	205.49
5	1000–1050	1,013	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	546	330.00	330.00
7	550–600	595	310.00	310.00
16	600–650	618	285.00–312.00	301.41
44	650–700	681	278.00–282.00	280.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	682	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	452	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	468	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	389	325.00–340.00	333.04
29	400–450	432	285.00–305.00	293.58
16	450–500	490	300.00–302.00	301.13
6	500–550	535	270.00	270.00
19	550–600	567	240.00–245.00	240.78
50	650–700	693	225.00–274.00	262.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	510	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	331	280.00–325.00	316.77
63	350–400	370	292.00–320.00	314.11
64	400–450	422	260.00–285.00	278.98
147	450–500	476	265.00–285.00	275.85
62	500–550	522	240.00–267.50	261.24
143	550–600	576	240.00–262.00	252.21
108	600–650	642	234.00–247.00	243.49
377	650–700	658	229.00–240.00	239.04
80	700–750	736	210.00–227.00	223.57
55	750–800	761	210.00–220.50	219.32
16	850–900	880	200.00–203.00	200.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	300–350	328	330.00–380.00	343.19
60	350–400	380	315.00–350.00	327.85
168	400–450	427	285.00–340.00	304.81
166	450–500	473	280.00–305.00	288.63
122	500–550	527	270.00–295.00	282.44
443	550–600	567	260.00–300.00	278.91
290	600–650	622	247.50–275.00	260.23
268	650–700	655	240.00–266.00	258.08
388	700–750	715	229.00–249.00	236.23
149	750–800	773	224.00–242.00	228.66
81	800–850	819	212.00–219.50	216.62
17	850–900	878	211.00–222.00	216.78
47	900–950	912	219.50	219.50
8	1000–1050	1,011	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	877	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	290	260.00	260.00
14	350–400	382	275.00	275.00
29	550–600	571	231.00–235.00	232.75
9	650–700	695	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	950–1000	963	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	591	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	470	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	688	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	430	317.50–330.00	324.83
15	450–500	462	340.00–365.00	351.63
5	500–550	538	285.00	285.00
38	550–600	580	280.00–285.00	283.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	500	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	355	330.00	330.00
20	550–600	563	240.00–260.00	249.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	501	265.00	265.00
9	550–600	597	260.00	260.00

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.