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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, May 6

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

6,263 head

▲ 656 vs last sale 5,607▼ 3,989 vs year ago 10,252 · −38.9%

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 from 6.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 8.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand. There were more of the plain type of cattle than in the last 2 weeks.

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 $303.74/cwt on 660 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −151.34 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$303.74

660 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$56.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.54

vs MO average

−5.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	318.50	1,750	364
Large 1	522	310.00	1,618	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	287.69	1,577	260
Medium and Large 2	569	262.50	1,494	30

One grade step is worth $56.00/cwt here — about $256 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 sale660 hd

303.74

—

MO average19 barns · 3,455 hd

315.28

−11.54

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−5.97

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−151.34

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

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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	362.00/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,245	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	344.65/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,317	26
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	336.38/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,285	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	316.88/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,369	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	343.38/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,497	107
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	339.49/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,582	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	317.18/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,529	63
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	283.77/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,376	14
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	498	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,121	6
Steers	500–550	Large 1	522	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,618	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	289.34/cwt	270.00–302.50	1,528	140
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	320.20/cwt	307.00–345.00	1,697	161
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	554	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,607	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	317.16/cwt	296.00–335.00	1,792	203
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	263.00/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,518	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	284.30/cwt	277.00–292.00	1,643	89
Steers	600–650	Medium 2	601	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,310	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	285.21/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,771	206
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	265.40/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,672	96
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	241.00/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,518	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	273.68/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,812	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	258.97/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,745	75
Steers	650–700	Medium 2	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	109
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	255.10/cwt	247.00–261.00	1,857	128
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	252.76/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,921	62
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	231.76/cwt	222.00–238.00	1,812	58
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	241.77/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,990	476
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	231.26/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,929	52
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	227.73/cwt	226.00–233.00	1,997	220
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	224.40/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,984	82
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	902	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,551	44
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	224.36/cwt	219.00–229.00	2,082	97
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	948	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,048	43
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	215.17/cwt	213.25–216.25	2,081	87
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	968	208.42/cwt	207.25–210.00	2,018	136
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,003	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,096	48
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,020	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	342.91/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,149	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	976	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	331.70/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,234	62
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	308.76/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,167	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	296.44/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,236	158
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	272.26/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,176	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	438	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,235	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	250.12/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,096	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2-3	439	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	746	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	274.89/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,295	61
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	294.46/cwt	285.00–322.00	1,396	155
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2-3	511	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	802	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	232.77/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,194	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	518	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,331	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	282.82/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,473	281
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	257.47/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,377	95
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	267.37/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,516	76
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	249.29/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,466	122
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	250.50/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,553	196
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	226.32/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,417	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	665	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,596	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,604	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	239.12/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,628	45
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	232.83/cwt	224.00–239.00	1,690	196
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	218.33/cwt	211.00–221.00	1,589	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	227.22/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,756	129
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	212.82/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,647	103
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	777	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,671	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	207.25/cwt	207.25–207.25	1,712	125
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	211.76/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,751	113
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,765	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	938	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,698	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	943	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,792	76
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	994	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,690	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,043	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,274	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium 2	437	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,158	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,493	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,395	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,615	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	264.38/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,407	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	266.36/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,508	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,623	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 May 6, 2024

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

Receipts 6,263Last week 5,607Year ago 10,252

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	777	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	378	305.00–315.00	308.76
20	400–450	432	265.00–277.50	272.26
61	450–500	471	260.00–280.00	274.89
95	500–550	535	247.00–265.00	257.47
122	550–600	588	240.00–257.00	249.29
22	600–650	626	221.00–230.00	226.32
34	650–700	677	237.00	237.00
19	700–750	728	211.00–221.00	218.33
103	750–800	774	205.00–221.00	212.82
125	800–850	826	207.25	207.25
7	850–900	874	202.00	202.00
10	900–950	938	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	335	330.00–365.00	342.91
62	350–400	372	320.00–340.00	331.70
158	400–450	417	285.00–310.00	296.44
155	450–500	474	285.00–322.00	294.46
281	500–550	521	270.00–310.00	282.82
76	550–600	567	262.00–277.00	267.37
196	600–650	620	240.00–257.00	250.50
45	650–700	681	238.00–242.00	239.12
196	700–750	726	224.00–239.00	232.83
129	750–800	773	225.00–232.00	227.22
113	800–850	827	210.00–217.00	211.76
76	900–950	943	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	439	170.00	170.00
10	500–550	511	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	560	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	650–700	665	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	355	275.00	275.00
23	400–450	438	248.00–255.00	250.12
30	500–550	513	225.00–237.00	232.77
12	950–1000	994	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	438	282.00	282.00
34	500–550	518	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	344	355.00–365.00	362.00
26	350–400	382	340.00–350.00	344.65
107	400–450	436	330.00–355.00	343.38
43	450–500	466	330.00–360.00	339.49
161	500–550	530	307.00–345.00	320.20
203	550–600	565	296.00–335.00	317.16
206	600–650	621	270.00–305.00	285.21
39	650–700	662	270.00–282.00	273.68
128	700–750	728	247.00–261.00	255.10
62	750–800	760	245.00–255.00	252.76
476	800–850	823	237.00–247.00	241.77
220	850–900	877	226.00–233.00	227.73
97	900–950	928	219.00–229.00	224.36
87	950–1000	967	213.25–216.25	215.17
48	1000–1050	1,003	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	382	335.00–337.00	336.38
14	400–450	432	310.00–325.00	316.88
63	450–500	482	310.00–320.00	317.18
140	500–550	528	270.00–302.50	289.34
89	550–600	578	277.00–292.00	284.30
96	600–650	630	261.00–271.00	265.40
75	650–700	674	251.00–267.00	258.97
58	750–800	782	222.00–238.00	231.76
52	800–850	834	229.00–233.00	231.26
82	850–900	884	220.00–226.00	224.40
43	900–950	948	216.00	216.00
136	950–1000	968	207.25–210.00	208.42
15	1100–1150	1,110	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	498	225.00	225.00
10	600–650	601	218.00	218.00
109	650–700	690	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	522	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
14	450–500	485	270.00–295.00	283.77
5	500–550	530	260.00	260.00
25	550–600	577	260.00–267.50	263.00
8	600–650	630	240.00–242.00	241.00
6	650–700	650	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
44	900–950	902	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	554	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	315.00	315.00
5	350–400	392	325.00	325.00
14	400–450	440	317.00	317.00
8	450–500	490	285.00	285.00
7	500–550	532	260.00–270.00	264.38
11	550–600	566	265.00–270.00	266.36
9	650–700	685	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	439	340.00	340.00
6	500–550	521	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	645	220.00	220.00

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.