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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-13

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, May 13

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

6,686 head

▲ 423 vs last sale 6,263▲ 714 vs year ago 5,972 · +12.0%

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 5.00 lower to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Supply was moderate with 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 $301.84/cwt on 763 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −153.25 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$301.84

763 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$426

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$80.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.68

vs MO average

−8.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	315.62	1,695	458
Medium and Large 1-2	557	284.77	1,585	271
Medium and Large 2	575	257.53	1,481	26
Medium 2	540	235.00	1,269	8thin

One grade step is worth $80.62/cwt here — about $426 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale763 hd

301.84

—

MO average14 barns · 3,274 hd

314.51

−12.68

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−8.93

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−153.25

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

71 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	374.10/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,223	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	350.96/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,327	41
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	321.98/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,236	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	408	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,285	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,224	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	350.99/cwt	320.00–390.00	1,474	86
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	321.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,373	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	344.96/cwt	330.00–362.00	1,625	106
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	480	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,536	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	289.75/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,399	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	318.04/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,542	96
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	322.32/cwt	307.00–347.00	1,683	303
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	522	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,644	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,325	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	289.79/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,542	138
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	564	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,664	66
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	307.10/cwt	297.50–317.00	1,766	78
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	279.57/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,627	133
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	259.32/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,520	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	601	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,683	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	283.21/cwt	270.00–299.00	1,753	298
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	256.41/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,592	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	284.27/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,905	89
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	255.26/cwt	244.00–262.00	1,726	79
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,760	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	257.99/cwt	254.00–275.00	1,881	159
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	250.84/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,929	48
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	235.19/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,839	121
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	229.58/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,899	45
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	244.31/cwt	238.00–250.00	2,023	91
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	240.80/cwt	231.00–245.00	2,071	123
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	897	225.41/cwt	214.00–226.00	2,022	100
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	912	216.05/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,970	70
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	225.31/cwt	223.00–228.00	2,075	208
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	963	209.74/cwt	208.00–210.00	2,020	31
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,098	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,998	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	343.31/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,157	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	342.82/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,241	55
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	314.86/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,203	43
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	313.55/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,329	143
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	252.49/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,071	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	284.82/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,230	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	276.61/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,300	63
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	248.40/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,167	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	297.58/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,411	112
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	260.86/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,343	167
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	282.95/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,463	398
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	272.52/cwt	262.00–291.00	1,551	142
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	579	230.27/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,333	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	251.93/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,466	99
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	248.51/cwt	239.00–258.00	1,528	187
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	232.82/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,460	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,602	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	227.45/cwt	216.00–231.00	1,553	154
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	230.49/cwt	227.00–233.50	1,678	126
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	216.46/cwt	209.00–222.00	1,580	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	225.17/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,716	294
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	219.53/cwt	213.00–222.00	1,721	170
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,683	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	220.72/cwt	219.00–221.75	1,797	147
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,819	44
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	208.54/cwt	203.00–213.00	1,910	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,352	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,375	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,351	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	295.65/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,419	50
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	268.49/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,466	20
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,663	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	9
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,654	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 May 13, 2024

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

Receipts 6,686Last week 6,263Year ago 5,972

Compared to last week feeder steers sold from 5.00 lower to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	327	365.00–400.00	374.10
41	350–400	378	340.00–370.00	350.96
86	400–450	420	320.00–390.00	350.99
106	450–500	471	330.00–362.00	344.96
303	500–550	522	307.00–347.00	322.32
78	550–600	575	297.50–317.00	307.10
298	600–650	619	270.00–299.00	283.21
89	650–700	670	270.00–289.00	284.27
159	700–750	729	254.00–275.00	257.99
48	750–800	769	245.00–260.00	250.84
91	800–850	828	238.00–250.00	244.31
123	850–900	860	231.00–245.00	240.80
208	900–950	921	223.00–228.00	225.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	384	310.00–330.00	321.98
24	400–450	427	320.00–325.00	321.50
96	450–500	485	300.00–325.00	318.04
138	500–550	532	270.00–305.00	289.79
133	550–600	582	270.00–290.00	279.57
26	600–650	621	250.00–267.00	256.41
79	650–700	676	244.00–262.00	255.26
20	700–750	707	249.00	249.00
121	750–800	782	230.00–244.00	235.19
45	800–850	827	220.00–233.00	229.58
100	850–900	897	214.00–226.00	225.41
70	900–950	912	210.00–217.00	216.05
31	950–1000	963	208.00–210.00	209.74
6	1050–1100	1,098	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	408	315.00	315.00
22	450–500	480	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	522	315.00	315.00
16	600–650	601	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
66	550–600	564	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	540	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	295.00	295.00
46	450–500	483	280.00–295.00	289.75
5	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
21	550–600	586	257.00–262.00	259.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	307.00	307.00
50	450–500	480	290.00–307.00	295.65
20	500–550	546	265.00–270.00	268.49
9	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
5	750–800	799	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	392	345.00	345.00
11	400–450	423	325.00	325.00
10	600–650	616	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	337	340.00–355.00	343.31
55	350–400	362	320.00–350.00	342.82
143	400–450	424	290.00–330.00	313.55
112	450–500	474	285.00–315.00	297.58
398	500–550	517	270.00–302.00	282.95
142	550–600	569	262.00–291.00	272.52
187	600–650	615	239.00–258.00	248.51
37	650–700	676	237.00	237.00
126	700–750	728	227.00–233.50	230.49
294	750–800	762	222.00–233.00	225.17
147	800–850	814	219.00–221.75	220.72
44	850–900	860	211.50	211.50
32	900–950	916	203.00–213.00	208.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	424	250.00–255.00	252.49
15	450–500	470	245.00–250.00	248.40
32	550–600	579	220.00–237.00	230.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	350–400	382	290.00–320.00	314.86
32	400–450	432	280.00–290.00	284.82
63	450–500	470	270.00–282.00	276.61
167	500–550	515	255.00–272.00	260.86
99	550–600	582	240.00–261.00	251.93
41	600–650	627	227.00–237.00	232.82
154	650–700	683	216.00–231.00	227.45
21	700–750	730	209.00–222.00	216.46
170	750–800	784	213.00–222.00	219.53
3	800–850	813	207.00	207.00

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.