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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-03

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jun 3

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

13,367 head

▲ 3,563 vs last sale 9,804▲ 574 vs year ago 12,793 · +4.5%

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 the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers under 600 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 lower with heavier weights selling 3.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. sold 2.00-7.00 lower. Heavier weights sold 2.00-8.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 13,367 head went across the scales in 17 hours.

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 $302.65/cwt on 1,476 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −152.43 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$302.65

1,476 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$44.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.12

vs MO average

−6.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	314.18	1,722	894
Medium and Large 1-2	560	288.00	1,612	486
Medium and Large 2	573	269.44	1,544	96

One grade step is worth $44.74/cwt here — about $178 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,476 hd

302.65

—

MO average12 barns · 3,402 hd

312.77

−10.12

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−6.51

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−152.43

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

89 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	373.46/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,206	54
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,092	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,296	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,138	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	334.43/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,284	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	415	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,606	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	348.64/cwt	330.00–377.00	1,503	151
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	315.57/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,366	87
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	292.25/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,280	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	336.03/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,556	142
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	279.07/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,317	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	312.32/cwt	295.00–322.00	1,477	170
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,385	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	521	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,680	138
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	317.62/cwt	303.00–325.00	1,671	317
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	293.13/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,545	175
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,646	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	554	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,662	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	309.41/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,779	409
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	285.12/cwt	272.00–297.00	1,648	311
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	269.30/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,583	77
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	289.61/cwt	272.00–305.00	1,807	684
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,794	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	263.51/cwt	245.00–272.00	1,673	126
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	264.62/cwt	245.00–271.00	1,757	230
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	278.67/cwt	271.00–289.00	1,856	249
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	674	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,840	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	718	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,896	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	251.02/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,815	115
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	727	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,599	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	263.05/cwt	255.00–282.00	1,920	443
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	257.03/cwt	249.00–260.00	1,959	195
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	234.28/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,820	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	251.88/cwt	238.00–261.75	2,098	747
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	235.39/cwt	225.00–238.50	1,968	333
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	238.73/cwt	234.00–242.00	2,070	374
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	227.11/cwt	223.50–231.00	1,989	176
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	236.95/cwt	228.50–245.00	2,180	417
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	226.38/cwt	226.25–227.00	2,094	188
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,083	20
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,011	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,229	108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	308.80/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,034	24
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	352.81/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,189	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	347	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	937	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	338.93/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,237	51
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	269.15/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,028	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	318.18/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,219	47
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	280.39/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,208	73
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	310.80/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,349	210
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,160	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	301.69/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,430	246
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	275.68/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,329	187
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	483	307.40/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,485	138
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	288.06/cwt	270.00–307.00	1,507	373
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	266.24/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,392	245
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	563	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,571	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	277.61/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,582	277
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	252.85/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,456	268
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	230.78/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,357	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	255.68/cwt	244.00–268.00	1,598	369
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	239.81/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,499	52
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	247.07/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,633	96
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	234.70/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,598	90
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	683	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,667	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	243.54/cwt	232.00–253.00	1,771	662
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	223.68/cwt	216.50–228.00	1,628	49
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	232.43/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,780	563
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	219.88/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,713	43
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	226.22/cwt	224.00–226.50	1,841	56
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	217.21/cwt	215.00–220.50	1,816	115
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	222.77/cwt	213.00–225.75	1,934	127
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,789	120
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,844	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	199.42/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,924	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,152	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,121	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,388	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	288.55/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,394	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,348	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,290	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	288.46/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,488	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	269.89/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,425	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,491	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,357	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,603	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,477	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	254.03/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,682	29
Bulls	700–750	Large 1	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,786	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 Jun 3, 2024

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

Receipts 13,367Last week 9,804Year ago 12,793

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	337	345.00–370.00	352.81
51	350–400	365	335.00–340.00	338.93
210	400–450	434	292.00–320.00	310.80
246	450–500	474	290.00–310.00	301.69
373	500–550	523	270.00–307.00	288.06
277	550–600	570	265.00–290.00	277.61
369	600–650	625	244.00–268.00	255.68
96	650–700	661	241.00–255.00	247.07
662	700–750	727	232.00–253.00	243.54
563	750–800	766	225.00–250.00	232.43
56	800–850	814	224.00–226.50	226.22
127	850–900	868	213.00–225.75	222.77
10	900–950	922	200.00	200.00
12	950–1000	965	199.00–200.00	199.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
138	450–500	483	305.00–307.50	307.40
14	550–600	563	279.00	279.00
7	650–700	683	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	270.00	270.00
17	350–400	382	265.00–275.00	269.15
8	400–450	446	260.00	260.00
24	550–600	588	225.00–235.00	230.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	335	300.00–320.00	308.80
47	350–400	383	300.00–325.00	318.18
73	400–450	431	265.00–290.00	280.39
187	450–500	482	260.00–287.00	275.68
245	500–550	523	255.00–273.00	266.24
268	550–600	576	240.00–264.00	252.85
52	600–650	625	234.00–244.00	239.81
90	650–700	681	225.00–238.00	234.70
49	700–750	728	216.50–228.00	223.68
43	750–800	779	215.00–221.00	219.88
115	800–850	836	215.00–220.50	217.21
120	850–900	877	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	300–350	323	350.00–385.00	373.46
5	350–400	355	365.00	365.00
151	400–450	431	330.00–377.00	348.64
142	450–500	463	325.00–355.00	336.03
317	500–550	526	303.00–325.00	317.62
409	550–600	575	300.00–319.00	309.41
684	600–650	624	272.00–305.00	289.61
249	650–700	666	271.00–289.00	278.67
443	700–750	730	255.00–282.00	263.05
195	750–800	762	249.00–260.00	257.03
747	800–850	833	238.00–261.75	251.88
374	850–900	867	234.00–242.00	238.73
417	900–950	920	228.50–245.00	236.95
20	950–1000	951	219.00	219.00
108	1000–1050	1,011	220.50	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	415	387.00	387.00
138	500–550	521	322.50	322.50
13	600–650	625	287.00	287.00
45	650–700	674	273.00	273.00
9	700–750	718	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	536	307.00	307.00
10	550–600	554	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	330.00	330.00
33	350–400	384	320.00–345.00	334.43
87	400–450	433	300.00–325.00	315.57
170	450–500	473	295.00–322.00	312.32
175	500–550	527	280.00–305.00	293.13
311	550–600	578	272.00–297.00	285.12
126	600–650	635	245.00–272.00	263.51
230	650–700	664	245.00–271.00	264.62
115	700–750	723	240.00–254.00	251.02
23	750–800	777	225.00–241.00	234.28
333	800–850	836	225.00–238.50	235.39
176	850–900	876	223.50–231.00	227.11
188	900–950	925	226.25–227.00	226.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	367	310.00	310.00
10	400–450	438	280.00–310.00	292.25
27	450–500	472	270.00–292.00	279.07
19	500–550	513	270.00	270.00
77	550–600	588	261.00–272.00	269.30
6	700–750	727	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	320.00	320.00
10	450–500	483	287.00–290.00	288.55
12	500–550	528	260.00–277.00	269.89
12	550–600	598	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	325.00	325.00
12	500–550	516	287.00–290.00	288.46
29	650–700	662	252.00–257.00	254.03
9	700–750	729	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	715	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	415	270.00	270.00
14	450–500	490	275.00	275.00
14	500–550	514	251.00	251.00
5	550–600	580	257.00	257.00
5	600–650	634	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	585	232.00	232.00

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.