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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-17

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jun 17

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

6,465 head

▼ 1,536 vs last sale 8,001▼ 1,826 vs year ago 8,291 · −22.0%

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 steer calves sold 10.00-20.00 higher with yearling steers selling 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifer calves sold 8.00-15.00 higher with yearling heifers selling steady. Supply was moderate 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 $313.55/cwt on 567 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −141.54 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$313.55

567 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$30.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.13

vs MO average

+12.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	325.83	1,798	341
Medium and Large 1-2	553	295.01	1,633	226

One grade step is worth $30.82/cwt here — about $165 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 sale567 hd

313.55

—

MO average18 barns · 2,499 hd

313.68

−0.13

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

+12.89

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−141.54

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

68 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,238	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	346.59/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,300	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,191	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	334.44/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,431	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	311.99/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,345	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	448	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,510	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	302.52/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,376	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	343.05/cwt	341.00–345.00	1,616	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	289.14/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,394	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	306.34/cwt	285.00–317.00	1,605	105
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	337.03/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,786	169
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	314.83/cwt	302.00–330.00	1,804	172
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	285.18/cwt	270.00–306.00	1,651	121
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,888	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	280.33/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,738	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	307.40/cwt	294.00–327.00	1,918	326
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,672	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	286.49/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,914	294
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	262.61/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,775	112
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	268.96/cwt	250.50–278.00	1,931	309
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	248.11/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,838	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	766	243.37/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,864	89
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	257.24/cwt	254.00–263.50	2,017	61
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,823	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	253.40/cwt	247.00–257.00	2,073	373
Steers	800–850	Large 1	821	242.60/cwt	242.50–243.00	1,992	60
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	246.01/cwt	242.00–246.50	2,062	98
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	254.48/cwt	249.50–259.00	2,191	486
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	238.98/cwt	238.00–241.00	2,091	190
Steers	850–900	Large 1	879	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,189	21
Steers	900–950	Large 1	907	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,145	33
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	247.52/cwt	235.00–252.25	2,285	304
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	944	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,214	112
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,235	19
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,021	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,216	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	338.09/cwt	336.00–350.00	1,319	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	325.88/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,411	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	290.16/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,265	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	308.75/cwt	296.00–320.00	1,473	99
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	285.69/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,391	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	502	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,466	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	295.64/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,543	230
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	275.00/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,469	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	280.80/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,589	56
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	239.74/cwt	238.00–242.00	1,374	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	257.30/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,495	66
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,574	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	264.13/cwt	253.00–274.00	1,614	173
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	245.93/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,571	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	255.98/cwt	245.00–268.00	1,697	195
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	236.29/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,609	59
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,480	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	222.71/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,597	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	244.94/cwt	234.00–257.00	1,786	353
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	770	229.51/cwt	221.00–232.00	1,767	56
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	228.13/cwt	210.00–234.00	1,761	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	237.45/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,847	209
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,861	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	223.87/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,858	109
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	221.36/cwt	220.50–226.00	1,897	71
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,782	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,935	78
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	964	184.99/cwt	184.00–191.00	1,783	36
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,225	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,197	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,530	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,712	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,670	14

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 6,465Last week 8,001Year ago 8,291

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	436	282.00–295.00	290.16
14	450–500	487	280.00–290.00	285.69
34	500–550	534	260.00–278.00	275.00
66	550–600	581	250.00–270.00	257.30
19	600–650	639	243.00–247.00	245.93
59	650–700	681	233.00–243.00	236.29
13	700–750	717	220.00–227.00	222.71
70	750–800	772	210.00–234.00	228.13
3	800–850	820	227.00	227.00
4	850–900	882	202.00	202.00
36	950–1000	964	184.00–191.00	184.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	390	336.00–350.00	338.09
32	400–450	433	320.00–330.00	325.88
99	450–500	477	296.00–320.00	308.75
230	500–550	522	280.00–310.00	295.64
56	550–600	566	275.00–290.00	280.80
173	600–650	611	253.00–274.00	264.13
195	650–700	663	245.00–268.00	255.98
353	700–750	729	234.00–257.00	244.94
209	750–800	778	233.00–243.00	237.45
109	800–850	830	222.00–233.00	223.87
71	850–900	857	220.50–226.00	221.36
78	950–1000	958	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	750–800	770	221.00–232.00	229.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	502	292.00	292.00
5	600–650	610	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	573	238.00–242.00	239.74
5	650–700	685	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	317.50	317.50
14	400–450	431	290.00–320.00	311.99
8	450–500	455	300.00–305.00	302.52
105	500–550	524	285.00–317.00	306.34
121	550–600	579	270.00–306.00	285.18
27	600–650	620	273.00–285.00	280.33
112	650–700	676	255.00–271.00	262.61
21	700–750	741	247.00–252.00	248.11
89	750–800	766	237.00–246.00	243.37
98	800–850	838	242.00–246.50	246.01
190	850–900	875	238.00–241.00	238.98
112	900–950	944	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	360.00	360.00
12	350–400	375	330.00–355.00	346.59
44	400–450	428	325.00–340.00	334.44
42	450–500	471	341.00–345.00	343.05
169	500–550	530	320.00–355.00	337.03
172	550–600	573	302.00–330.00	314.83
326	600–650	624	294.00–327.00	307.40
294	650–700	668	275.00–298.00	286.49
309	700–750	718	250.50–278.00	268.96
61	750–800	784	254.00–263.50	257.24
373	800–850	818	247.00–257.00	253.40
486	850–900	861	249.50–259.00	254.48
304	900–950	923	235.00–252.25	247.52
19	950–1000	976	229.00	229.00
23	1000–1050	1,021	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	800–850	821	242.50–243.00	242.60
21	850–900	879	249.00	249.00
33	900–950	907	236.50	236.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	337.00	337.00
21	600–650	605	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	482	285.00–290.00	289.14
6	600–650	624	268.00	268.00
6	800–850	810	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	524	292.00	292.00
6	600–650	640	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	474	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	377	325.00	325.00
14	650–700	696	240.00	240.00

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.