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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-08

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jul 8

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

10,622 head

▲ 4,002 vs last sale 6,620▼ 2,054 vs year ago 12,676 · −16.2%

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 2.00-9.00 higher with some light 5 weight steers selling 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 800 lbs. sold 5.00-9.00 higher with heavier weights selling steady to 2.00 lower. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 10,622 head went across the scales in just over 11 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 $306.52/cwt on 430 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −148.57 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$306.52

430 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$58.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.44

vs MO average

+3.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	316.74	1,730	310
Medium and Large 1-2	567	285.64	1,619	96
Medium and Large 2	554	258.00	1,428	24

One grade step is worth $58.74/cwt here — about $302 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 sale430 hd

306.52

—

MO average5 barns · 1,357 hd

325.96

−19.44

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+3.61

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−148.57

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

62 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	390.27/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,288	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,307	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	327.45/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,271	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	350.43/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,517	51
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	449	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,257	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	286.14/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,331	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	345.46/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,637	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,454	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	507	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,344	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	319.79/cwt	300.00–334.00	1,673	146
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	280.62/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,490	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	549	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,894	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	310.67/cwt	289.00–335.00	1,768	148
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	287.60/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,671	69
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	253.00/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,485	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	302.60/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,882	247
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	271.82/cwt	257.50–280.00	1,693	97
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	279.49/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,878	245
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	259.35/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,792	60
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	255.22/cwt	243.00–262.00	1,848	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	269.16/cwt	263.00–278.00	1,951	316
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	266.83/cwt	256.00–278.00	2,073	740
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	253.77/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,974	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	251.73/cwt	234.00–254.00	2,092	689
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	259.55/cwt	255.00–266.00	2,162	1,042
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	254.22/cwt	252.00–260.00	2,202	708
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	247.21/cwt	228.00–252.50	2,158	166
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	248.89/cwt	244.00–252.75	2,282	1,136
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	919	242.90/cwt	239.00–244.00	2,232	36
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	237.19/cwt	234.00–246.00	2,301	155
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,022	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,330	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	321	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,236	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	292.88/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,128	33
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,229	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	402	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	945	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	288.32/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,240	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	319.17/cwt	305.00–332.00	1,376	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	303.30/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,432	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	288.53/cwt	269.00–295.00	1,414	109
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	275.07/cwt	252.00–286.00	1,436	281
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	293.02/cwt	288.00–335.00	1,544	269
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	263.89/cwt	247.00–274.00	1,512	151
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	279.53/cwt	271.00–305.00	1,641	272
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	266.17/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,661	413
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	248.25/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,557	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	260.94/cwt	248.00–275.00	1,756	480
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	245.71/cwt	235.00–249.00	1,673	103
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	252.41/cwt	244.00–270.00	1,820	306
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	238.17/cwt	232.00–243.50	1,729	153
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	242.73/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,864	340
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,862	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	818	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,808	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	234.31/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,926	158
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	231.53/cwt	229.00–234.00	2,010	162
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	223.45/cwt	222.00–224.00	1,955	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	895	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,727	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	224.91/cwt	221.00–226.00	2,026	23
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,428	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	311.42/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,489	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,308	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	296.72/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,587	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,568	7

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 Jul 8, 2024

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

Receipts 10,622Last week 6,620Year ago 12,676

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	388	320.00–330.00	327.45
9	450–500	493	295.00	295.00
27	500–550	531	270.00–295.00	280.62
69	550–600	581	280.00–295.00	287.60
97	600–650	623	257.50–280.00	271.82
60	650–700	691	251.00–270.00	259.35
47	700–750	724	243.00–262.00	255.22
24	750–800	778	250.00–255.00	253.77
689	800–850	831	234.00–254.00	251.73
166	850–900	873	228.00–252.50	247.21
36	900–950	919	239.00–244.00	242.90
10	1000–1050	1,022	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	330	385.00–395.00	390.27
10	350–400	358	365.00	365.00
51	400–450	433	335.00–365.00	350.43
46	450–500	474	335.00–360.00	345.46
146	500–550	523	300.00–334.00	319.79
148	550–600	569	289.00–335.00	310.67
247	600–650	622	285.00–325.00	302.60
245	650–700	672	272.00–300.00	279.49
316	700–750	725	263.00–278.00	269.16
740	750–800	777	256.00–278.00	266.83
1,042	800–850	833	255.00–266.00	259.55
708	850–900	866	252.00–260.00	254.22
1,136	900–950	917	244.00–252.75	248.89
155	950–1000	970	234.00–246.00	237.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	549	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	280.00	280.00
8	450–500	465	280.00–290.00	286.14
10	500–550	507	265.00	265.00
14	550–600	587	245.00–264.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	627	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	414	345.00	345.00
12	450–500	478	305.00–320.00	311.42
15	500–550	535	290.00–300.00	296.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	481	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	431	305.00–332.00	319.17
53	450–500	472	295.00–307.00	303.30
269	500–550	527	288.00–335.00	293.02
272	550–600	587	271.00–305.00	279.53
413	600–650	624	255.00–285.00	266.17
480	650–700	673	248.00–275.00	260.94
306	700–750	721	244.00–270.00	252.41
340	750–800	768	236.00–250.00	242.73
158	800–850	822	231.00–236.00	234.31
162	850–900	868	229.00–234.00	231.53
23	900–950	901	221.00–226.00	224.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	402	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	350–400	385	290.00–295.00	292.88
16	850–900	895	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	390	315.00	315.00
29	400–450	430	270.00–297.00	288.32
109	450–500	490	269.00–295.00	288.53
281	500–550	522	252.00–286.00	275.07
151	550–600	573	247.00–274.00	263.89
16	600–650	627	240.00–253.00	248.25
103	650–700	681	235.00–249.00	245.71
153	700–750	726	232.00–243.50	238.17
7	750–800	799	233.00	233.00
13	800–850	818	221.00	221.00
11	850–900	875	222.00–224.00	223.45

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.