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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Aug 12

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

5,100 head

▲ 3,020 vs last sale 2,080▼ 738 vs year ago 5,838 · −12.6%

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 steady to 5.00 higher with the exception of light 4 weight and 3 weight calves selling up to 30.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 525 lbs. sold 10.00-15.00 higher with heavier weights selling steady to 5.00 higher. 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 $291.73/cwt on 377 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −163.35 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$291.73

377 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$46.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.11

vs MO average

+11.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	302.73	1,639	207
Medium and Large 1-2	569	283.19	1,611	139
Medium and Large 2	565	256.61	1,451	31

One grade step is worth $46.12/cwt here — about $188 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 sale377 hd

291.73

—

MO average14 barns · 1,196 hd

294.85

−3.11

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+11.39

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−163.35

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

66 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,318	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	327.86/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,187	57
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	394.09/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,478	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	350.95/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,499	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	302.05/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,323	65
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	294.83/cwt	289.00–305.00	1,380	76
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	318.59/cwt	311.00–332.00	1,516	45
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	499	271.79/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,356	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	304.68/cwt	296.00–315.00	1,593	107
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	284.63/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,511	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,434	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	300.65/cwt	295.00–312.00	1,687	100
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,454	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	283.00/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,624	123
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	284.61/cwt	275.00–301.00	1,785	211
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	269.83/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,700	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	290.45/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,926	61
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	263.32/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,804	108
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	267.65/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,916	244
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	252.68/cwt	234.00–259.00	1,842	57
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	251.77/cwt	249.50–261.00	1,901	108
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	779	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,924	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	246.50/cwt	237.00–247.50	1,947	66
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	224.08/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,855	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	236.27/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,963	261
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	240.71/cwt	234.00–245.50	2,099	230
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	232.30/cwt	232.00–234.00	2,116	153
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,191	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,247	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	341	330.14/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,126	52
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	332.33/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,186	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	297.90/cwt	287.00–315.00	1,266	38
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	278.21/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,182	92
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	261.16/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,243	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	287.37/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,382	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,140	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,209	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	281.33/cwt	267.00–295.00	1,469	322
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	264.21/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,387	291
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	265.69/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,514	88
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	255.31/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,471	90
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,356	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	258.06/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,600	131
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	237.61/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,483	67
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	191.34/cwt	186.00–204.00	1,265	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	247.22/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,644	87
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	233.40/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,568	54
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	235.22/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,712	203
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	201.28/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,475	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	242.39/cwt	238.50–246.50	1,789	134
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	242.50/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,826	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	222.92/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,757	69
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	226.81/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,883	44
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	213.76/cwt	200.00–222.00	1,787	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	842	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,768	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	887	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,721	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	908	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,843	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	351	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,123	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	303.50/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,433	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	276.42/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,324	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	272.50/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,472	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,376	7
Bulls	600–650	Large 1	633	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,614	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,558	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,717	7
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,785	6

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 Aug 12, 2024

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

Receipts 5,100Last week 2,080Year ago 5,838

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	499	270.00–275.00	271.79
5	500–550	541	265.00	265.00
26	550–600	570	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	390.00	390.00
13	350–400	375	365.00–405.00	394.09
37	400–450	427	330.00–365.00	350.95
45	450–500	476	311.00–332.00	318.59
107	500–550	523	296.00–315.00	304.68
100	550–600	561	295.00–312.00	300.65
211	600–650	627	275.00–301.00	284.61
61	650–700	663	275.00–298.00	290.45
244	700–750	716	260.00–272.00	267.65
108	750–800	755	249.50–261.00	251.77
261	800–850	831	234.00–243.00	236.27
230	850–900	872	234.00–245.50	240.71
153	900–950	911	232.00–234.00	232.30
52	950–1000	963	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	350–400	362	315.00–335.00	327.86
65	400–450	438	300.00–320.00	302.05
76	450–500	468	289.00–305.00	294.83
16	500–550	531	280.00–290.00	284.63
123	550–600	574	270.00–290.00	283.00
48	600–650	630	266.00–273.00	269.83
108	650–700	685	250.00–271.00	263.32
57	700–750	729	234.00–259.00	252.68
66	750–800	790	237.00–247.50	246.50
20	800–850	828	217.00–230.00	224.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	779	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	485	235.00	235.00
12	500–550	521	232.00	232.00
29	550–600	582	233.00	233.00
14	650–700	661	186.00–204.00	191.34
11	700–750	733	200.00–202.00	201.28
5	800–850	842	210.00	210.00
6	850–900	887	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	324	385.00	385.00
11	350–400	357	325.00–335.00	332.33
38	400–450	425	287.00–315.00	297.90
37	450–500	481	270.00–305.00	287.37
322	500–550	522	267.00–295.00	281.33
88	550–600	570	260.00–270.00	265.69
131	600–650	620	245.00–266.00	258.06
87	650–700	665	242.00–253.00	247.22
134	700–750	738	238.50–246.50	242.39
54	750–800	753	239.00–246.00	242.50
44	800–850	830	225.00–233.00	226.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	300–350	341	310.00–340.00	330.14
92	400–450	425	250.00–285.00	278.21
70	450–500	476	250.00–270.00	261.16
291	500–550	525	255.00–267.50	264.21
90	550–600	576	240.00–260.00	255.31
67	600–650	624	228.00–245.00	237.61
54	650–700	672	228.00–240.00	233.40
203	700–750	728	230.00–240.00	235.22
69	750–800	788	215.00–233.00	222.92
8	800–850	836	200.00–222.00	213.76
11	900–950	908	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	351	320.00	320.00
14	450–500	479	275.00–285.00	276.42
8	500–550	540	265.00–275.00	272.50
6	600–650	649	240.00	240.00
7	750–800	770	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	593	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	472	295.00–315.00	303.50
6	800–850	819	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	633	255.00	255.00

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.