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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Aug 26

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Aug 19Aug 26Sep 9 →

Receipts

6,602 head

▲ 1,574 vs last sale 5,028▲ 1,659 vs year ago 4,943 · +33.6%

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 under 675 lbs. sold 9.00-18.00 lower with heavier weights selling 2.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs. sold 8.00-12.00 lower with heavier weights selling 2.00-6.00 lower. Supply was moderate with moderate 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 $273.35/cwt on 424 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −181.74 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$273.35

424 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,479

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$46.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.10

vs MO average

+4.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	286.76	1,524	172
Medium and Large 1-2	546	267.36	1,460	223
Medium and Large 2	557	239.82	1,335	29

One grade step is worth $46.94/cwt here — about $189 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 sale424 hd

273.35

—

MO average15 barns · 1,593 hd

280.45

−7.10

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+4.80

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−181.74

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

72 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	327	407.60/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,333	16
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	336	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,042	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,077	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	347.38/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,337	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	316.58/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,228	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	307.52/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,279	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	333.16/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,389	45
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	424	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,187	39
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	252.22/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,117	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	302.99/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,415	82
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	257.50/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,215	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	279.99/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,327	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	479	267.91/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,283	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	290.40/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,484	113
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	240.28/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,235	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	268.80/cwt	241.00–280.00	1,409	116
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	265.80/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,515	107
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	279.79/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,598	59
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	239.61/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,380	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	275.13/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,711	159
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	262.05/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,651	149
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	262.34/cwt	259.00–278.00	1,779	149
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	255.83/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,740	85
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	256.27/cwt	252.00–266.00	1,817	94
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	241.85/cwt	228.00–254.00	1,751	45
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	245.73/cwt	244.00–247.50	1,902	187
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	238.85/cwt	230.00–244.50	1,863	116
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	788	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,915	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	241.75/cwt	234.00–246.50	1,990	500
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	230.90/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,946	150
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	229.83/cwt	227.50–237.50	2,023	491
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	899	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,951	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	227.82/cwt	219.50–232.25	2,094	322
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	927	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	2,028	147
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	959	202.51/cwt	187.00–210.50	1,942	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	906	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	986	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	357	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,089	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	267.01/cwt	260.00–275.00	977	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	256.72/cwt	247.50–270.00	1,094	61
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	239.07/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,023	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	283.94/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,252	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	462	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,183	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	256.43/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,198	74
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	283.25/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,351	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	243.35/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,185	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	266.56/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,383	104
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	249.11/cwt	232.00–260.00	1,325	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,208	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	265.37/cwt	257.00–290.00	1,510	167
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	245.43/cwt	227.00–256.00	1,399	73
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	231.65/cwt	215.00–242.00	1,457	55
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	246.89/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,578	113
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	232.63/cwt	228.75–240.00	1,570	76
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	245.69/cwt	241.00–257.00	1,685	283
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	243.79/cwt	238.00–253.00	1,760	273
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	230.41/cwt	215.00–236.00	1,668	119
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,825	120
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	768	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,544	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	226.06/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,738	216
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,792	115
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	218.43/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,800	75
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,807	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	901	206.88/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,864	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	474	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	995	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,246	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,431	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	250.57/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,346	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	592	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,391	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,618	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	220.31/cwt	205.00–227.00	1,410	16
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	686	213.56/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,465	11

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 26, 2024

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

Receipts 6,602Last week 5,028Year ago 4,943

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	327	395.00–420.00	407.60
15	350–400	385	340.00–380.00	347.38
45	400–450	417	320.00–360.00	333.16
82	450–500	467	290.00–320.00	302.99
113	500–550	511	280.00–312.00	290.40
59	550–600	571	276.00–285.00	279.79
159	600–650	622	270.00–285.00	275.13
149	650–700	678	259.00–278.00	262.34
94	700–750	709	252.00–266.00	256.27
187	750–800	774	244.00–247.50	245.73
500	800–850	823	234.00–246.50	241.75
491	850–900	880	227.50–237.50	229.83
322	900–950	919	219.50–232.25	227.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	388	305.00–335.00	316.58
23	400–450	416	280.00–315.00	307.52
21	450–500	474	275.00–282.00	279.99
116	500–550	524	241.00–280.00	268.80
107	550–600	570	260.00–275.00	265.80
149	600–650	630	250.00–270.00	262.05
85	650–700	680	246.00–259.00	255.83
45	700–750	724	228.00–254.00	241.85
116	750–800	780	230.00–244.50	238.85
150	800–850	843	229.00–233.00	230.90
5	850–900	899	217.00	217.00
147	900–950	927	218.75	218.75
9	950–1000	959	187.00–210.50	202.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	315.00	315.00
20	400–450	443	245.00–260.00	252.22
36	450–500	472	245.00–267.00	257.50
9	500–550	514	235.00–250.00	240.28
20	550–600	576	230.00–252.00	239.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	424	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	336	310.00	310.00
19	450–500	479	265.00–273.00	267.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	788	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	537	240.00–265.00	250.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	519	240.00	240.00
8	550–600	592	235.00	235.00
16	600–650	640	205.00–227.00	220.31
11	650–700	686	210.00–220.00	213.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	474	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	272.00	272.00
11	600–650	613	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	441	280.00–300.00	283.94
70	450–500	477	275.00–290.00	283.25
104	500–550	519	260.00–280.00	266.56
167	550–600	569	257.00–290.00	265.37
113	600–650	639	242.00–270.00	246.89
283	650–700	686	241.00–257.00	245.69
273	700–750	722	238.00–253.00	243.79
120	750–800	754	242.00	242.00
115	800–850	811	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	283	320.00	320.00
5	300–350	340	290.00	290.00
6	350–400	357	305.00	305.00
61	400–450	426	247.50–270.00	256.72
74	450–500	467	245.00–270.00	256.43
78	500–550	532	232.00–260.00	249.11
73	550–600	570	227.00–256.00	245.43
55	600–650	629	215.00–242.00	231.65
76	650–700	675	228.75–240.00	232.63
119	700–750	724	215.00–236.00	230.41
216	750–800	769	215.00–228.00	226.06
75	800–850	824	212.00–219.00	218.43
16	850–900	886	204.00	204.00
16	900–950	901	205.00–210.00	206.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	462	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	366	260.00–275.00	267.01
11	400–450	428	235.00–245.00	239.07
11	450–500	487	242.00–245.00	243.35
5	500–550	549	220.00	220.00
15	750–800	768	201.00	201.00

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.