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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Sep 16

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Receipts

8,310 head

▼ 5,918 vs last sale 14,228▲ 243 vs year ago 8,067 · +3.0%

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 steers under 650 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 lower with heavier weights selling 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. Unweaned and non vaccinated bulls calves had weak demand and received substantial discounts.

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 $262.67/cwt on 517 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −192.42 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$262.67

517 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$734

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$126.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.21

vs MO average

−3.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	281.83	1,530	196
Medium and Large 1-2	551	263.29	1,450	245
Medium and Large 2	550	234.42	1,289	44
Medium and Large 2-3	546	215.00	1,174	13thin
Medium 2-3	514	155.00	797	19thin

One grade step is worth $126.83/cwt here — about $734 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale517 hd

262.67

—

MO average16 barns · 2,066 hd

271.88

−9.21

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−3.97

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−192.42

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

87 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	955	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,240	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	276.42/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,034	29
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	374	222.86/cwt	205.00–245.00	833	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	387	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,084	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	302.07/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,187	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	310.80/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,293	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	271.38/cwt	254.00–275.00	1,167	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,037	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	241.91/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,125	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	292.86/cwt	275.00–327.00	1,403	137
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	264.27/cwt	252.00–272.00	1,266	99
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	488	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,318	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	511	265.14/cwt	251.00–272.00	1,355	21
Steers	500–550	Medium 2-3	514	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	797	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	238.02/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,231	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	280.69/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,460	96
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	262.70/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,387	110
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	546	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,174	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	282.93/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,599	100
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	234.91/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,327	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	263.51/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,528	114
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	595	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,309	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	613	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,508	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	244.90/cwt	231.00–255.00	1,509	85
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	267.96/cwt	257.00–272.00	1,653	280
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	264.53/cwt	255.00–279.00	1,807	192
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	232.94/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,593	58
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	255.11/cwt	244.00–264.00	1,827	380
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	236.60/cwt	215.00–242.00	1,715	112
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	248.32/cwt	239.00–255.00	1,947	258
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	236.15/cwt	228.00–239.00	1,866	131
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	242.96/cwt	237.00–249.00	1,987	339
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	234.48/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,965	161
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	228.57/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,993	46
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	234.32/cwt	228.00–238.00	2,067	772
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	908	225.58/cwt	225.00–226.50	2,048	106
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	232.78/cwt	228.00–242.00	2,132	355
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	223.25/cwt	221.25–225.00	2,143	301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	321	214.07/cwt	210.00–215.00	687	22
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	292.13/cwt	280.00–302.00	964	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	868	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	260.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	960	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,036	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	235.36/cwt	227.00–242.00	899	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	395	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	991	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	410	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,099	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	282.55/cwt	270.00–299.00	1,187	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	229.87/cwt	222.00–242.00	972	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	258.14/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,123	69
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	456	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	921	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	280.96/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,284	86
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	468	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,123	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	253.40/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,206	89
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	234.39/cwt	217.00–243.00	1,116	54
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	483	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,092	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	235.26/cwt	220.00–247.00	1,221	139
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	218.84/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,140	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	266.89/cwt	253.00–287.00	1,420	120
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	533	236.98/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,263	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	203.53/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,150	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	253.40/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,439	257
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	230.25/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,317	108
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	232.58/cwt	217.00–238.00	1,440	95
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	245.04/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,544	164
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,165	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	230.58/cwt	218.00–235.00	1,538	71
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	238.86/cwt	236.00–244.50	1,622	115
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	233.40/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,694	106
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	223.21/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,634	96
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	231.97/cwt	226.00–234.00	1,772	94
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	218.87/cwt	202.00–225.00	1,714	73
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	223.02/cwt	218.00–225.75	1,804	276
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	207.71/cwt	195.00–213.00	1,707	21
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	863	203.30/cwt	181.00–206.50	1,754	65
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	216.75/cwt	209.00–223.00	1,875	108
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,863	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,203	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,211	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	502	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,220	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,194	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	236.54/cwt	233.00–246.00	1,353	41
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	222.77/cwt	217.00–237.00	1,281	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,447	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,317	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	220.38/cwt	216.00–223.00	1,505	16
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	212.85/cwt	208.00–222.00	1,535	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 Sep 16, 2024

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

Receipts 8,310Last week 14,228Year ago 8,067

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	393	290.00–305.00	302.07
32	400–450	430	254.00–275.00	271.38
99	450–500	479	252.00–272.00	264.27
110	500–550	528	250.00–275.00	262.70
114	550–600	580	255.00–270.00	263.51
85	600–650	616	231.00–255.00	244.90
58	650–700	684	227.00–240.00	232.94
112	700–750	725	215.00–242.00	236.60
131	750–800	790	228.00–239.00	236.15
161	800–850	838	225.00–237.50	234.48
46	850–900	872	228.00–229.00	228.57
106	900–950	908	225.00–226.50	225.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	341	280.00	280.00
29	350–400	374	270.00–280.00	276.42
7	400–450	432	240.00	240.00
11	450–500	465	240.00–247.00	241.91
17	500–550	517	230.00–245.00	238.02
22	550–600	565	230.00–245.00	234.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	370	335.00	335.00
22	400–450	416	292.00–320.00	310.80
137	450–500	479	275.00–327.00	292.86
96	500–550	520	276.00–285.00	280.69
100	550–600	565	270.00–295.00	282.93
280	600–650	617	257.00–272.00	267.96
192	650–700	683	255.00–279.00	264.53
380	700–750	716	244.00–264.00	255.11
258	750–800	784	239.00–255.00	248.32
339	800–850	818	237.00–249.00	242.96
772	850–900	882	228.00–238.00	234.32
355	900–950	916	228.00–242.00	232.78
301	950–1000	960	221.25–225.00	223.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	546	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	488	270.00	270.00
21	500–550	511	251.00–272.00	265.14
6	600–650	613	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	387	280.00	280.00
5	550–600	595	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	514	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	374	205.00–245.00	222.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	395	251.00	251.00
8	400–450	410	268.00	268.00
21	450–500	468	240.00	240.00
34	500–550	533	220.00–244.00	236.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	382	227.00–242.00	235.36
31	400–450	423	222.00–242.00	229.87
54	450–500	476	217.00–243.00	234.39
11	500–550	521	210.00–235.00	218.84
12	550–600	565	200.00–207.00	203.53
5	600–650	647	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	330	280.00–302.00	292.13
14	350–400	374	277.00	277.00
35	400–450	420	270.00–299.00	282.55
86	450–500	457	270.00–295.00	280.96
120	500–550	532	253.00–287.00	266.89
257	550–600	568	241.00–260.00	253.40
164	600–650	630	240.00–259.00	245.04
115	650–700	679	236.00–244.50	238.86
106	700–750	726	230.00–236.00	233.40
94	750–800	764	226.00–234.00	231.97
276	800–850	809	218.00–225.75	223.02
108	850–900	865	209.00–223.00	216.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	347	250.00	250.00
22	350–400	368	260.00–270.00	260.92
69	400–450	435	250.00–265.00	258.14
89	450–500	476	249.00–262.00	253.40
139	500–550	519	220.00–247.00	235.26
108	550–600	572	220.00–239.00	230.25
95	600–650	619	217.00–238.00	232.58
71	650–700	667	218.00–235.00	230.58
96	700–750	732	210.00–228.00	223.21
73	750–800	783	202.00–225.00	218.87
21	800–850	822	195.00–213.00	207.71
65	850–900	863	181.00–206.50	203.30
14	900–950	913	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	483	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	321	210.00–215.00	214.07
5	450–500	456	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	475	255.00	255.00
8	500–550	502	243.00	243.00
41	550–600	572	233.00–246.00	236.54
7	600–650	632	229.00	229.00
16	650–700	683	216.00–223.00	220.38
14	700–750	721	208.00–222.00	212.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	525	227.50	227.50
14	550–600	575	217.00–237.00	222.77
7	650–700	672	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	459	262.00	262.00

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.