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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Sep 23

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

5,042 head

▼ 3,268 vs last sale 8,310▼ 1,545 vs year ago 6,587 · −23.5%

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 2.00-8.00 higher with feeder heifers selling from 5.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Supply was moderate with 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 $272.83/cwt on 438 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −182.26 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$272.83

438 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$39.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.18

vs MO average

−1.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	282.11	1,584	223
Medium and Large 1-2	550	264.94	1,456	198
Medium and Large 2	597	242.82	1,450	17thin

One grade step is worth $39.29/cwt here — about $134 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale438 hd

272.83

—

MO average15 barns · 1,796 hd

275.00

−2.18

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

−1.46

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−182.26

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

74 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	348.40/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,139	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,035	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,129	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	280.83/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,196	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	308.66/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,340	39
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	446	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,238	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	287.54/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,363	118
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	261.95/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,278	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	496	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,389	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	267.44/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,423	117
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	287.66/cwt	277.50–305.00	1,539	79
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	261.33/cwt	245.00–272.00	1,503	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	279.07/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,607	144
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	597	242.82/cwt	242.00–243.00	1,450	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	606	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,400	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	272.09/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,711	76
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	246.86/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,553	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	649	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,337	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	266.51/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,799	167
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	248.77/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,689	89
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	254.27/cwt	243.00–263.00	1,843	94
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	231.64/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,696	40
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	247.76/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,915	61
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	250.32/cwt	244.00–255.75	2,028	529
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	839	239.08/cwt	227.00–240.00	2,006	103
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	243.29/cwt	230.00–247.50	2,117	128
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	879	225.37/cwt	221.00–227.75	1,981	47
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	902	225.13/cwt	223.00–226.00	2,031	31
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	234.84/cwt	229.75–242.75	2,165	360
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	228.51/cwt	225.50–231.00	2,210	108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	296.44/cwt	285.00–310.00	960	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	811	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	248.09/cwt	245.00–250.00	903	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	264.06/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,022	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	960	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	260.46/cwt	247.00–269.00	1,099	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	275.72/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,188	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	255.48/cwt	246.00–265.00	1,178	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	461	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,060	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	278.30/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,308	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	227.64/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,072	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	525	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,160	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	243.36/cwt	218.00–250.00	1,280	104
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	258.59/cwt	253.00–272.00	1,386	185
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	260.46/cwt	244.00–271.00	1,485	143
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	229.28/cwt	222.00–238.00	1,323	84
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	229.23/cwt	219.00–236.00	1,424	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	191.51/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,201	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	242.71/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,524	78
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,219	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	229.10/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,551	85
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	243.58/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,659	54
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	243.48/cwt	229.00–251.00	1,770	141
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	226.90/cwt	214.00–229.00	1,650	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	229.63/cwt	227.25–242.00	1,764	263
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	218.75/cwt	203.00–225.00	1,693	50
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	228.06/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,875	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	849	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,791	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	200.27/cwt	194.00–206.00	1,764	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,905	50
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	951	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,598	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,136	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	286.00/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,118	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,154	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	268.41/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,181	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	226.89/cwt	216.00–245.00	1,053	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	475	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	955	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	258.98/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,248	28
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,381	25
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	249.15/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,318	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	247.10/cwt	220.00–262.00	1,416	38
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	224.18/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,394	32
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	650–700	Small and Medium 3-4	674	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	714	18

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 5,042Last week 8,310Year ago 6,587

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00-8.00 higher with feeder heifers selling from 5.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	245.00	245.00
11	350–400	364	245.00–250.00	248.09
7	400–450	400	240.00	240.00
18	450–500	471	225.00–232.00	227.64
7	600–650	627	180.00–200.00	191.51
5	650–700	670	182.00	182.00
8	950–1000	951	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	324	285.00–310.00	296.44
32	400–450	431	272.00–285.00	275.72
27	450–500	470	275.00–282.00	278.30
185	500–550	536	253.00–272.00	258.59
143	550–600	570	244.00–271.00	260.46
78	600–650	628	241.00–247.00	242.71
54	650–700	681	240.00–247.00	243.58
141	700–750	727	229.00–251.00	243.48
263	750–800	768	227.25–242.00	229.63
22	800–850	822	224.00–229.00	228.06
50	850–900	886	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	387	261.00–275.00	264.06
35	400–450	422	247.00–269.00	260.46
23	450–500	461	246.00–265.00	255.48
104	500–550	526	218.00–250.00	243.36
84	550–600	577	222.00–238.00	229.28
43	600–650	621	219.00–236.00	229.23
85	650–700	677	220.00–232.00	229.10
70	700–750	727	214.00–229.00	226.90
50	750–800	774	203.00–225.00	218.75
6	800–850	849	211.00	211.00
18	850–900	881	194.00–206.00	200.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	461	230.00	230.00
24	500–550	525	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	334	310.00	310.00
5	350–400	392	288.00	288.00
20	400–450	426	270.00–285.00	280.83
26	450–500	488	250.00–270.00	261.95
117	500–550	532	250.00–275.00	267.44
81	550–600	575	245.00–272.00	261.33
35	600–650	629	230.00–251.00	246.86
89	650–700	679	240.00–255.00	248.77
40	700–750	732	215.00–240.00	231.64
103	800–850	839	227.00–240.00	239.08
47	850–900	879	221.00–227.75	225.37
31	900–950	902	223.00–226.00	225.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	340.00–370.00	348.40
39	400–450	434	292.00–320.00	308.66
118	450–500	474	275.00–300.00	287.54
79	500–550	535	277.50–305.00	287.66
144	550–600	576	270.00–292.00	279.07
76	600–650	629	260.00–280.00	272.09
167	650–700	675	258.00–280.00	266.51
94	700–750	725	243.00–263.00	254.27
61	750–800	773	240.00–255.00	247.76
529	800–850	810	244.00–255.75	250.32
128	850–900	870	230.00–247.50	243.29
360	900–950	922	229.75–242.75	234.84
108	950–1000	967	225.50–231.00	228.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	496	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	606	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	597	242.00–243.00	242.82
6	600–650	649	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	674	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	270.00	270.00
13	450–500	464	216.00–245.00	226.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	391	285.00–287.00	286.00
19	400–450	440	265.00–273.00	268.41
28	450–500	482	255.00–262.00	258.98
20	500–550	529	245.00–262.50	249.15
38	550–600	573	220.00–262.00	247.10
32	600–650	622	220.00–230.00	224.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	475	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	335.00	335.00
8	400–450	412	280.00	280.00
25	500–550	521	265.00	265.00

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.