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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 7

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

6,391 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 6,406▲ 2,888 vs year ago 3,503 · +82.4%

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 500 lbs. sold 10.00-30.00 higher. Feeder steers over 500 lbs. sold 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs. sold 5.00-25.00 higher with heavier weights selling steady to 5.00 lower. Supply was moderate with very good demand. The largest draft of the day was 220 head of steers weighing 898 lbs.

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 $277.96/cwt on 400 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −177.13 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$277.96

400 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$52.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.00

vs MO average

−16.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	289.06	1,601	246
Medium and Large 1-2	553	263.50	1,457	135
Medium and Large 2	556	236.89	1,316	19thin

One grade step is worth $52.17/cwt here — about $285 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 sale400 hd

277.96

—

MO average15 barns · 1,410 hd

280.95

−3.00

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−16.35

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−177.13

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

69 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	302	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,087	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	353.54/cwt	341.00–367.50	1,343	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	293.90/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,237	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	243.32/cwt	215.00–257.00	1,066	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	442	343.49/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,518	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	461	340.30/cwt	336.00–342.00	1,569	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	275.27/cwt	269.00–287.50	1,299	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	306.42/cwt	290.00–327.00	1,455	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	502	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,180	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	269.83/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,422	56
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	293.99/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,558	98
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	286.35/cwt	274.00–308.00	1,629	143
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	259.68/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,478	66
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	585	255.65/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,496	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	238.00/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,397	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	590	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,593	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	278.18/cwt	266.00–289.50	1,711	226
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	259.76/cwt	244.00–265.00	1,603	58
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	270.25/cwt	258.00–279.00	1,824	267
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	249.52/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,687	106
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	694	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,603	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	261.05/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,887	420
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	237.57/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,746	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	237.38/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,825	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	254.70/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,969	154
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	249.41/cwt	242.00–257.25	2,015	493
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	837	238.76/cwt	217.00–241.00	1,998	173
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	243.34/cwt	237.50–247.50	2,102	596
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	892	238.52/cwt	227.00–239.10	2,128	301
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,955	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	233.79/cwt	225.00–237.50	2,144	181
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,014	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,231	25
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,019	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,160	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	273.35/cwt	272.00–275.00	861	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	782	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	310.02/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,104	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,114	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	265.06/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,124	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	303.91/cwt	272.00–310.00	1,313	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	291.83/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,363	54
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	234.80/cwt	217.00–240.00	1,151	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	258.53/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,269	374
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	241.51/cwt	228.00–252.00	1,273	77
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	266.91/cwt	257.00–280.00	1,415	102
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,117	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	217.17/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,223	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	239.63/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,368	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	254.58/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,482	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	255.17/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,590	374
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	240.29/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,516	59
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	671	213.20/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,431	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	244.65/cwt	242.00–261.00	1,664	192
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	232.64/cwt	223.00–238.00	1,591	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	709	223.29/cwt	220.50–227.00	1,583	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	239.56/cwt	232.00–252.00	1,727	58
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	229.16/cwt	226.50–235.00	1,751	227
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	225.61/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,753	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,792	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	225.24/cwt	217.00–228.00	1,939	59
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,825	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	212.37/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,947	28
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	918	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,845	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	394	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,131	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,297	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	260.94/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,359	27
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,529	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,542	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	243.73/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,487	28

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 Oct 7, 2024

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

Receipts 6,391Last week 6,406Year ago 3,503

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	326	240.00	240.00
37	450–500	490	217.00–240.00	234.80
9	500–550	545	205.00	205.00
24	550–600	563	210.00–222.00	217.17
17	650–700	671	210.00–215.00	213.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	356	290.00–325.00	310.02
32	400–450	432	272.00–310.00	303.91
54	450–500	467	284.00–300.00	291.83
102	500–550	530	257.00–280.00	266.91
38	550–600	582	250.00–262.00	254.58
374	600–650	623	247.00–265.00	255.17
192	650–700	680	242.00–261.00	244.65
58	700–750	721	232.00–252.00	239.56
227	750–800	764	226.50–235.00	229.16
10	800–850	822	218.00	218.00
59	850–900	861	217.00–228.00	225.24
28	900–950	917	210.00–213.00	212.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	315	272.00–275.00	273.35
4	350–400	391	285.00	285.00
30	400–450	424	257.50–270.00	265.06
374	450–500	491	245.00–263.00	258.53
77	500–550	527	228.00–252.00	241.51
40	550–600	571	230.00–247.00	239.63
59	600–650	631	220.00–245.00	240.29
31	650–700	684	223.00–238.00	232.64
27	700–750	709	220.50–227.00	223.29
18	750–800	777	224.00–227.00	225.61
12	850–900	871	209.50	209.50
11	900–950	918	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	438	215.00–257.00	243.32
7	500–550	502	235.00	235.00
12	550–600	587	235.00–239.00	238.00
19	650–700	694	231.00	231.00
5	1000–1050	1,019	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	450–500	472	269.00–287.50	275.27
56	500–550	527	260.00–275.00	269.83
66	550–600	569	250.00–271.00	259.68
58	600–650	617	244.00–265.00	259.76
106	650–700	676	235.00–265.00	249.52
51	700–750	735	232.00–246.00	237.57
27	750–800	769	234.00–242.00	237.38
173	800–850	837	217.00–241.00	238.76
301	850–900	892	227.00–239.10	238.52
6	900–950	905	216.00	216.00
25	1000–1050	1,014	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	302	360.00	360.00
22	350–400	380	341.00–367.50	353.54
10	400–450	421	287.00–300.00	293.90
50	450–500	475	290.00–327.00	306.42
98	500–550	530	280.00–302.50	293.99
143	550–600	569	274.00–308.00	286.35
226	600–650	615	266.00–289.50	278.18
267	650–700	675	258.00–279.00	270.25
420	700–750	723	250.00–271.00	261.05
154	750–800	773	252.00–261.00	254.70
493	800–850	808	242.00–257.25	249.41
596	850–900	864	237.50–247.50	243.34
181	900–950	917	225.00–237.50	233.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	442	340.00–356.00	343.49
28	450–500	461	336.00–342.00	340.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	585	251.00–261.00	255.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	590	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	430	260.00	260.00
27	500–550	521	250.00–264.00	260.94
5	550–600	579	264.00	264.00
28	600–650	610	240.00–247.00	243.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	485	267.50	267.50
10	600–650	600	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	394	287.00	287.00

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.