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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 14

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

6,493 head

▲ 102 vs last sale 6,391▲ 1,643 vs year ago 4,850 · +33.9%

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 525 lbs. sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Heavier weights sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 6.00 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 $277.68/cwt on 615 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −177.40 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$277.68

615 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$47.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.13

vs MO average

−21.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	291.94	1,580	287
Medium and Large 1-2	574	265.80	1,527	319
Medium and Large 2	565	244.00	1,379	9thin

One grade step is worth $47.94/cwt here — about $202 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 sale615 hd

277.68

—

MO average17 barns · 2,155 hd

287.81

−10.13

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−21.65

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−177.40

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

76 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 1-2	335	319.92/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,072	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	347	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,353	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	365.64/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,375	31
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	336.87/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,317	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	410	382.44/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,568	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	342.67/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,426	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	295.23/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,255	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	255.47/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,236	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	276.00/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,341	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	308.72/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,507	166
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	297.44/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,559	181
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	266.71/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,419	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,379	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	282.55/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,613	106
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	265.27/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,547	228
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	595	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,595	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	277.75/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,716	146
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	256.26/cwt	243.00–265.00	1,602	106
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	641	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,673	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	270.21/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,797	276
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	247.87/cwt	237.00–257.00	1,698	52
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	258.96/cwt	249.00–272.00	1,870	276
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	254.81/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,967	141
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	245.95/cwt	237.50–248.25	1,916	143
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	246.19/cwt	242.00–255.50	2,041	524
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	239.30/cwt	237.00–241.00	1,984	39
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	242.83/cwt	239.00–248.00	2,132	510
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	896	234.00/cwt	233.00–236.00	2,097	30
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	912	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,979	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	235.47/cwt	229.00–239.00	2,150	115
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	227.28/cwt	224.00–232.50	2,193	152
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,022	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,300	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,045	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	316.06/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,109	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	283.38/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,040	23
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	258.01/cwt	255.00–260.00	970	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	238.39/cwt	237.00–240.50	1,006	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	433	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,364	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	255.95/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,119	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	289.14/cwt	275.00–297.00	1,266	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	287.00/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,326	104
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	253.28/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,195	56
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	236.22/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,162	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	517	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,308	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	246.25/cwt	227.00–255.00	1,295	112
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	264.80/cwt	257.00–276.00	1,401	140
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	219.98/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,238	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	239.66/cwt	225.00–248.00	1,383	120
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	260.57/cwt	251.00–268.00	1,511	176
Heifers	600–650	Large 1Value Added	606	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,376	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,335	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	233.96/cwt	224.00–244.00	1,460	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	258.07/cwt	247.00–268.00	1,616	188
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	235.94/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,583	60
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	672	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,673	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	250.63/cwt	244.00–258.00	1,692	91
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	227.81/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,640	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	243.38/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,760	186
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	237.10/cwt	227.00–244.00	1,835	143
Heifers	750–800	Large 1Value Added	791	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,748	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,739	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,743	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,781	63
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	857	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,800	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	217.44/cwt	215.50–221.00	1,896	83
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	940	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,720	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	956	192.25/cwt	192.25–192.25	1,838	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	309.73/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,196	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,485	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,367	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	240.40/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,358	22
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	233.62/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,355	18
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	242.84/cwt	234.00–250.00	1,491	21
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,474	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	654	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,488	21

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 14, 2024

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

Receipts 6,493Last week 6,391Year ago 4,850

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	606	227.00	227.00
8	750–800	791	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	376	255.00–260.00	258.01
10	400–450	422	237.00–240.50	238.39
16	450–500	492	230.00–242.00	236.22
14	550–600	563	217.00–222.00	219.98
18	600–650	621	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	337	310.00	310.00
26	350–400	351	310.00–317.50	316.06
30	400–450	438	275.00–297.00	289.14
104	450–500	462	270.00–302.00	287.00
140	500–550	529	257.00–276.00	264.80
176	550–600	580	251.00–268.00	260.57
188	600–650	626	247.00–268.00	258.07
91	650–700	675	244.00–258.00	250.63
186	700–750	723	235.00–253.00	243.38
143	750–800	774	227.00–244.00	237.10
8	800–850	803	217.00	217.00
83	850–900	872	215.50–221.00	217.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	433	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	367	275.00–287.00	283.38
26	400–450	437	247.00–265.00	255.95
56	450–500	472	245.00–263.00	253.28
112	500–550	526	227.00–255.00	246.25
120	550–600	577	225.00–248.00	239.66
50	600–650	624	224.00–244.00	233.96
60	650–700	671	225.00–241.00	235.94
21	700–750	720	223.00–240.00	227.81
22	750–800	794	219.00	219.00
63	800–850	834	213.50	213.50
14	850–900	857	210.00	210.00
6	900–950	940	183.00	183.00
32	950–1000	956	192.25	192.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	517	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	672	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	376	345.00–380.00	365.64
25	400–450	416	320.00–355.00	342.67
166	450–500	488	290.00–335.00	308.72
181	500–550	524	280.00–312.00	297.44
106	550–600	571	273.00–290.00	282.55
146	600–650	618	265.00–287.00	277.75
276	650–700	665	258.00–280.00	270.21
276	700–750	722	249.00–272.00	258.96
141	750–800	772	253.00–260.00	254.81
524	800–850	829	242.00–255.50	246.19
510	850–900	878	239.00–248.00	242.83
115	900–950	913	229.00–239.00	235.47
152	950–1000	965	224.00–232.50	227.28
9	1000–1050	1,022	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	335	315.00–325.00	319.92
14	350–400	391	325.00–340.00	336.87
25	400–450	425	280.00–300.00	295.23
36	450–500	486	260.00–295.00	276.00
61	500–550	532	250.00–275.00	266.71
228	550–600	583	250.00–273.00	265.27
106	600–650	625	243.00–265.00	256.26
52	650–700	685	237.00–257.00	247.87
143	750–800	779	237.50–248.25	245.95
39	800–850	829	237.00–241.00	239.30
30	850–900	896	233.00–236.00	234.00
7	900–950	912	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	484	250.00–260.00	255.47
9	550–600	565	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	595	268.00	268.00
8	600–650	641	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	700	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	390.00	390.00
12	400–450	410	380.00–390.00	382.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	386	307.00–315.00	309.73
11	500–550	516	265.00	265.00
22	550–600	565	235.00–244.00	240.40
21	600–650	614	234.00–250.00	242.84
21	650–700	654	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	580	230.00–235.00	233.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	305.00	305.00
7	600–650	614	240.00	240.00

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.