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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 21

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

8,127 head

▲ 1,634 vs last sale 6,493▲ 3,702 vs year ago 4,425 · +83.7%

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 800 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 lower with heavier weights selling steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 2.00 higher to 6.00 lower. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. The largest draft of the day was 180 steers weighing 880 lbs. that went across the scales for 241.00

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 $273.20/cwt on 679 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −181.89 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$273.20

679 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$49.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.05

vs MO average

−25.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	289.77	1,551	303
Medium and Large 1-2	557	262.81	1,465	327
Medium and Large 2	572	240.02	1,373	49

One grade step is worth $49.76/cwt here — about $178 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 sale679 hd

273.20

—

MO average16 barns · 2,009 hd

281.25

−8.05

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−25.84

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−181.89

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

83 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	301	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,038	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	326.82/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,085	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	363.23/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,282	34
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,187	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	335.13/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,294	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	290.74/cwt	270.00–315.00	1,241	54
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,091	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	337.26/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,447	86
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	273.03/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,250	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	307.34/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,423	78
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	252.64/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,210	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	509	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,247	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	514	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,439	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	294.22/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,533	199
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	263.72/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,387	124
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	528	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,399	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	281.33/cwt	272.00–299.00	1,590	99
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	262.17/cwt	245.00–271.00	1,515	197
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	579	239.45/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,386	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	255.05/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,579	178
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	270.36/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,684	286
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	640	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,686	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	254.02/cwt	239.00–258.00	1,704	42
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	262.94/cwt	259.00–276.00	1,772	328
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	240.54/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,737	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	258.55/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,882	372
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	772	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,683	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	245.68/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,904	49
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	255.19/cwt	249.00–257.75	1,996	355
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	249.03/cwt	243.00–256.00	2,047	528
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	240.15/cwt	238.00–240.50	2,029	62
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	242.22/cwt	239.50–251.00	2,107	454
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	233.56/cwt	228.00–238.00	2,046	74
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	235.02/cwt	230.00–237.00	2,148	220
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	233.97/cwt	233.50–235.00	2,262	78
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	286.53/cwt	285.00–290.00	954	62
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	264.88/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,004	44
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	382	230.51/cwt	230.00–231.00	881	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,222	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	281.41/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,092	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	233.49/cwt	230.00–240.00	983	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	261.22/cwt	248.00–272.00	1,108	103
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	292.18/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,253	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	278.31/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,291	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	233.80/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,134	59
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	251.92/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,227	89
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,247	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	218.65/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,130	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	243.33/cwt	225.00–252.00	1,268	215
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	264.60/cwt	254.00–275.00	1,437	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	210.40/cwt	202.00–220.00	1,197	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	574	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,119	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	580	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,311	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	253.41/cwt	251.00–266.00	1,472	251
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	238.32/cwt	226.00–248.00	1,385	71
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	213.13/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,300	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	232.87/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,446	125
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	254.63/cwt	247.00–259.50	1,612	231
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	249.59/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,670	130
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	214.06/cwt	211.00–216.00	1,434	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	238.88/cwt	226.00–243.00	1,629	118
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	703	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,441	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	224.60/cwt	215.00–231.00	1,615	43
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	240.31/cwt	233.00–249.00	1,747	217
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	239.10/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,860	360
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	222.10/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,732	34
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,806	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,894	68
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,729	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	973	181.74/cwt	170.00–191.00	1,768	16
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,158	48
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	303.04/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,106	16
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	300.53/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,283	22
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,218	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,334	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	245.17/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,174	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	257.86/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,359	37
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	222.05/cwt	212.00–227.00	1,266	18
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	228.29/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,418	31
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,408	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,578	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	221.50/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,584	12

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 21, 2024

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Receipts 8,127Last week 6,493Year ago 4,425

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	301	345.00	345.00
34	350–400	353	360.00–370.00	363.23
86	400–450	429	320.00–347.50	337.26
78	450–500	463	290.00–330.00	307.34
199	500–550	521	280.00–308.00	294.22
99	550–600	565	272.00–299.00	281.33
286	600–650	623	265.00–283.00	270.36
328	650–700	674	259.00–276.00	262.94
372	700–750	728	250.00–266.00	258.55
355	750–800	782	249.00–257.75	255.19
528	800–850	822	243.00–256.00	249.03
454	850–900	870	239.50–251.00	242.22
220	900–950	914	230.00–237.00	235.02
78	950–1000	967	233.50–235.00	233.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	332	325.00–330.00	326.82
19	350–400	386	315.00–340.00	335.13
54	400–450	427	270.00–315.00	290.74
25	450–500	458	265.00–287.00	273.03
124	500–550	526	250.00–277.00	263.72
197	550–600	578	245.00–271.00	262.17
178	600–650	619	235.00–265.00	255.05
42	650–700	671	239.00–258.00	254.02
35	700–750	722	236.00–247.00	240.54
49	750–800	775	243.00–248.00	245.68
62	800–850	845	238.00–240.50	240.15
74	850–900	876	228.00–238.00	233.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	383	310.00	310.00
7	400–450	428	255.00	255.00
11	450–500	479	250.00–255.00	252.64
5	500–550	509	245.00	245.00
44	550–600	579	232.00–242.00	239.45
10	750–800	772	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	640	263.50	263.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	514	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	379	255.00–270.00	264.88
29	400–450	421	230.00–240.00	233.49
59	450–500	485	221.00–240.00	233.80
20	500–550	517	210.00–222.00	218.65
38	550–600	569	202.00–220.00	210.40
8	600–650	610	210.00–215.00	213.13
27	650–700	670	211.00–216.00	214.06
6	700–750	703	205.00	205.00
7	850–900	860	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	388	315.00	315.00
35	400–450	429	280.00–303.00	292.18
31	450–500	464	270.00–286.00	278.31
73	500–550	543	254.00–275.00	264.60
251	550–600	581	251.00–266.00	253.41
231	600–650	633	247.00–259.50	254.63
130	650–700	669	246.00–258.00	249.59
217	700–750	727	233.00–249.00	240.31
360	750–800	778	232.00–246.00	239.10
68	800–850	827	229.00	229.00
48	950–1000	983	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	300–350	333	285.00–290.00	286.53
27	350–400	388	279.00–290.00	281.41
103	400–450	424	248.00–272.00	261.22
89	450–500	487	245.00–267.00	251.92
215	500–550	521	225.00–252.00	243.33
71	550–600	581	226.00–248.00	238.32
125	600–650	621	220.00–245.00	232.87
118	650–700	682	226.00–243.00	238.88
43	700–750	719	215.00–231.00	224.60
34	750–800	780	215.00–226.00	222.10
28	800–850	821	220.00	220.00
16	950–1000	973	170.00–191.00	181.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	382	230.00–231.00	230.51
7	550–600	574	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	495	252.00	252.00
12	550–600	580	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	365	300.00–305.00	303.04
16	450–500	479	240.00–250.00	245.17
18	550–600	570	212.00–227.00	222.05
6	600–650	646	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	435	280.00	280.00
8	450–500	455	260.00	260.00
37	500–550	527	255.00–260.00	257.86
31	600–650	621	220.00–235.00	228.29
8	650–700	666	237.00	237.00
12	700–750	715	220.00–223.00	221.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	427	285.00–320.00	300.53
8	450–500	468	285.00	285.00

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.