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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 28

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Receipts

7,536 head

▼ 591 vs last sale 8,127▲ 4,856 vs year ago 2,680 · +181.2%

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 steady to 7.00 higher with the most gain on weights above 825 lbs.. Feeder heifers sold from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Supply and demand was moderate. Unweaned and non vaccinated calves continue to have substantial discounts along with non-worked bull calves receiving even larger 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 $276.98/cwt on 613 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −178.11 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$276.98

613 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$48.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.22

vs MO average

−23.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	288.94	1,580	327
Medium and Large 1-2	555	266.99	1,483	246
Medium and Large 2	551	240.59	1,325	40

One grade step is worth $48.35/cwt here — about $255 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 sale613 hd

276.98

—

MO average17 barns · 2,567 hd

282.20

−5.22

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−23.71

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−178.11

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 1-2	338	324.26/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,096	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	291.96/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,121	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	411	283.09/cwt	270.00–315.00	1,163	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	330.02/cwt	320.00–347.00	1,442	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	437	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,385	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	303.49/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,442	58
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	250.92/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,194	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	276.40/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,346	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	295.10/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,517	120
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	269.13/cwt	256.00–279.00	1,426	110
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	541	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,407	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	241.96/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,365	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	285.37/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,615	207
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	267.15/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,539	110
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	591	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,513	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	272.39/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,702	162
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	256.17/cwt	239.00–264.00	1,609	178
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	636	243.10/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,546	77
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	654	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,615	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	263.57/cwt	259.00–272.00	1,755	291
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	245.27/cwt	235.00–257.00	1,673	115
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	692	228.01/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,578	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	234.65/cwt	225.00–247.00	1,699	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	256.44/cwt	249.00–264.00	1,867	214
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	738	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,875	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	241.47/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,881	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	256.11/cwt	249.50–269.00	2,003	462
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	251.85/cwt	244.00–254.85	2,075	440
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	237.53/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,981	75
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	250.31/cwt	244.25–256.75	2,173	298
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	869	244.06/cwt	243.00–244.50	2,121	138
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	239.04/cwt	235.00–241.50	2,170	338
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,218	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	888	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	279.50/cwt	275.00–285.00	931	23
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	258.94/cwt	245.00–265.00	943	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	231.94/cwt	220.00–240.00	967	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	259.31/cwt	243.00–270.00	1,099	48
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	289.33/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,230	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	255.25/cwt	242.00–264.00	1,205	105
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	224.40/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,068	43
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	279.10/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,354	67
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	517	238.41/cwt	237.00–239.00	1,233	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	240.03/cwt	225.00–252.00	1,253	171
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	221.39/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,182	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	260.40/cwt	256.00–267.00	1,393	90
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	218.00/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,236	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	257.60/cwt	253.00–271.00	1,476	91
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	238.92/cwt	226.00–248.00	1,369	182
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	576	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,267	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	586	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,365	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	253.43/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,564	125
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	618	225.86/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,396	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	619	208.41/cwt	197.00–215.00	1,290	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	236.28/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,479	179
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	644	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,591	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,398	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,395	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	231.85/cwt	221.00–242.00	1,551	98
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	247.63/cwt	246.00–251.50	1,679	167
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	229.88/cwt	226.00–232.00	1,667	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	239.01/cwt	234.50–247.00	1,754	310
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	238.66/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,835	252
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	219.45/cwt	211.00–227.00	1,705	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	233.14/cwt	223.00–235.50	1,902	284
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	221.05/cwt	217.50–226.00	1,925	66
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,910	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	200.19/cwt	196.00–207.00	1,940	26
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,282	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	245.89/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,163	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,222	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	245.29/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,317	29
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	236.04/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,331	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	589	223.56/cwt	212.50–232.00	1,317	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	234.73/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,430	27
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	215.92/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,347	25
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	651	229.00/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,491	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,432	13
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	752	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,617	10

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 7,536Last week 8,127Year ago 2,680

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	338	320.00–330.00	324.26
31	400–450	411	270.00–315.00	283.09
53	450–500	487	260.00–285.00	276.40
110	500–550	530	256.00–279.00	269.13
110	550–600	576	250.00–271.00	267.15
178	600–650	628	239.00–264.00	256.17
115	650–700	682	235.00–257.00	245.27
47	700–750	724	225.00–247.00	234.65
29	750–800	779	230.00–247.00	241.47
75	800–850	834	234.00–243.00	237.53
138	850–900	869	243.00–244.50	244.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	437	320.00–347.00	330.02
58	450–500	475	290.00–320.00	303.49
120	500–550	514	280.00–310.00	295.10
207	550–600	566	270.00–297.00	285.37
162	600–650	625	265.00–283.00	272.39
291	650–700	666	259.00–272.00	263.57
214	700–750	728	249.00–264.00	256.44
462	750–800	782	249.50–269.00	256.11
440	800–850	824	244.00–254.85	251.85
298	850–900	868	244.25–256.75	250.31
338	900–950	908	235.00–241.50	239.04
10	950–1000	975	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
8	500–550	541	260.00	260.00
18	550–600	591	256.00	256.00
77	600–650	636	240.00–250.00	243.10
20	650–700	654	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	738	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	384	280.00–300.00	291.96
16	450–500	476	250.00–255.00	250.92
28	500–550	545	240.00	240.00
12	550–600	564	238.00–244.00	241.96
29	650–700	692	226.00–230.00	228.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	437	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	329	270.00	270.00
35	350–400	364	245.00–265.00	258.94
29	400–450	417	220.00–240.00	231.94
43	450–500	476	220.00–230.00	224.40
17	500–550	534	220.00–225.00	221.39
31	550–600	567	212.00–222.00	218.00
22	600–650	619	197.00–215.00	208.41
10	650–700	658	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	425	275.00–310.00	289.33
67	450–500	485	271.00–295.00	279.10
90	500–550	535	256.00–267.00	260.40
91	550–600	573	253.00–271.00	257.60
125	600–650	617	245.00–260.00	253.43
167	650–700	678	246.00–251.50	247.63
310	700–750	734	234.50–247.00	239.01
252	750–800	769	235.00–241.00	238.66
284	800–850	816	223.00–235.50	233.14
66	850–900	871	217.50–226.00	221.05
26	950–1000	969	196.00–207.00	200.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	517	237.00–239.00	238.41
16	550–600	586	233.00	233.00
40	600–650	618	222.00–227.00	225.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	333	275.00–285.00	279.50
48	400–450	424	243.00–270.00	259.31
105	450–500	472	242.00–264.00	255.25
171	500–550	522	225.00–252.00	240.03
182	550–600	573	226.00–248.00	238.92
179	600–650	626	220.00–243.00	236.28
98	650–700	669	221.00–242.00	231.85
34	700–750	725	226.00–232.00	229.88
39	750–800	777	211.00–227.00	219.45
5	950–1000	950	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	576	220.00	220.00
6	650–700	650	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	644	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	473	245.00–247.00	245.89
8	500–550	520	235.00	235.00
17	550–600	589	212.50–232.00	223.56
25	600–650	624	212.00–220.00	215.92
13	650–700	651	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
8	500–550	520	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	537	240.00–255.00	245.29
14	550–600	564	232.00–240.00	236.04
27	600–650	609	223.00–240.00	234.73
12	650–700	651	228.00–230.00	229.00
10	750–800	752	215.00	215.00

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.