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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Nov 4

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Oct 28Nov 4Nov 11 →

Receipts

5,403 head

▼ 2,133 vs last sale 7,536▼ 2,105 vs year ago 7,508 · −28.0%

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 625 lbs. sold from 10.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Heavier weights sold from 3.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 8.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

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 $268.43/cwt on 546 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −186.65 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$268.43

546 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,485

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$38.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.26

vs MO average

−33.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	277.65	1,543	256
Medium and Large 1-2	547	262.70	1,437	260
Medium and Large 2	583	239.43	1,397	30

One grade step is worth $38.22/cwt here — about $146 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 sale546 hd

268.43

—

MO average17 barns · 2,287 hd

278.69

−10.26

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−33.42

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−186.65

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

66 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	317.48/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,210	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	340.43/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,304	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	410	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,279	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	335.33/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,415	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	284.43/cwt	265.00–310.00	1,234	79
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	305.57/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,448	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	274.46/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,312	56
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	478	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,243	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	257.05/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,244	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,409	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	262.86/cwt	245.00–272.00	1,370	110
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	286.17/cwt	272.00–302.00	1,500	91
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	527	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,354	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	263.02/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,497	139
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	273.16/cwt	269.00–286.00	1,582	149
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	241.31/cwt	241.00–242.00	1,424	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	609	247.37/cwt	234.00–252.00	1,506	43
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	274.31/cwt	263.00–282.00	1,706	107
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	252.52/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,583	151
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	252.82/cwt	236.00–258.00	1,717	82
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	260.24/cwt	257.00–266.50	1,780	101
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	256.49/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,831	219
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	240.91/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,761	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	260.62/cwt	253.50–271.00	1,996	377
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	240.81/cwt	236.00–252.00	1,849	46
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	249.68/cwt	245.00–256.00	2,032	188
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	235.10/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,947	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	246.22/cwt	244.00–248.50	2,132	172
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	240.74/cwt	228.00–243.00	2,109	147
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	244.61/cwt	242.50–246.00	2,204	96
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,295	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	297.59/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,006	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	273.03/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,046	27
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	290.05/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,114	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	271.01/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,127	33
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	423	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,121	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	231.62/cwt	220.00–242.00	989	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	254.57/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,105	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	461	302.30/cwt	301.00–304.00	1,394	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	254.55/cwt	244.00–262.00	1,214	137
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	236.37/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,127	67
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	277.62/cwt	264.00–284.00	1,349	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	510	235.84/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,203	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	240.03/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,263	106
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	259.21/cwt	251.00–272.00	1,369	130
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	221.11/cwt	212.00–223.00	1,174	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	239.52/cwt	227.00–248.00	1,375	103
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	254.73/cwt	248.00–261.00	1,467	201
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	598	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,292	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	235.32/cwt	227.00–241.00	1,438	51
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	247.90/cwt	245.50–250.00	1,539	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	246.26/cwt	240.50–258.00	1,640	189
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	239.19/cwt	232.00–243.00	1,638	50
Heifers	700–750	Medium 2	716	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,310	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	236.05/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,716	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,746	100
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	233.74/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,795	342
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	223.20/cwt	220.00–226.50	1,830	117
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,751	21
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	221.38/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,922	36
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,019	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,773	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	485	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,125	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,326	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,400	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,316	5

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 Nov 4, 2024

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

Receipts 5,403Last week 7,536Year ago 7,508

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	383	330.00–345.00	340.43
19	400–450	422	320.00–350.00	335.33
40	450–500	474	295.00–310.00	305.57
91	500–550	524	272.00–302.00	286.17
149	550–600	579	269.00–286.00	273.16
107	600–650	622	263.00–282.00	274.31
101	650–700	684	257.00–266.50	260.24
219	700–750	714	250.00–263.00	256.49
377	750–800	766	253.50–271.00	260.62
188	800–850	814	245.00–256.00	249.68
172	850–900	866	244.00–248.50	246.22
96	900–950	901	242.50–246.00	244.61
56	950–1000	983	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	381	310.00–325.00	317.48
79	400–450	434	265.00–310.00	284.43
56	450–500	478	265.00–284.00	274.46
110	500–550	521	245.00–272.00	262.86
139	550–600	569	255.00–271.00	263.02
151	600–650	627	240.00–263.00	252.52
82	650–700	679	236.00–258.00	252.82
35	700–750	731	230.00–246.00	240.91
46	750–800	768	236.00–252.00	240.81
12	800–850	828	226.00–240.00	235.10
147	850–900	876	228.00–243.00	240.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	450–500	484	245.00–260.00	257.05
25	550–600	590	241.00–242.00	241.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	520	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	312.00	312.00
13	450–500	478	260.00	260.00
11	500–550	527	257.00	257.00
43	600–650	609	234.00–252.00	247.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	338	290.00–305.00	297.59
6	350–400	384	285.00–295.00	290.05
33	400–450	416	269.00–275.00	271.01
42	450–500	486	264.00–284.00	277.62
130	500–550	528	251.00–272.00	259.21
201	550–600	576	248.00–261.00	254.73
40	600–650	621	245.50–250.00	247.90
189	650–700	666	240.50–258.00	246.26
12	700–750	727	234.00–238.00	236.05
342	750–800	768	232.00–240.00	233.74
117	800–850	820	220.00–226.50	223.20
36	850–900	868	221.00–222.00	221.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	461	301.00–304.00	302.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	383	260.00–285.00	273.03
33	400–450	434	245.00–261.00	254.57
137	450–500	477	244.00–262.00	254.55
106	500–550	526	230.00–249.00	240.03
103	550–600	574	227.00–248.00	239.52
51	600–650	611	227.00–241.00	235.32
50	650–700	685	232.00–243.00	239.19
100	750–800	764	228.50	228.50
21	800–850	824	212.50	212.50
18	1000–1050	1,019	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	427	220.00–242.00	231.62
67	450–500	477	220.00–241.00	236.37
17	500–550	531	212.00–223.00	221.11
14	550–600	598	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	423	265.00	265.00
31	500–550	510	231.00–239.00	235.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	716	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	526	252.00	252.00
12	550–600	567	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	593	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	485	232.00	232.00

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.