Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2024-11-11

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Nov 11
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Receipts
7,463 head
▲ 2,060 vs last sale 5,403▲ 20 vs year ago 7,443 · +0.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week feeder steers under 725 lbs. sold 5.00-20.00 higher with heavier weights selling from 8.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. Four dollar cattle are back. Seven head of steers weighing 386 lbs. sold for 400.00/cwt..

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $281.12/cwt on 773 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −173.96 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.
Average price
$281.12
773 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.43
vs MO average
−24.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558292.021,630501
Medium and Large 1-2548263.191,441243
Medium and Large 2587243.101,42729
One grade step is worth $48.92/cwt here — about $203 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 sale773 hd
281.12
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MO average17 barns · 2,249 hd
289.56
−8.43
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−24.32
This barn, trailing median34 sales
455.08
−173.96
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
519464409354median 455.0803/0204/2707/0608/3111/02
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

80 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322321.50/cwt315.00–325.001,03518
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0375
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373288.26/cwt285.00–295.001,07512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381341.76/cwt330.00–350.001,30224
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383364.15/cwt355.00–400.001,39587
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0466
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419305.47/cwt285.00–330.001,28029
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426343.83/cwt335.00–365.001,46534
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470329.96/cwt315.00–355.001,55156
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476299.05/cwt280.00–325.001,42398
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483261.47/cwt250.00–270.001,26326
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518301.63/cwt280.00–320.001,562181
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524267.94/cwt250.00–280.001,404121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned544243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,32229
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned572267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5275
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580263.10/cwt252.00–270.001,52688
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581286.59/cwt270.00–301.001,665320
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2587243.10/cwt235.00–245.001,42729
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621274.83/cwt262.00–290.001,707187
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned630250.17/cwt249.00–253.001,57624
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634253.78/cwt235.00–262.001,609124
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671243.69/cwt233.00–254.001,63586
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672271.68/cwt257.00–288.001,826285
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned689238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,64032
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720267.64/cwt253.00–284.001,927295
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732248.80/cwt235.00–252.501,821281
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769261.69/cwt252.00–266.002,012416
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776245.97/cwt232.00–248.001,909297
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815251.85/cwt247.00–263.002,053242
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835242.15/cwt234.00–244.002,02296
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872249.22/cwt247.00–251.002,17344
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2882236.47/cwt227.00–238.002,086120
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2883215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,89811
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1908234.89/cwt234.50–235.752,13388
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915219.61/cwt208.00–229.002,00911
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970228.09/cwt225.00–228.502,21268
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,12451
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,009220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,22061
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,115208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,3195
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,07326
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367284.76/cwt270.00–295.001,04536
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387320.25/cwt302.00–330.001,23916
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420265.37/cwt240.00–272.001,11578
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429290.78/cwt280.00–310.001,24784
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,03221
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472287.53/cwt270.00–304.001,357140
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483256.70/cwt242.00–270.001,240119
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1378
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned492263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,29422
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2508225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,14313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522268.72/cwt257.00–280.001,403180
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535242.16/cwt227.00–250.001,29649
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned567240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,36119
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575257.80/cwt250.00–270.001,482132
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582239.52/cwt228.00–247.501,394143
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2876
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624231.82/cwt220.00–241.001,44791
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625258.56/cwt245.00–269.001,616174
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672243.86/cwt240.00–250.001,63954
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674232.19/cwt218.00–241.001,56594
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718238.50/cwt235.00–245.001,712477
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730229.92/cwt227.00–232.001,678191
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787224.16/cwt211.00–227.001,76496
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2792207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,63911
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805226.11/cwt225.50–228.001,82029
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1868221.92/cwt221.00–225.001,92673
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905214.61/cwt200.00–216.001,94235
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2331280.00/cwt280.00–280.009275
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363265.00/cwt265.00–265.009629
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2414270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,11810
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2446
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2498252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,2555
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2501240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2028
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534250.13/cwt245.00–257.001,33638
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564232.26/cwt222.00–239.001,31018
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2624241.68/cwt235.00–245.001,50818
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3726
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2674231.05/cwt227.00–233.001,55718
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2706234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6528
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2765213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,62914

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.