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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-25

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Nov 25

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

12,019 head

▲ 2,919 vs last sale 9,100▲ 3,355 vs year ago 8,664 · +38.7%

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 sold 5.00-20.00 higher with light five weights up to 25.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-20.00 higher with heavy five weights selling up to 30.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The auction included a yearling special with several thousand of these cattle in the offering.

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 $303.23/cwt on 446 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −151.85 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$303.23

446 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

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

$77.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.61

vs MO average

−20.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	315.82	1,699	289
Medium and Large 1-2	548	282.91	1,551	147
Medium and Large 2	577	238.00	1,373	10thin

One grade step is worth $77.82/cwt here — about $326 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale446 hd

303.23

—

MO average15 barns · 2,944 hd

300.62

+2.61

National average38 barns · 6,986 hd

323.78

−20.55

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−151.85

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

71 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	304	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,186	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	383.17/cwt	370.00–425.00	1,452	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	352.56/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,368	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	286.05/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,121	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	355.83/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,487	45
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	311.39/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,345	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,234	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	462	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,506	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	308.72/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,473	68
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	332.26/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,592	130
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	322.24/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,676	183
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	292.99/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,544	89
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,613	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	308.40/cwt	278.00–321.00	1,761	87
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,373	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	267.44/cwt	252.00–275.00	1,554	58
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	267.17/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,670	240
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	288.92/cwt	276.00–314.00	1,823	271
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	257.90/cwt	245.50–266.00	1,736	65
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	276.84/cwt	266.00–286.00	1,877	288
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	268.96/cwt	257.00–283.50	1,937	417
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	251.79/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,841	153
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	264.83/cwt	262.50–273.50	2,039	356
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	252.51/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,949	165
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,688	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	261.08/cwt	253.00–277.00	2,133	1,264
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	245.68/cwt	225.00–250.00	2,019	388
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	259.89/cwt	244.00–268.50	2,266	1,302
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	245.23/cwt	236.00–249.50	2,138	296
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	246.76/cwt	236.00–257.50	2,260	686
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	239.21/cwt	227.00–244.00	2,208	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	238.98/cwt	232.50–245.00	2,337	457
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	978	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,259	28
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,021	233.01/cwt	229.00–236.00	2,379	251
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2	1,197	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,418	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	317.54/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,086	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	290.48/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,113	33
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	278.87/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,199	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	300.06/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,311	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	449	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,217	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	285.16/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,366	217
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,104	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	267.25/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,293	96
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	253.25/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,317	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	279.71/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,457	141
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	286.64/cwt	265.00–292.00	1,637	351
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	253.35/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,472	203
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	236.10/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,466	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	270.20/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,710	122
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	238.83/cwt	227.00–243.00	1,588	74
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	252.52/cwt	244.00–271.50	1,725	504
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	252.55/cwt	243.00–265.00	1,818	732
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	236.70/cwt	218.00–242.00	1,735	80
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	247.75/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,900	281
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	232.30/cwt	212.00–238.00	1,803	251
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	791	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,503	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	212.95/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,719	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	234.24/cwt	227.00–240.50	1,928	168
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	226.73/cwt	226.00–229.00	2,000	44
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	218.18/cwt	218.00–219.00	2,001	55
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	963	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,656	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	217.49/cwt	214.00–221.00	2,097	14
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,029	206.85/cwt	204.00–208.00	2,128	41
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	351	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,071	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,125	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,371	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	285.04/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,502	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,463	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,441	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,540	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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 12,019Last week 9,100Year ago 8,664

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	388	340.00–365.00	352.56
23	400–450	432	300.00–325.00	311.39
68	450–500	477	300.00–317.00	308.72
89	500–550	527	285.00–300.00	292.99
58	550–600	581	252.00–275.00	267.44
240	600–650	625	250.00–276.00	267.17
65	650–700	673	245.50–266.00	257.90
153	700–750	731	235.00–256.00	251.79
165	750–800	772	240.00–257.00	252.51
388	800–850	822	225.00–250.00	245.68
296	850–900	872	236.00–249.50	245.23
65	900–950	923	227.00–244.00	239.21
28	950–1000	978	231.00	231.00
12	1150–1200	1,197	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	304	390.00	390.00
15	350–400	379	370.00–425.00	383.17
45	400–450	418	340.00–395.00	355.83
130	450–500	479	320.00–350.00	332.26
183	500–550	520	310.00–350.00	322.24
87	550–600	571	278.00–321.00	308.40
271	600–650	631	276.00–314.00	288.92
288	650–700	678	266.00–286.00	276.84
417	700–750	720	257.00–283.50	268.96
356	750–800	770	262.50–273.50	264.83
1,264	800–850	817	253.00–277.00	261.08
1,302	850–900	872	244.00–268.50	259.89
686	900–950	916	236.00–257.50	246.76
457	950–1000	978	232.50–245.00	238.98
251	1000–1050	1,021	229.00–236.00	233.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	392	275.00–295.00	286.05
9	400–450	433	285.00	285.00
10	550–600	577	238.00	238.00
10	750–800	785	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	462	326.00	326.00
19	550–600	560	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	660	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	310.00	310.00
7	450–500	481	285.00	285.00
6	500–550	542	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	664	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	351	305.00	305.00
9	650–700	661	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	527	280.00–292.00	285.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	342	305.00–325.00	317.54
44	400–450	437	290.00–335.00	300.06
217	450–500	479	275.00–320.00	285.16
141	500–550	521	265.00–295.00	279.71
351	550–600	571	265.00–292.00	286.64
122	600–650	633	250.00–280.00	270.20
504	650–700	683	244.00–271.50	252.52
732	700–750	720	243.00–265.00	252.55
281	750–800	767	240.00–260.00	247.75
168	800–850	823	227.00–240.50	234.24
44	850–900	882	226.00–229.00	226.73
55	900–950	917	218.00–219.00	218.18
14	950–1000	964	214.00–221.00	217.49
41	1000–1050	1,029	204.00–208.00	206.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	480	230.00	230.00
13	750–800	791	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	350–400	383	275.00–300.00	290.48
25	400–450	430	275.00–285.00	278.87
96	450–500	484	255.00–275.00	267.25
43	500–550	520	230.00–260.00	253.25
203	550–600	581	240.00–265.00	253.35
53	600–650	621	220.00–244.00	236.10
74	650–700	665	227.00–243.00	238.83
80	700–750	733	218.00–242.00	236.70
251	750–800	776	212.00–238.00	232.30
10	800–850	807	205.00–225.00	212.95
5	950–1000	963	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	449	271.00	271.00

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.