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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-09

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Dec 9

● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Dec 2Dec 9Dec 16 →

Receipts

12,223 head

▲ 2,608 vs last sale 9,615▲ 3,530 vs year ago 8,693 · +40.6%

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 from 7.00 lower to 12.00 higher with the most gain on lighter, high quality calves. Feeder heifers sold steady to 15.00 higher with the most gain on 3 weight heifers. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 18 head of fancy steers weighing 421 lbs. sold for 425.00/cwt. Demand for feeder cattle appears to be at an all time high. A yearling special was included in this auction with several thousand included 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 $308.99/cwt on 987 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −146.09 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$308.99

987 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

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

$73.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.22

vs MO average

−15.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	327.80	1,809	476
Medium and Large 1-2	557	294.56	1,641	472
Medium and Large 2	576	254.05	1,463	39

One grade step is worth $73.75/cwt here — about $346 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 sale987 hd

308.99

—

MO average18 barns · 5,818 hd

319.21

−10.22

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−15.36

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−146.09

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

94 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	293	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,172	19
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,209	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	416.66/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,354	31
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	368	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,601	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	412.88/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,548	49
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	381.12/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,460	55
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,302	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	389.43/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,636	149
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	421	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,789	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	342.66/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,460	62
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	299.63/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,294	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	365.29/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,750	232
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	340.27/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,630	178
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	526	359.13/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,889	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	300.52/cwt	270.00–320.00	1,584	172
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	338.55/cwt	317.00–360.00	1,791	180
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	561	304.08/cwt	298.00–307.00	1,706	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	316.21/cwt	297.00–345.00	1,802	258
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	290.27/cwt	264.00–317.00	1,669	281
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	254.05/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,463	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	601	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,689	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	298.43/cwt	285.00–316.00	1,853	379
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	622	300.54/cwt	299.00–302.00	1,869	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	274.40/cwt	259.00–284.00	1,720	296
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	277.58/cwt	272.00–301.00	1,849	353
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	682	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,637	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	262.48/cwt	251.00–271.00	1,793	338
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	252.10/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,825	546
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	262.49/cwt	258.50–274.00	1,908	323
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	731	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,813	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	759	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,875	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	250.67/cwt	240.00–255.50	1,933	387
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	775	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,000	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	263.91/cwt	257.00–273.00	2,064	154
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	247.11/cwt	239.50–251.75	2,044	587
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	256.97/cwt	252.00–269.00	2,133	447
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	246.47/cwt	241.50–261.00	2,144	263
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	237.93/cwt	230.00–241.50	2,113	289
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	237.01/cwt	233.75–238.00	2,185	551
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	955	228.55/cwt	227.00–229.00	2,183	80
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	234.92/cwt	232.00–237.00	2,276	104
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,024	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,314	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	297	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	906	9
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	299	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,106	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	316	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,232	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	358.01/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,156	51
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	341	321.68/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,097	23
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	309.77/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,174	85
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	345.17/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,312	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	311.92/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,335	181
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	288.28/cwt	267.00–300.00	1,234	63
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	307.68/cwt	290.00–322.00	1,461	239
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	275.41/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,311	97
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	498	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,394	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	281.49/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,475	248
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	257.58/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,355	141
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,251	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	277.64/cwt	264.00–302.00	1,583	269
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	257.51/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,481	318
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	237.24/cwt	215.00–241.50	1,376	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	249.39/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,549	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	628	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,570	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	260.37/cwt	251.00–271.00	1,643	281
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	230.71/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,465	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,597	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	263.74/cwt	251.00–272.00	1,759	305
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	669	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,646	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	237.87/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,613	77
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	709	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,510	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	252.96/cwt	239.00–265.00	1,821	439
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	232.48/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,683	131
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	243.01/cwt	239.00–254.00	1,876	77
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	229.88/cwt	225.00–235.50	1,784	175
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	217.37/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,780	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	232.71/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,922	136
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	856	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,892	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	227.08/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,960	84
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	220.13/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,986	85
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,244	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,277	25
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,366	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,597	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	488	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,488	24
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	499	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,347	25
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,482	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,683	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,439	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	256.45/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,675	18
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	704	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,630	10
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	229.33/cwt	224.00–239.00	1,738	14
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	861	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,817	14

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

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Receipts 12,223Last week 9,615Year ago 8,693

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	325	410.00–425.00	416.66
49	350–400	375	400.00–420.00	412.88
149	400–450	420	370.00–400.00	389.43
232	450–500	479	360.00–400.00	365.29
180	500–550	529	317.00–360.00	338.55
258	550–600	570	297.00–345.00	316.21
379	600–650	621	285.00–316.00	298.43
353	650–700	666	272.00–301.00	277.58
323	700–750	727	258.50–274.00	262.49
154	750–800	782	257.00–273.00	263.91
447	800–850	830	252.00–269.00	256.97
263	850–900	870	241.50–261.00	246.47
551	900–950	922	233.75–238.00	237.01
104	950–1000	969	232.00–237.00	234.92
23	1000–1050	1,024	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	293	400.00	400.00
6	300–350	310	390.00	390.00
55	350–400	383	350.00–395.00	381.12
62	400–450	426	325.00–370.00	342.66
178	450–500	479	310.00–355.00	340.27
172	500–550	527	270.00–320.00	300.52
281	550–600	575	264.00–317.00	290.27
296	600–650	627	259.00–284.00	274.40
338	650–700	683	251.00–271.00	262.48
546	700–750	724	244.00–259.00	252.10
387	750–800	771	240.00–255.50	250.67
587	800–850	827	239.50–251.75	247.11
289	850–900	888	230.00–241.50	237.93
80	950–1000	955	227.00–229.00	228.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	561	298.00–307.00	304.08
8	600–650	601	281.00	281.00
6	700–750	731	248.00	248.00
5	750–800	759	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	368	435.00	435.00
18	400–450	421	425.00	425.00
23	500–550	526	350.00–364.00	359.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	340.00	340.00
28	400–450	432	275.00–320.00	299.63
39	550–600	576	245.00–265.00	254.05
13	650–700	682	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	622	299.00–302.00	300.54
36	750–800	775	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	553	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	498	280.00	280.00
9	600–650	628	250.00	250.00
5	650–700	669	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	299	370.00	370.00
51	300–350	323	340.00–385.00	358.01
34	350–400	380	335.00–365.00	345.17
181	400–450	428	300.00–335.00	311.92
239	450–500	475	290.00–322.00	307.68
248	500–550	524	270.00–310.00	281.49
269	550–600	570	264.00–302.00	277.64
281	600–650	631	251.00–271.00	260.37
305	650–700	667	251.00–272.00	263.74
439	700–750	720	239.00–265.00	252.96
77	750–800	772	239.00–254.00	243.01
136	800–850	826	225.00–238.00	232.71
84	850–900	863	224.00–230.00	227.08
85	900–950	902	215.00–227.00	220.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	297	305.00	305.00
23	300–350	341	315.00–330.00	321.68
85	350–400	379	300.00–325.00	309.77
63	400–450	428	267.00–300.00	288.28
97	450–500	476	265.00–290.00	275.41
141	500–550	526	240.00–265.00	257.58
318	550–600	575	240.00–263.00	257.51
77	600–650	621	244.00–252.00	249.39
14	650–700	660	242.00	242.00
131	700–750	724	228.00–236.00	232.48
175	750–800	776	225.00–235.50	229.88
18	800–850	819	200.00–223.00	217.37
6	850–900	856	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	230.00	230.00
37	550–600	580	215.00–241.50	237.24
27	600–650	635	230.00–231.00	230.71
77	650–700	678	220.00–244.00	237.87
10	700–750	709	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	316	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	525	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	423	302.00	302.00
5	450–500	471	290.00	290.00
8	500–550	520	285.00	285.00
5	550–600	555	270.00	270.00
10	700–750	704	231.50	231.50
14	750–800	758	224.00–239.00	229.33
14	850–900	861	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	366	340.00	340.00
25	450–500	499	270.00	270.00
14	550–600	571	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	488	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	484	330.00	330.00
11	500–550	543	310.00	310.00
18	650–700	653	252.00–262.00	256.45

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.