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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Dec 16

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Dec 9Dec 16Dec 30 →

Receipts

7,325 head

▼ 4,898 vs last sale 12,223▼ 3,038 vs year ago 10,363 · −29.3%

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 uneven from 6.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 7.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Overall quality was lower this week. Supply was moderate with moderate demand. 24 head of steers weighing 421 lbs. sold for 405.00/cwt.

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 $312.13/cwt on 872 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −142.96 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$312.13

872 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$741

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$129.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.05

vs MO average

−14.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	329.32	1,783	531
Medium and Large 1-2	560	293.64	1,643	290
Medium and Large 2	539	255.67	1,379	35
Medium 2	521	200.00	1,042	16thin

One grade step is worth $129.32/cwt here — about $741 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale872 hd

312.13

—

MO average16 barns · 3,774 hd

316.18

−4.05

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−14.50

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−142.96

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

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

84 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	405.64/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,278	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,131	5
Steers	300–350	Medium 2	348	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,044	10
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	374	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,085	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	355.88/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,367	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,304	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	349.69/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,451	80
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	391.12/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,670	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	340.43/cwt	327.00–350.00	1,590	65
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,378	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	364.72/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,736	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	491	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,915	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	503	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,861	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	252.87/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,312	24
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	521	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,042	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	338.31/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,769	288
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	302.13/cwt	270.00–315.00	1,610	126
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	316.47/cwt	297.00–340.00	1,791	233
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	287.12/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,665	164
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	261.78/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,529	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	298.08/cwt	285.00–313.00	1,809	302
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	273.81/cwt	252.00–283.00	1,717	271
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	277.78/cwt	272.00–289.00	1,869	132
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	257.11/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,748	212
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	687	231.95/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,593	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	271.90/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,960	531
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,646	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	249.75/cwt	237.00–256.00	1,833	76
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	747	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,905	54
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	774	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,718	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	254.89/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,996	101
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	245.82/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,932	94
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	248.66/cwt	247.00–250.00	2,017	229
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	255.37/cwt	252.00–261.50	2,089	421
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	861	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,058	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	245.46/cwt	243.00–250.00	2,155	377
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	235.24/cwt	235.00–236.00	2,127	25
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	916	225.17/cwt	220.00–234.00	2,063	34
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,395	35
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	315	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,244	26
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	351.79/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,126	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	331.18/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,066	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	285.47/cwt	282.00–295.00	973	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	314.50/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,195	32
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	356.66/cwt	337.50–367.50	1,402	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	312.42/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,309	71
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	284.28/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,217	41
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	254.19/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,096	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	435	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	979	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	259.73/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,218	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	304.64/cwt	290.00–331.00	1,462	132
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	279.32/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,355	159
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	232.24/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,184	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	282.01/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,483	219
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	260.64/cwt	242.00–267.50	1,384	130
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	553	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,161	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	251.31/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,427	74
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	271.80/cwt	264.00–290.00	1,552	208
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	234.26/cwt	232.00–237.50	1,359	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	244.75/cwt	232.00–251.00	1,520	172
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	265.74/cwt	251.00–279.00	1,674	299
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	244.41/cwt	237.00–246.50	1,623	74
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	257.59/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,741	150
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	692	249.89/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,729	68
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	228.69/cwt	223.00–234.00	1,635	40
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	243.97/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,769	62
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	223.91/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,735	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,861	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,677	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	230.16/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,926	37
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	211.94/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,867	17
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	208.29/cwt	207.50–211.00	1,925	22
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,016	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,900	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,022	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,737	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,314	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2	388	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,183	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,336	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,458	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	293.71/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,545	18
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,496	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,643	10
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	704	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,619	10
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,832	16

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 7,325Last week 12,223Year ago 10,363

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	315	395.00–410.00	405.64
57	400–450	427	365.00–405.00	391.12
43	450–500	476	355.00–380.00	364.72
288	500–550	523	315.00–355.00	338.31
233	550–600	566	297.00–340.00	316.47
302	600–650	607	285.00–313.00	298.08
132	650–700	673	272.00–289.00	277.78
531	700–750	721	258.00–280.00	271.90
101	750–800	783	250.00–261.00	254.89
421	800–850	818	252.00–261.50	255.37
377	850–900	878	243.00–250.00	245.46
25	900–950	904	235.00–236.00	235.24
35	950–1000	962	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
5	400–450	414	315.00	315.00
15	450–500	467	295.00	295.00
24	500–550	519	250.00–255.00	252.87
11	550–600	584	260.00–265.00	261.78
14	650–700	687	225.00–237.00	231.95
5	700–750	722	228.00	228.00
5	750–800	774	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	350.00	350.00
25	350–400	384	345.00–380.00	355.88
80	400–450	415	325.00–360.00	349.69
65	450–500	467	327.00–350.00	340.43
126	500–550	533	270.00–315.00	302.13
164	550–600	580	275.00–295.00	287.12
271	600–650	627	252.00–283.00	273.81
212	650–700	680	245.00–270.00	257.11
76	700–750	734	237.00–256.00	249.75
94	750–800	786	240.00–253.00	245.82
229	800–850	811	247.00–250.00	248.66
33	850–900	861	239.00	239.00
34	900–950	916	220.00–234.00	225.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	348	300.00	300.00
15	350–400	374	290.00	290.00
16	500–550	521	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	700–750	747	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	450–500	491	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	503	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	355.00	355.00
6	500–550	508	287.00	287.00
5	600–650	618	242.00	242.00
10	700–750	704	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	388	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	424	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	526	285.00–300.00	293.71
10	600–650	632	260.00	260.00
16	700–750	730	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	341	282.00–295.00	285.47
29	400–450	431	250.00–260.00	254.19
21	450–500	469	257.00–262.00	259.73
9	500–550	510	230.00–235.00	232.24
7	550–600	580	232.00–237.50	234.26
6	750–800	795	211.00	211.00
6	1000–1050	1,022	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	320	340.00–355.00	351.79
35	350–400	393	337.50–367.50	356.66
71	400–450	419	300.00–325.00	312.42
132	450–500	480	290.00–331.00	304.64
219	500–550	526	270.00–295.00	282.01
208	550–600	571	264.00–290.00	271.80
299	600–650	630	251.00–279.00	265.74
150	650–700	676	251.00–264.00	257.59
62	700–750	725	241.00–246.00	243.97
10	750–800	782	238.00	238.00
37	800–850	837	230.00–231.00	230.16
22	900–950	924	207.50–211.00	208.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	315	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	322	325.00–335.00	331.18
32	350–400	380	305.00–327.50	314.50
41	400–450	428	274.00–295.00	284.28
159	450–500	485	265.00–287.00	279.32
130	500–550	531	242.00–267.50	260.64
74	550–600	568	240.00–260.00	251.31
172	600–650	621	232.00–251.00	244.75
74	650–700	664	237.00–246.50	244.41
40	700–750	715	223.00–234.00	228.69
11	750–800	775	223.00–225.00	223.91
17	850–900	881	205.00–220.00	211.94
6	1000–1050	1,016	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	435	225.00	225.00
5	550–600	553	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	650–700	692	249.00–250.00	249.89

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.