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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jan 20

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Receipts

12,595 head

▲ 2,569 vs last sale 10,026▲ 5,895 vs year ago 6,700 · +88.0%

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 sold steady except weights under 475 lbs. sold 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold from 2.00 lower to 8.00 higher with weights under 450 lbs. selling up to 25.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. At sale time temperatures were near zero with the market responding very positive.

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 $331.01/cwt on 1,050 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −124.07 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$331.01

1,050 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$58.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.92

vs MO average

−9.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	342.28	1,913	619
Medium and Large 1-2	563	318.31	1,792	387
Medium and Large 2	585	284.17	1,662	44

One grade step is worth $58.11/cwt here — about $251 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 sale1,050 hd

331.01

—

MO average18 barns · 4,251 hd

332.93

−1.92

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−9.93

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−124.07

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

75 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	298	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,326	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	457.60/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,506	42
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	329	410.75/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,351	22
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,224	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	427.88/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,609	53
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	404.11/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,560	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	372.64/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,584	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	413.80/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,767	67
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	444	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,643	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	341.37/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,526	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	387.47/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,840	194
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	360.74/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,724	166
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	334.89/cwt	319.00–350.00	1,614	96
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	361.97/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,886	200
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	332.37/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,762	147
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	332.88/cwt	320.00–359.00	1,921	419
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	309.70/cwt	274.00–320.00	1,806	240
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	284.17/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,662	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	315.60/cwt	306.00–332.00	1,973	558
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	626	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,941	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	297.30/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,888	252
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	293.33/cwt	283.00–312.50	1,971	590
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	277.37/cwt	263.00–282.00	1,903	247
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	280.96/cwt	275.50–284.00	2,020	418
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	272.36/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,994	161
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	269.79/cwt	264.00–279.00	2,075	535
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	258.84/cwt	246.00–268.00	2,009	442
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	254.03/cwt	241.50–256.00	2,086	429
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	261.14/cwt	257.00–274.00	2,147	436
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	257.67/cwt	254.00–261.50	2,224	118
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	248.98/cwt	237.00–251.50	2,169	49
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	250.39/cwt	244.00–258.50	2,279	301
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	944	244.25/cwt	244.25–244.25	2,306	168
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	244.37/cwt	244.00–245.00	2,370	199
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	993	236.95/cwt	227.00–239.00	2,353	29
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,015	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,446	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	373.26/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,239	97
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	330.62/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,098	23
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	382.15/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,399	40
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	342.18/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,263	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	382	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,375	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	315.70/cwt	282.00–335.00	1,332	137
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	366.21/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,571	103
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	331.50/cwt	310.00–362.00	1,581	439
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	292.49/cwt	278.00–305.00	1,410	75
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,220	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	522	310.50/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,621	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	313.54/cwt	297.00–342.00	1,646	427
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	285.01/cwt	265.00–297.50	1,519	242
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	291.36/cwt	279.00–312.00	1,669	374
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	266.51/cwt	257.00–274.00	1,527	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,406	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	278.01/cwt	267.00–288.00	1,729	568
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	258.81/cwt	231.00–266.00	1,628	90
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	635	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,772	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	247.99/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,642	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	264.30/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,792	383
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	247.11/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,772	46
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	254.79/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,834	388
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	242.54/cwt	238.50–254.00	1,853	236
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	236.87/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,848	213
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	241.65/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,977	222
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	224.46/cwt	223.50–234.00	1,890	109
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	233.95/cwt	233.00–234.50	2,035	67
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,040	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,286	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,629	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,758	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	259.67/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,649	25
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,793	9
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	450–500	Small and Medium 3-4	488	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	610	12

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 Jan 20, 2025

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

Receipts 12,595Last week 10,026Year ago 6,700

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	360.00	360.00
7	350–400	395	360.00	360.00
22	400–450	447	335.00–345.00	341.37
96	450–500	482	319.00–350.00	334.89
44	550–600	585	284.00–285.00	284.17
9	650–700	650	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	298	445.00	445.00
42	300–350	329	440.00–470.00	457.60
53	350–400	376	415.00–460.00	427.88
67	400–450	427	395.00–435.00	413.80
194	450–500	475	375.00–410.00	387.47
200	500–550	521	340.00–385.00	361.97
419	550–600	577	320.00–359.00	332.88
558	600–650	625	306.00–332.00	315.60
590	650–700	672	283.00–312.50	293.33
418	700–750	719	275.50–284.00	280.96
535	750–800	769	264.00–279.00	269.79
436	800–850	822	257.00–274.00	261.14
118	850–900	863	254.00–261.50	257.67
301	900–950	910	244.00–258.50	250.39
199	950–1000	970	244.00–245.00	244.37
10	1000–1050	1,015	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	329	400.00–420.00	410.75
25	350–400	386	380.00–410.00	404.11
33	400–450	425	355.00–390.00	372.64
166	450–500	478	350.00–375.00	360.74
147	500–550	530	315.00–340.00	332.37
240	550–600	583	274.00–320.00	309.70
252	600–650	635	290.00–307.00	297.30
247	650–700	686	263.00–282.00	277.37
161	700–750	732	268.00–275.00	272.36
442	750–800	776	246.00–268.00	258.84
429	800–850	821	241.50–256.00	254.03
49	850–900	871	237.00–251.50	248.98
168	900–950	944	244.25	244.25
29	950–1000	993	227.00–239.00	236.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	443	410.00	410.00
16	600–650	626	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	488	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	343	375.00	375.00
13	450–500	459	355.00	355.00
25	600–650	635	255.00–270.00	259.67
9	650–700	674	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	541	325.00	325.00
11	600–650	620	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	300–350	332	360.00–400.00	373.26
40	350–400	366	365.00–400.00	382.15
103	400–450	429	340.00–375.00	366.21
439	450–500	477	310.00–362.00	331.50
427	500–550	525	297.00–342.00	313.54
374	550–600	573	279.00–312.00	291.36
568	600–650	622	267.00–288.00	278.01
383	650–700	678	256.00–274.00	264.30
388	700–750	720	250.00–264.00	254.79
236	750–800	764	238.50–254.00	242.54
222	800–850	818	237.00–247.00	241.65
67	850–900	870	233.00–234.50	233.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	332	320.00–345.00	330.62
20	350–400	369	335.00–345.00	342.18
137	400–450	422	282.00–335.00	315.70
75	450–500	482	278.00–305.00	292.49
242	500–550	533	265.00–297.50	285.01
82	550–600	573	257.00–274.00	266.51
90	600–650	629	231.00–266.00	258.81
11	650–700	662	230.00–255.00	247.99
46	700–750	717	240.00–249.00	247.11
213	750–800	780	231.00–241.00	236.87
109	800–850	842	223.50–234.00	224.46
6	1000–1050	1,020	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	382	360.00	360.00
19	500–550	522	310.00–312.00	310.50
9	600–650	635	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	488	250.00	250.00
5	550–600	581	242.00	242.00

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.