Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2025-01-27

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jan 27

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Jan 20Jan 27Feb 3 →

Receipts

13,864 head

▲ 1,269 vs last sale 12,595▲ 2,549 vs year ago 11,315 · +22.5%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 8, 2026 Feeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 25, 2026

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs. sold 4.00-8.00 lower with heavier weights selling 2.00-10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 5 head of steers weighing 349 lbs. sold for 500.00/cwt.. 19 head of 523 lb. steers crossed the scales at 403.00/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 $333.51/cwt on 1,343 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −121.57 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$333.51

1,343 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

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

$62.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.33

vs MO average

−15.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	353.16	1,947	652
Medium and Large 1-2	550	317.28	1,745	630
Medium and Large 2	548	291.04	1,596	61

One grade step is worth $62.12/cwt here — about $350 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 sale1,343 hd

333.51

—

MO average15 barns · 4,151 hd

338.84

−5.33

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−15.15

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−121.57

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

81 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,745	5
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	362	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,086	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	358.68/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,331	50
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	407.45/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,516	55
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	431.99/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,624	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	411	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,490	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	413.77/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,767	106
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	364.66/cwt	337.00–390.00	1,564	60
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	468	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,872	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	367.41/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,727	93
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	394.26/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,865	89
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	325.09/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,557	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	519	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,905	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	368.80/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,925	224
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	523	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,108	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	334.13/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,764	273
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	295.59/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,575	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	541	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,661	96
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	342.77/cwt	319.00–365.00	1,954	360
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	283.53/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,627	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	576	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,872	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	303.44/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,748	261
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	326.35/cwt	310.00–341.00	2,017	660
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	296.47/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,880	309
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,770	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	298.50/cwt	285.00–315.00	2,018	604
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	277.00/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,917	58
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	265.71/cwt	243.00–275.00	1,921	175
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	281.76/cwt	275.00–289.50	2,046	463
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	734	278.10/cwt	276.00–280.00	2,041	67
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	272.70/cwt	267.00–281.00	2,130	1,323
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	264.70/cwt	250.00–268.00	2,070	75
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	269.16/cwt	263.00–278.00	2,229	935
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	253.81/cwt	250.00–256.00	2,104	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	265.78/cwt	260.00–272.50	2,320	312
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	887	250.04/cwt	233.00–259.00	2,218	214
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	254.18/cwt	250.50–264.00	2,341	352
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	946	249.50/cwt	246.00–249.75	2,360	71
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	249.56/cwt	248.00–251.00	2,438	102
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,003	251.69/cwt	249.50–252.50	2,524	26
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,074	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,470	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	339	345.41/cwt	337.00–360.00	1,171	33
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	350.31/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,321	37
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	373.08/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,444	73
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	414	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,002	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	360.29/cwt	343.00–380.00	1,517	97
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	329.26/cwt	316.00–342.00	1,396	68
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,194	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	339.91/cwt	315.00–375.00	1,621	215
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	303.94/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,459	383
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	258.98/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,277	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	319.34/cwt	311.00–350.00	1,638	441
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	294.14/cwt	260.00–307.00	1,541	230
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	564	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,664	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	295.36/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,707	590
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	274.06/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,584	104
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	280.55/cwt	271.00–297.00	1,753	923
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	265.66/cwt	248.00–273.00	1,671	135
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	270.24/cwt	264.00–287.00	1,808	654
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	676	228.86/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,547	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	256.43/cwt	247.00–262.00	1,759	75
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	235.38/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,695	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	258.87/cwt	250.00–263.50	1,879	219
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	254.57/cwt	244.00–269.00	1,955	241
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	230.16/cwt	216.00–237.00	1,809	38
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	243.12/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,989	87
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	231.65/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,950	28
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	241.04/cwt	235.00–244.00	2,116	70
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	213.62/cwt	213.00–214.00	1,884	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	241.57/cwt	241.00–242.00	2,201	56
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,002	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,094	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,477	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	374.95/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,545	24
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,624	21
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	292.75/cwt	288.00–300.00	1,669	31
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	277.61/cwt	277.00–278.00	1,760	21
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,816	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,963	6

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 13,864Last week 12,595Year ago 11,315

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	300–350	339	337.00–360.00	345.41
37	350–400	377	345.00–357.00	350.31
68	400–450	424	316.00–342.00	329.26
383	450–500	480	285.00–320.00	303.94
230	500–550	524	260.00–307.00	294.14
104	550–600	578	260.00–286.00	274.06
135	600–650	629	248.00–273.00	265.66
75	650–700	686	247.00–262.00	256.43
15	700–750	720	231.00–241.00	235.38
38	750–800	786	216.00–237.00	230.16
28	800–850	842	230.00–232.00	231.65
8	850–900	882	213.00–214.00	213.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	350–400	387	360.00–385.00	373.08
97	400–450	421	343.00–380.00	360.29
215	450–500	477	315.00–375.00	339.91
441	500–550	513	311.00–350.00	319.34
590	550–600	578	280.00–315.00	295.36
923	600–650	625	271.00–297.00	280.55
654	650–700	669	264.00–287.00	270.24
219	700–750	726	250.00–263.50	258.87
241	750–800	768	244.00–269.00	254.57
87	800–850	818	230.00–246.00	243.12
70	850–900	878	235.00–244.00	241.04
56	900–950	911	241.00–242.00	241.57
7	1000–1050	1,002	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
5	550–600	564	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	465	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	275.00	275.00
14	450–500	493	250.00–264.00	258.98
10	500–550	500	230.00	230.00
11	650–700	676	225.00–232.00	228.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	500.00	500.00
16	350–400	376	425.00–440.00	431.99
106	400–450	427	390.00–440.00	413.77
89	450–500	473	380.00–410.00	394.26
224	500–550	522	350.00–395.00	368.80
360	550–600	570	319.00–365.00	342.77
660	600–650	618	310.00–341.00	326.35
604	650–700	676	285.00–315.00	298.50
463	700–750	726	275.00–289.50	281.76
1,323	750–800	781	267.00–281.00	272.70
935	800–850	828	263.00–278.00	269.16
312	850–900	873	260.00–272.50	265.78
352	900–950	921	250.50–264.00	254.18
102	950–1000	977	248.00–251.00	249.56
26	1000–1050	1,003	249.50–252.50	251.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	350–400	371	340.00–370.00	358.68
38	450–500	479	315.00–335.00	325.09
38	500–550	533	287.50–300.00	295.59
23	550–600	574	280.00–287.00	283.53
9	600–650	646	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	350–400	372	390.00–415.00	407.45
60	400–450	429	337.00–390.00	364.66
93	450–500	470	340.00–375.00	367.41
273	500–550	528	310.00–350.00	334.13
261	550–600	576	290.00–320.00	303.44
309	600–650	634	280.00–307.00	296.47
58	650–700	692	260.00–284.00	277.00
175	700–750	723	243.00–275.00	265.71
75	750–800	782	250.00–268.00	264.70
22	800–850	829	250.00–256.00	253.81
214	850–900	887	233.00–259.00	250.04
71	900–950	946	246.00–249.75	249.50
5	1050–1100	1,074	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	411	362.50	362.50
96	500–550	541	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	468	400.00	400.00
16	500–550	519	367.00	367.00
33	550–600	576	325.00	325.00
67	700–750	734	276.00–280.00	278.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	523	403.00	403.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	492	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	356	415.00	415.00
24	400–450	412	370.00–380.00	374.95
21	600–650	634	277.00–278.00	277.61
6	650–700	680	267.00	267.00
6	750–800	764	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	570	288.00–300.00	292.75

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.