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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Feb 10

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Feb 3Feb 10Feb 17 →

Receipts

7,533 head

▼ 4,401 vs last sale 11,934▼ 5,592 vs year ago 13,125 · −42.6%

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 9.00 higher to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold from 6.00 higher to 8.00 lower. The market is uneven with the desirable cattle very much in demand. Overall supply was heavy with moderate demand.

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 $331.13/cwt on 488 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −123.95 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$331.13

488 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$56.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.53

vs MO average

−7.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	341.87	1,882	259
Medium and Large 1-2	551	321.20	1,770	215
Medium and Large 2	589	285.00	1,679	14thin

One grade step is worth $56.87/cwt here — about $203 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 sale488 hd

331.13

—

MO average17 barns · 3,231 hd

340.66

−9.53

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−7.54

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−123.95

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

74 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	279	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,102	40
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	304	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,064	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	414.40/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,305	23
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,348	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	372.76/cwt	367.50–400.00	1,364	94
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	425.14/cwt	415.00–432.00	1,599	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	428.09/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,777	54
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	374.46/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,588	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,406	3
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	448	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,333	37
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	398.84/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,898	68
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	322.85/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,550	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	358.69/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,736	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	362.87/cwt	352.00–380.00	1,872	97
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	330.40/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,774	137
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	329.29/cwt	320.00–341.00	1,880	162
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	305.04/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,757	78
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	589	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,679	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	288.70/cwt	264.00–300.00	1,790	117
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	308.38/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,930	113
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	301.03/cwt	287.00–307.00	2,032	103
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	280.25/cwt	264.00–285.00	1,906	80
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	276.17/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,999	201
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	267.11/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,963	306
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	256.96/cwt	242.00–262.50	1,976	381
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	771	242.38/cwt	233.00–257.00	1,869	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	267.91/cwt	263.50–278.00	2,071	273
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	261.01/cwt	259.00–270.00	2,146	324
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	252.19/cwt	244.50–255.00	2,098	98
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	248.36/cwt	239.00–255.00	2,161	211
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	255.26/cwt	252.50–259.50	2,223	858
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	250.03/cwt	249.00–252.00	2,285	159
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	237.91/cwt	236.00–240.00	2,208	29
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,031	230.78/cwt	228.00–238.00	2,379	21
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,080	224.71/cwt	221.00–230.00	2,427	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	385.79/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,208	81
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	335.67/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,111	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	370.52/cwt	360.00–383.00	1,352	53
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	338.00/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,305	105
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	360.64/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,482	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	306.94/cwt	290.00–332.00	1,311	99
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	321.49/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,530	99
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	301.78/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,436	108
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	275.86/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,360	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	308.65/cwt	295.00–322.00	1,590	112
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	280.29/cwt	260.00–292.00	1,491	115
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,315	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	285.47/cwt	277.00–298.00	1,616	190
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	271.34/cwt	251.00–277.00	1,568	213
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	267.73/cwt	264.00–271.00	1,644	89
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	258.69/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,650	130
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,499	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	243.21/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,647	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,611	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	255.98/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,746	83
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	254.55/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,833	121
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	239.07/cwt	232.00–262.00	1,755	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	244.23/cwt	243.50–245.00	1,883	450
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	239.11/cwt	227.00–242.00	1,872	64
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,864	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,969	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	400.67/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,458	25
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,044	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,620	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,544	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,534	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	294.83/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,601	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	286.82/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,618	29
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,553	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,844	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium 2	592	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,462	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	616	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,694	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	686	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,715	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 Feb 10, 2025

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

Receipts 7,533Last week 11,934Year ago 13,125

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	315	410.00–420.00	414.40
23	350–400	376	415.00–432.00	425.14
54	400–450	415	400.00–445.00	428.09
68	450–500	476	380.00–440.00	398.84
97	500–550	516	352.00–380.00	362.87
162	550–600	571	320.00–341.00	329.29
113	600–650	626	300.00–318.00	308.38
103	650–700	675	287.00–307.00	301.03
201	700–750	724	272.00–283.00	276.17
273	750–800	773	263.50–278.00	267.91
324	800–850	822	259.00–270.00	261.01
858	850–900	871	252.50–259.50	255.26
159	900–950	914	249.00–252.00	250.03
21	1000–1050	1,031	228.00–238.00	230.78
31	1050–1100	1,080	221.00–230.00	224.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	250–300	279	395.00	395.00
7	300–350	337	400.00	400.00
94	350–400	366	367.50–400.00	372.76
36	400–450	424	360.00–385.00	374.46
40	450–500	484	345.00–375.00	358.69
137	500–550	537	310.00–340.00	330.40
78	550–600	576	290.00–318.00	305.04
117	600–650	620	264.00–300.00	288.70
80	650–700	680	264.00–285.00	280.25
306	700–750	735	260.00–270.00	267.11
381	750–800	769	242.00–262.50	256.96
98	800–850	832	244.50–255.00	252.19
211	850–900	870	239.00–255.00	248.36
29	900–950	928	236.00–240.00	237.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	448	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	304	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	426	330.00	330.00
33	450–500	480	310.00–335.00	322.85
14	550–600	589	285.00	285.00
25	750–800	771	233.00–257.00	242.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	285.00	285.00
25	450–500	493	272.00–280.00	275.86
6	500–550	548	240.00	240.00
10	600–650	646	232.00	232.00
11	650–700	677	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	300–350	313	365.00–395.00	385.79
53	350–400	365	360.00–383.00	370.52
28	400–450	411	335.00–370.00	360.64
99	450–500	476	317.00–327.00	321.49
112	500–550	515	295.00–322.00	308.65
190	550–600	566	277.00–298.00	285.47
89	600–650	614	264.00–271.00	267.73
83	650–700	682	255.00–261.00	255.98
121	700–750	720	250.00–260.00	254.55
450	750–800	771	243.50–245.00	244.23
6	800–850	807	231.00	231.00
13	850–900	856	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	331	320.00–345.00	335.67
105	350–400	386	320.00–345.00	338.00
99	400–450	427	290.00–332.00	306.94
108	450–500	476	290.00–313.00	301.78
115	500–550	532	260.00–292.00	280.29
213	550–600	578	251.00–277.00	271.34
130	600–650	638	245.00–263.00	258.69
40	650–700	677	235.00–254.00	243.21
50	700–750	734	232.00–262.00	239.07
64	750–800	783	227.00–242.00	239.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	280.00	280.00
15	450–500	487	315.00	315.00
13	550–600	575	270.00	270.00
6	600–650	616	275.00	275.00
12	650–700	686	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	364	400.00–402.00	400.67
12	400–450	432	375.00	375.00
10	550–600	591	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	592	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	461	335.00	335.00
10	500–550	543	280.00–310.00	294.83
29	550–600	564	280.00–290.00	286.82

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.