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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Feb 17

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

2,970 head

▼ 4,563 vs last sale 7,533▼ 12,799 vs year ago 15,769 · −81.2%

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 unevenly from 8.00 higher to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower. The market was uneven as heavy snow and below zero temperatures are on the way tonite. Supply was light with good 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 $314.08/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −141.00 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$314.08

106 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$43.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.77

vs MO average

−27.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	320.32	1,793	55
Medium and Large 1-2	560	312.26	1,748	44
Medium and Large 2	538	276.43	1,486	7thin

One grade step is worth $43.89/cwt here — about $306 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 sale106 hd

314.08

—

MO average7 barns · 1,042 hd

338.84

−24.77

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−27.13

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−141.00

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

69 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,328	2
Steers	300–350	Medium 2	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	3
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	369	312.27/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,152	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	348.89/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,350	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,473	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	345.74/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,456	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	318.44/cwt	302.00–330.00	1,353	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	323.88/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,555	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	377.72/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,817	48
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	342.41/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,678	67
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	349.89/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,795	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,458	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	328.95/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,747	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,560	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	313.75/cwt	313.00–320.00	1,788	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	302.73/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,744	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	289.58/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,790	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	310.00/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,938	150
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	637	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,911	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,878	89
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	272.77/cwt	261.00–283.00	1,858	95
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	267.42/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,949	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	253.61/cwt	243.00–264.00	1,867	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	737	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,621	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	256.91/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,981	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	269.56/cwt	263.00–275.00	2,084	161
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	253.34/cwt	245.00–253.50	2,080	130
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	260.99/cwt	254.00–262.50	2,239	104
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,073	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	242.77/cwt	236.00–244.00	2,280	132
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	966	224.88/cwt	221.00–228.00	2,172	9
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,053	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,490	47
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	292	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	964	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	365.02/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,234	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	341.24/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,246	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	298.47/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,128	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,355	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	390	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,063	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	310.49/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,332	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,115	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	306.80/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,448	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	263.61/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,257	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	310.30/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,505	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	266.05/cwt	242.00–286.00	1,410	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	292.88/cwt	288.00–297.00	1,558	86
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,297	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	277.39/cwt	272.00–287.00	1,581	65
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	258.99/cwt	247.00–268.00	1,531	79
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	249.92/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,562	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	263.47/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,655	115
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	245.86/cwt	227.00–249.00	1,652	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	256.20/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,760	130
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	247.63/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,741	79
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	237.42/cwt	223.00–242.50	1,719	96
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	244.54/cwt	243.00–250.50	1,900	303
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	232.21/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,890	41
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	238.29/cwt	237.50–239.00	2,033	115
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,278	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2	391	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,251	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	317.89/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,529	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,637	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,390	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,678	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	270.95/cwt	245.00–277.00	1,653	27
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,749	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,605	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	799	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,718	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 Feb 17, 2025

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

Receipts 2,970Last week 7,533Year ago 15,769

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	362.50–375.00	365.02
9	350–400	387	350.00	350.00
13	450–500	485	310.00–312.00	310.30
86	500–550	532	288.00–297.00	292.88
65	550–600	570	272.00–287.00	277.39
115	600–650	628	259.00–269.00	263.47
130	650–700	687	250.00–262.00	256.20
79	700–750	703	244.00–248.00	247.63
303	750–800	777	243.00–250.50	244.54
41	800–850	814	230.00–233.00	232.21
115	850–900	853	237.50–239.00	238.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	292	330.00	330.00
3	300–350	325	330.00	330.00
19	350–400	365	330.00–350.00	341.24
14	400–450	429	295.00–315.00	310.49
38	450–500	472	285.00–312.00	306.80
22	500–550	530	242.00–286.00	266.05
79	550–600	591	247.00–268.00	258.99
21	600–650	625	230.00–260.00	249.92
14	650–700	672	227.00–249.00	245.86
96	700–750	724	223.00–242.50	237.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	390	270.00–275.00	272.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	378	290.00–305.00	298.47
3	400–450	446	250.00	250.00
15	450–500	477	250.00–272.00	263.61
2	550–600	552	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	387	340.00–360.00	348.89
16	400–450	425	302.00–330.00	318.44
5	450–500	480	320.00–330.00	323.88
5	500–550	530	275.00	275.00
2	550–600	557	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	737	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	400.00	400.00
8	400–450	445	390.00	390.00
48	450–500	481	370.00–380.00	377.72
10	500–550	513	345.00–355.00	349.89
45	550–600	570	313.00–320.00	313.75
150	600–650	625	305.00–315.00	310.00
89	650–700	651	288.50	288.50
12	700–750	729	265.00–275.00	267.42
161	750–800	773	263.00–275.00	269.56
104	850–900	858	254.00–262.50	260.99
132	900–950	939	236.00–244.00	242.77
47	1050–1100	1,053	236.50	236.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	370.00	370.00
21	400–450	421	340.00–360.00	345.74
67	450–500	490	340.00–360.00	342.41
16	500–550	531	310.00–340.00	328.95
28	550–600	576	290.00–311.00	302.73
27	600–650	618	277.00–295.00	289.58
95	650–700	681	261.00–283.00	272.77
26	700–750	736	243.00–264.00	253.61
11	750–800	771	250.00–261.00	256.91
130	800–850	821	245.00–253.50	253.34
5	850–900	860	241.00	241.00
9	950–1000	966	221.00–228.00	224.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
9	350–400	369	310.00–315.00	312.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	637	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	355.00	355.00
7	450–500	481	315.00–320.00	317.89
4	500–550	511	272.00	272.00
3	650–700	655	245.00	245.00
6	750–800	799	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	496	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	597	281.00	281.00
27	600–650	610	245.00–277.00	270.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	636	275.00	275.00

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.