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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 31

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

10,052 head

▲ 1,115 vs last sale 8,937▲ 4,621 vs year ago 5,431 · +85.1%

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 under 800 lbs. sold steady to 10.00 lower. Eight weight steers sold steady with nine weights selling up to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 8.00 lower to 4.00 higher with the most gain on heavier weights. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. Over all quality was not as good as last week with many unweaned, unvaccinated calves in the offering.

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 $369.21/cwt on 824 head. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −85.87 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$369.21

824 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$64.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.38

vs MO average

+0.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	377.93	2,011	623
Medium and Large 3	526	347.50	1,828	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	343.80	1,903	178
Medium and Large 2	571	313.55	1,790	12thin

One grade step is worth $64.38/cwt here — about $221 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 sale824 hd

369.21

—

MO average17 barns · 2,526 hd

365.83

+3.38

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+0.20

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−85.87

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

73 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	310	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,643	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	453.03/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,500	22
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	386.80/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,296	13
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	470.02/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,607	101
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	419.54/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,607	52
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	451.43/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,733	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	428.08/cwt	418.00–442.00	1,828	142
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	395.61/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,693	137
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	420.70/cwt	410.00–427.00	1,830	35
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,580	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	414.09/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,909	100
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	383.19/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,824	94
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	526	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,828	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	379.25/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,010	583
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	350.93/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,870	97
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	358.67/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,019	40
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	313.55/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,790	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	335.27/cwt	322.00–350.00	1,938	81
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	337.90/cwt	322.00–350.00	2,122	180
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	314.35/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,974	62
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,959	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	302.43/cwt	292.00–311.00	2,057	114
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	323.62/cwt	313.00–340.00	2,210	296
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	310.42/cwt	306.00–315.00	2,220	178
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	294.37/cwt	282.00–300.00	2,164	200
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	292.71/cwt	284.00–307.00	2,263	371
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	279.24/cwt	274.00–281.50	2,184	188
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	284.09/cwt	281.25–295.00	2,332	782
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	275.55/cwt	270.00–282.00	2,298	447
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	271.50/cwt	268.00–275.00	2,346	237
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	893	262.62/cwt	251.00–267.00	2,345	224
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	262.19/cwt	261.00–268.00	2,386	446
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	2,482	175
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,019	237.64/cwt	232.00–240.00	2,422	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	329.55/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,064	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	407.88/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,326	43
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	374.28/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,261	35
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	408.40/cwt	390.00–428.00	1,523	93
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	371.13/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,410	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	341.80/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,313	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	376.88/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,587	149
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,281	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	337.99/cwt	307.00–356.00	1,460	118
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	362.18/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,691	130
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	332.42/cwt	315.00–347.00	1,586	295
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,504	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	309.22/cwt	285.00–322.00	1,611	100
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	334.44/cwt	324.00–343.00	1,746	176
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	291.46/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,664	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	317.63/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,826	622
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	300.45/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,851	171
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,503	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	283.12/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,767	134
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	267.17/cwt	262.00–273.00	1,801	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	279.42/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,886	400
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	269.37/cwt	267.00–279.00	1,926	165
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	251.84/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,856	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	267.61/cwt	259.00–276.00	2,050	271
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	256.43/cwt	250.00–259.00	2,021	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,163	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	844	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,916	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,059	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	940	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,974	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	221.87/cwt	217.00–225.00	2,134	18
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,960	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	346	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,471	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	369.77/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,353	19
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	408.17/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,620	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,764	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,658	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	314.84/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,817	22
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	5

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 Mar 31, 2025

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

Receipts 10,052Last week 8,937Year ago 5,431

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	331	440.00–460.00	453.03
52	350–400	383	400.00–440.00	419.54
137	400–450	428	375.00–420.00	395.61
94	450–500	476	365.00–395.00	383.19
97	500–550	533	325.00–360.00	350.93
81	550–600	578	322.00–350.00	335.27
62	600–650	628	300.00–320.00	314.35
114	650–700	680	292.00–311.00	302.43
200	700–750	735	282.00–300.00	294.37
188	750–800	782	274.00–281.50	279.24
447	800–850	834	270.00–282.00	275.55
224	850–900	893	251.00–267.00	262.62
17	1000–1050	1,019	232.00–240.00	237.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	335	370.00–400.00	386.80
5	400–450	439	360.00	360.00
12	550–600	571	312.00–315.00	313.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	300–350	342	460.00–490.00	470.02
14	350–400	384	445.00–460.00	451.43
142	400–450	427	418.00–442.00	428.08
100	450–500	461	400.00–450.00	414.09
583	500–550	530	365.00–400.00	379.25
40	550–600	563	345.00–365.00	358.67
180	600–650	628	322.00–350.00	337.90
296	650–700	683	313.00–340.00	323.62
178	700–750	715	306.00–315.00	310.42
371	750–800	773	284.00–307.00	292.71
782	800–850	821	281.25–295.00	284.09
237	850–900	864	268.00–275.00	271.50
446	900–950	910	261.00–268.00	262.19
175	950–1000	952	260.75	260.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	526	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	435	410.00–427.00	420.70
7	650–700	653	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	530.00	530.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	425.00	425.00
17	350–400	397	395.00–420.00	408.17
7	450–500	450	385.00	385.00
5	500–550	518	320.00	320.00
22	550–600	577	305.00–320.00	314.84
5	600–650	640	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	420	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	366	360.00–390.00	369.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	300–350	325	390.00–415.00	407.88
93	350–400	373	390.00–428.00	408.40
149	400–450	421	360.00–400.00	376.88
130	450–500	467	350.00–375.00	362.18
176	500–550	522	324.00–343.00	334.44
622	550–600	575	305.00–330.00	317.63
171	600–650	616	290.00–306.00	300.45
400	650–700	675	276.00–286.00	279.42
165	700–750	715	267.00–279.00	269.37
271	750–800	766	259.00–276.00	267.61
20	800–850	832	260.00	260.00
9	900–950	915	225.00	225.00
18	950–1000	962	217.00–225.00	221.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	320.00–340.00	329.55
14	350–400	384	340.00–345.00	341.80
5	400–450	427	300.00	300.00
5	450–500	493	305.00	305.00
6	600–650	621	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	337	350.00–385.00	374.28
25	350–400	380	350.00–380.00	371.13
118	400–450	432	307.00–356.00	337.99
295	450–500	477	315.00–347.00	332.42
100	500–550	521	285.00–322.00	309.22
73	550–600	571	280.00–300.00	291.46
134	600–650	624	270.00–286.00	283.12
57	650–700	674	262.00–273.00	267.17
26	700–750	737	250.00–252.50	251.84
33	750–800	788	250.00–259.00	256.43
10	800–850	844	227.00	227.00
4	900–950	940	210.00	210.00
8	950–1000	980	200.00	200.00

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.