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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Apr 7

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

3,257 head

▼ 6,795 vs last sale 10,052▼ 3,362 vs year ago 6,619 · −50.8%

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 530 lbs. sold 10.00-25.00 lower, with weights from 530 lbs. to 725 lbs. selling 10.00-15.00 lower. Steers over 725 lbs. sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 525 lbs. sold 15.00-30.00 lower with heavier weight selling 5.00-15.00 lower. Supply was light with moderate demand. Overall quality of the offering was considerably lower than last week.

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 $326.69/cwt on 355 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −128.39 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$326.69

355 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

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

$63.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.75

vs MO average

−27.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	338.32	1,830	168
Medium and Large 1-2	537	318.36	1,710	178
Medium and Large 2	539	274.49	1,479	9thin

One grade step is worth $63.83/cwt here — about $351 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 sale355 hd

326.69

—

MO average17 barns · 1,997 hd

361.44

−34.75

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−27.61

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−128.39

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

70 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	301	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,355	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	475.08/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,477	36
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,221	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	442.21/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,596	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	420.60/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,573	46
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,512	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	393.15/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,683	54
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	376.55/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,619	60
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	380.88/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,763	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	332.51/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,559	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	358.04/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,697	72
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	496	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,637	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	281.73/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,440	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	318.86/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,680	135
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	338.93/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,800	124
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	336.59/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,915	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	316.77/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,802	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,547	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	320.37/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,961	59
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	296.55/cwt	287.00–310.00	1,868	71
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	285.70/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,937	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	301.00/cwt	300.00–302.00	2,053	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	291.58/cwt	288.00–293.50	2,140	104
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,029	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	283.71/cwt	276.00–294.00	2,156	184
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	270.97/cwt	267.50–273.00	2,122	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	270.04/cwt	259.00–273.00	2,201	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	278.90/cwt	278.00–279.00	2,284	82
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,253	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,192	16
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,308	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	258.77/cwt	258.50–259.50	2,350	78
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	297	439.35/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,305	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	402.10/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,255	22
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	358.63/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,205	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	346.98/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,308	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	368.89/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,402	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	393	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,258	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	319.32/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,363	67
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	347.89/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,489	78
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	285.87/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,252	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	324.95/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,521	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	278.57/cwt	260.00–305.00	1,309	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	306.25/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,461	81
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	284.09/cwt	260.00–297.00	1,491	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	309.18/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,632	79
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	286.60/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,639	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,433	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	299.76/cwt	298.00–306.00	1,730	137
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	269.62/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,653	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	284.01/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,781	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	270.65/cwt	267.00–281.00	1,838	229
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	262.53/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,811	151
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	247.48/cwt	239.00–258.00	1,784	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	256.25/cwt	253.00–262.00	1,850	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,021	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	244.94/cwt	229.00–249.00	1,918	32
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	244.85/cwt	244.00–246.00	2,044	63
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,090	65
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,049	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,078	12
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,013	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,117	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,498	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,651	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,778	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	286.00/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,828	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,646	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,822	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	758	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,683	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,047	26

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 Apr 7, 2025

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

Receipts 3,257Last week 10,052Year ago 6,619

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	311	460.00–500.00	475.08
15	350–400	361	430.00–450.00	442.21
54	400–450	428	385.00–400.00	393.15
42	450–500	463	375.00–400.00	380.88
124	500–550	531	330.00–345.00	338.93
44	550–600	569	330.00–346.00	336.59
59	600–650	612	312.00–330.00	320.37
21	650–700	682	300.00–302.00	301.00
104	700–750	734	288.00–293.50	291.58
184	750–800	760	276.00–294.00	283.71
82	800–850	819	278.00–279.00	278.90
6	850–900	850	265.00	265.00
78	900–950	908	258.50–259.50	258.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	301	450.00	450.00
46	350–400	374	405.00–430.00	420.60
60	400–450	430	365.00–385.00	376.55
72	450–500	474	340.00–375.00	358.04
135	500–550	527	310.00–330.00	318.86
43	550–600	569	290.00–330.00	316.77
71	600–650	630	287.00–310.00	296.55
28	650–700	678	277.00–290.00	285.70
9	700–750	735	276.00	276.00
28	750–800	783	267.50–273.00	270.97
19	800–850	815	259.00–273.00	270.04
16	850–900	884	248.00	248.00
10	900–950	905	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	370.00	370.00
7	350–400	398	380.00	380.00
42	450–500	469	330.00–340.00	332.51
6	500–550	511	280.00–285.00	281.73
3	550–600	595	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	496	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	297	420.00–445.00	439.35
22	300–350	312	390.00–415.00	402.10
29	350–400	380	360.00–390.00	368.89
78	400–450	428	335.00–355.00	347.89
47	450–500	468	320.00–340.00	324.95
79	500–550	528	300.00–320.00	309.18
137	550–600	577	298.00–306.00	299.76
25	600–650	627	280.00–285.00	284.01
229	650–700	679	267.00–281.00	270.65
19	700–750	722	253.00–262.00	256.25
5	750–800	757	267.00	267.00
65	800–850	836	250.00	250.00
17	850–900	850	241.00	241.00
9	1000–1050	1,013	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	336	350.00–365.00	358.63
28	350–400	377	330.00–360.00	346.98
67	400–450	427	305.00–335.00	319.32
81	450–500	477	290.00–320.00	306.25
50	500–550	525	260.00–297.00	284.09
48	550–600	572	270.00–296.00	286.60
6	600–650	613	267.00–275.00	269.62
151	650–700	690	240.00–265.00	262.53
37	700–750	721	239.00–258.00	247.48
32	750–800	783	229.00–249.00	244.94
63	800–850	835	244.00–246.00	244.85
12	850–900	864	240.50	240.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	320.00	320.00
17	400–450	438	285.00–290.00	285.87
20	450–500	470	260.00–305.00	278.57
4	550–600	573	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	516	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	561	317.00	317.00
6	600–650	639	285.00–287.00	286.00
3	750–800	753	242.00	242.00
26	850–900	860	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	680	242.00	242.00
3	750–800	758	222.00	222.00

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.