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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Apr 14

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

8,398 head

▲ 5,141 vs last sale 3,257▲ 2,247 vs year ago 6,151 · +36.5%

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 675 lbs. sold 15.00-30.00 higher with heavier weights selling 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 625 lbs. sold 15.00-30.00 higher with heavier weights selling 5.00-15.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 18 head of steers weighing 500 lbs. sold for 418.00/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 $364.02/cwt on 931 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −91.06 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$364.02

931 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$49.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.04

vs MO average

−0.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	371.37	2,034	721
Medium and Large 1-2	538	340.97	1,833	186
Medium and Large 2	599	322.00	1,929	24

One grade step is worth $49.37/cwt here — about $105 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 sale931 hd

364.02

—

MO average14 barns · 2,412 hd

358.99

+5.04

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−0.74

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−91.06

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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	418.38/cwt	395.00–440.00	1,368	25
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	455.53/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,526	24
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	451.41/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,684	86
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	412.71/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,552	41
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,509	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	426.33/cwt	390.00–455.00	1,812	128
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	389.45/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,690	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	415.87/cwt	392.00–445.00	1,955	213
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	382.41/cwt	345.00–392.00	1,832	174
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	323.11/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,551	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	484	385.82/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,867	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,090	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	379.80/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,983	358
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	344.81/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,824	149
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	325.50/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,862	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	360.19/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,078	345
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	599	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,929	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	616	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,478	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	621	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,093	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	343.01/cwt	323.00–360.00	2,147	342
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	314.35/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,977	93
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	329.00/cwt	305.00–343.00	2,198	241
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	295.64/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,999	51
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	306.77/cwt	285.00–321.00	2,209	223
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,029	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	294.29/cwt	278.00–317.00	2,290	86
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,178	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	275.95/cwt	265.00–285.75	2,301	294
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	288.45/cwt	282.00–292.10	2,417	782
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	259.77/cwt	254.00–267.00	2,244	112
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	272.92/cwt	267.00–278.00	2,374	81
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	269.12/cwt	264.75–278.00	2,479	199
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,459	40
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,508	94
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	981	239.72/cwt	233.00–244.00	2,352	10
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,310	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	317	395.50/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,254	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	427.75/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,412	61
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	415.47/cwt	387.00–440.00	1,525	82
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	363.78/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,350	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	421	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,735	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	337.65/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,442	77
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	297.62/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,274	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	377.67/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,620	238
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	356.61/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,683	207
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	325.67/cwt	290.00–340.00	1,544	102
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,380	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	326.12/cwt	305.00–342.00	1,693	411
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	525	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,654	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	319.47/cwt	302.00–341.00	1,834	229
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	291.91/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,702	49
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	607	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,851	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	286.38/cwt	250.00–297.00	1,784	64
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	304.86/cwt	293.00–327.00	1,924	180
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	286.90/cwt	267.50–297.00	1,925	85
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	256.71/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,794	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	273.76/cwt	263.00–288.00	1,982	221
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	263.49/cwt	258.00–270.00	2,034	142
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	256.85/cwt	253.50–259.50	1,983	471
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	246.32/cwt	242.00–249.50	1,993	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,107	78
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	252.45/cwt	250.00–255.00	2,191	46
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,206	14
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,045	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	990	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,931	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,470	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,389	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	381.36/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,857	20
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,809	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,795	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	310.74/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,905	22
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,117	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 Apr 14, 2025

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

Receipts 8,398Last week 3,257Year ago 6,151

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	392	385.00	385.00
43	450–500	480	285.00–340.00	323.11
24	550–600	599	322.00	322.00
5	600–650	616	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	327	395.00–440.00	418.38
41	350–400	376	390.00–445.00	412.71
57	400–450	434	350.00–400.00	389.45
174	450–500	479	345.00–392.00	382.41
149	500–550	529	325.00–355.00	344.81
37	550–600	572	315.00–335.00	325.50
93	600–650	629	302.00–320.00	314.35
51	650–700	676	280.00–305.00	295.64
7	700–750	730	278.00	278.00
28	750–800	795	274.00	274.00
294	800–850	834	265.00–285.75	275.95
112	850–900	864	254.00–267.00	259.77
40	900–950	935	263.00	263.00
10	950–1000	981	233.00–244.00	239.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	335	450.00–470.00	455.53
86	350–400	373	440.00–475.00	451.41
128	400–450	425	390.00–455.00	426.33
213	450–500	470	392.00–445.00	415.87
358	500–550	522	360.00–410.00	379.80
345	550–600	577	340.00–375.00	360.19
342	600–650	626	323.00–360.00	343.01
241	650–700	668	305.00–343.00	329.00
223	700–750	720	285.00–321.00	306.77
86	750–800	778	278.00–317.00	294.29
782	800–850	838	282.00–292.10	288.45
81	850–900	870	267.00–278.00	272.92
199	900–950	921	264.75–278.00	269.12
94	950–1000	972	258.00	258.00
5	1000–1050	1,000	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	621	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	484	375.00–400.00	385.82
15	600–650	625	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	500	418.00	418.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	345.00	345.00
5	500–550	515	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	487	370.00–385.00	381.36
8	500–550	532	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	561	320.00	320.00
22	600–650	613	307.00–317.00	310.74
5	800–850	830	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	434	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	300–350	330	400.00–440.00	427.75
82	350–400	367	387.00–440.00	415.47
238	400–450	429	355.00–395.00	377.67
207	450–500	472	340.00–390.00	356.61
411	500–550	519	305.00–342.00	326.12
229	550–600	574	302.00–341.00	319.47
180	600–650	631	293.00–327.00	304.86
85	650–700	671	267.50–297.00	286.90
221	700–750	724	263.00–288.00	273.76
142	750–800	772	258.00–270.00	263.49
78	800–850	828	254.50	254.50
46	850–900	868	250.00–255.00	252.45
14	900–950	904	244.00	244.00
7	950–1000	960	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	317	390.00–400.00	395.50
42	350–400	371	340.00–380.00	363.78
77	400–450	427	310.00–350.00	337.65
102	450–500	474	290.00–340.00	325.67
49	550–600	583	270.00–297.00	291.91
64	600–650	623	250.00–297.00	286.38
14	650–700	699	255.00–261.00	256.71
471	750–800	772	253.50–259.50	256.85
33	800–850	809	242.00–249.50	246.32
6	950–1000	990	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	428	295.00–300.00	297.62
7	500–550	511	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	421	412.00	412.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	525	315.00	315.00
13	600–650	607	305.00	305.00

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.