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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, May 12

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

9,196 head

▲ 1,832 vs last sale 7,364▲ 2,510 vs year ago 6,686 · +37.5%

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 625 lbs. sold 10.00-25.00 higher with heavier weights selling 3.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 625 lbs. sold 4.00-15.00 higher with heavier weights selling from 4.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. A high percentage of the offering was high quality. 17 head of steers weighing from 322 lbs. to 332 lbs. sold for 570.00/cwt. to 580.00/cwt.. 8 head of steers weighing 455 lbs. sold for 500.00/cwt. and 14 head of steers weighing 535 lbs. sold for 450.00/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 $396.26/cwt on 1,032 head. That ranks 10 of 34 comparable sales and sits −58.83 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$396.26

1,032 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$81.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.44

vs MO average

+11.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	404.50	2,230	710
Medium and Large 1-2	553	380.03	2,100	311
Medium and Large 2	597	323.16	1,929	11thin

One grade step is worth $81.34/cwt here — about $301 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 sale1,032 hd

396.26

—

MO average17 barns · 5,113 hd

388.82

+7.44

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+11.66

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−58.83

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

75 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	325	576.99/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,875	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	542.19/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,800	28
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	433.37/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,673	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	480.26/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,859	82
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	399	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,436	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	463.62/cwt	438.00–480.00	1,966	72
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	420.65/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,834	63
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	455	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,275	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	452.85/cwt	425.00–490.00	2,119	180
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	403.42/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,928	155
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	511	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,182	82
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	422.41/cwt	401.00–450.00	2,218	221
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	393.10/cwt	370.00–402.00	2,091	153
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	548	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,329	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	570	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,234	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	390.16/cwt	375.00–425.00	2,240	389
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	364.29/cwt	335.00–375.00	2,091	150
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	597	323.16/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,929	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	373.17/cwt	355.00–405.00	2,310	258
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	344.63/cwt	325.00–353.00	2,161	166
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	347.59/cwt	331.00–366.00	2,322	283
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	318.53/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,163	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	309.23/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,245	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	323.23/cwt	316.00–335.00	2,350	280
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	727	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,290	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	305.40/cwt	300.00–327.00	2,355	152
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,217	133
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	299.61/cwt	298.50–306.00	2,406	464
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	291.42/cwt	285.00–297.00	2,390	190
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	291.26/cwt	285.00–301.00	2,516	351
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	285.37/cwt	285.00–285.50	2,506	43
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	924	275.04/cwt	267.00–277.50	2,541	61
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	277.06/cwt	276.00–287.00	2,563	181
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	269.56/cwt	268.50–286.00	2,574	165
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,023	256.26/cwt	254.50–259.00	2,622	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	306	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,392	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,496	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	446.02/cwt	415.00–465.00	1,650	127
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	388.85/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,489	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	375.30/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,591	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,293	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	417.10/cwt	385.00–435.00	1,789	157
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	390.78/cwt	370.00–445.00	1,841	272
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	356.26/cwt	340.00–368.00	1,710	122
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	497	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,700	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	365.72/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,905	355
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	332.34/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,765	180
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	340.04/cwt	321.00–365.00	1,942	524
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	315.49/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,820	93
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	286.85/cwt	270.00–318.00	1,767	59
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	319.55/cwt	302.00–330.00	1,984	417
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	305.92/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,071	126
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	292.87/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,994	67
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	304.00/cwt	277.00–317.00	2,174	158
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	278.14/cwt	255.00–288.00	2,022	45
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	282.95/cwt	272.00–287.00	2,165	110
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,630	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	274.69/cwt	265.00–276.50	2,283	251
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	859	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,173	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	253.71/cwt	253.50–258.00	2,182	171
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,308	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	947	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,320	12
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,402	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	466.53/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,731	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	419.51/cwt	415.00–423.00	1,942	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,699	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	364.98/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,730	29
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	391.84/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,002	28
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	331.48/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,916	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	368.59/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,171	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	597	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,970	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	327.41/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,000	39
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,813	7
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,175	8
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	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 May 12, 2025

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

Receipts 9,196Last week 7,364Year ago 6,686

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	435.00	435.00
24	350–400	383	380.00–400.00	388.85
22	400–450	424	360.00–380.00	375.30
122	450–500	480	340.00–368.00	356.26
180	500–550	531	300.00–345.00	332.34
93	550–600	577	290.00–321.00	315.49
59	600–650	616	270.00–318.00	286.85
67	650–700	681	271.00–295.00	292.87
45	700–750	727	255.00–288.00	278.14
7	850–900	859	253.00	253.00
12	900–950	947	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	497	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	424	305.00	305.00
5	750–800	795	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	306	455.00	455.00
127	350–400	370	415.00–465.00	446.02
157	400–450	429	385.00–435.00	417.10
272	450–500	471	370.00–445.00	390.78
355	500–550	521	345.00–385.00	365.72
524	550–600	571	321.00–365.00	340.04
417	600–650	621	302.00–330.00	319.55
126	650–700	677	300.00–330.00	305.92
158	700–750	715	277.00–317.00	304.00
110	750–800	765	272.00–287.00	282.95
251	800–850	831	265.00–276.50	274.69
171	850–900	860	253.50–258.00	253.71
5	900–950	905	255.00	255.00
11	950–1000	953	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	474	335.00–385.00	364.98
17	550–600	578	330.00–335.00	331.48
8	850–900	870	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	472	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	597	330.00	330.00
7	600–650	636	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	371	450.00–485.00	466.53
19	450–500	463	415.00–423.00	419.51
28	500–550	511	385.00–400.00	391.84
11	550–600	589	355.00–385.00	368.59
39	600–650	611	320.00–335.00	327.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	332	530.00–560.00	542.19
82	350–400	387	450.00–500.00	480.26
72	400–450	424	438.00–480.00	463.62
180	450–500	468	425.00–490.00	452.85
221	500–550	525	401.00–450.00	422.41
389	550–600	574	375.00–425.00	390.16
258	600–650	619	355.00–405.00	373.17
283	650–700	668	331.00–366.00	347.59
280	700–750	727	316.00–335.00	323.23
152	750–800	771	300.00–327.00	305.40
464	800–850	803	298.50–306.00	299.61
351	850–900	864	285.00–301.00	291.26
181	900–950	925	276.00–287.00	277.06
165	950–1000	955	268.50–286.00	269.56
26	1000–1050	1,023	254.50–259.00	256.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	386	425.00–440.00	433.37
63	400–450	436	400.00–435.00	420.65
155	450–500	478	380.00–425.00	403.42
153	500–550	532	370.00–402.00	393.10
150	550–600	574	335.00–375.00	364.29
166	600–650	627	325.00–353.00	344.63
67	650–700	679	310.00–322.00	318.53
21	700–750	726	305.00–315.00	309.23
133	750–800	799	277.50	277.50
190	800–850	820	285.00–297.00	291.42
43	850–900	878	285.00–285.50	285.37
61	900–950	924	267.00–277.50	275.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	597	315.00–330.00	323.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	399	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	548	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	455	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	325	570.00–580.00	576.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	727	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
82	500–550	511	427.00	427.00
18	550–600	570	392.00	392.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	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.