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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, May 19

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

11,074 head

▲ 1,878 vs last sale 9,196▲ 1,270 vs year ago 9,804 · +13.0%

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 steady to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. Quality was off somewhat from last week. Lots of unweaned and non vaccinated calves in today's offering. The largest lot of the day was 457 head of steers weighing 919 lbs. that sold for 273.75/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 $385.41/cwt on 1,151 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −69.67 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$385.41

1,151 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$339

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

$74.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.65

vs MO average

+7.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	399.64	2,209	630
Medium and Large 1-2	560	371.72	2,082	482
Medium and Large 2	576	324.68	1,870	39

One grade step is worth $74.96/cwt here — about $339 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 sale1,151 hd

385.41

—

MO average16 barns · 4,185 hd

384.76

+0.65

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+7.36

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−69.67

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

85 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	506.46/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,626	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	460.64/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,529	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	463.81/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,684	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	430.10/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,591	41
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,380	5
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	384	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,190	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	467.04/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,994	242
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	426.40/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,838	83
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	438.59/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,075	202
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	400.61/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,911	210
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	364.08/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,762	78
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	418.07/cwt	400.00–447.00	2,199	210
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	380.78/cwt	340.00–400.00	2,022	197
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	390.43/cwt	375.00–407.00	2,210	420
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	324.68/cwt	307.00–335.00	1,870	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	365.46/cwt	340.00–373.00	2,120	285
Steers	600–650	Large 1	603	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,216	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	363.13/cwt	352.00–375.00	2,226	272
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	293.12/cwt	280.00–309.00	1,823	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	338.94/cwt	315.00–351.00	2,115	260
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	337.72/cwt	330.00–354.00	2,263	127
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	319.14/cwt	295.00–330.00	2,192	87
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	687	270.61/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,859	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	322.44/cwt	315.00–331.00	2,312	121
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	301.51/cwt	290.00–312.00	2,183	234
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	300.78/cwt	295.50–316.00	2,307	193
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	289.96/cwt	281.00–298.00	2,259	207
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	284.81/cwt	280.00–287.50	2,378	274
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	293.46/cwt	289.75–299.00	2,459	457
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	288.95/cwt	280.00–298.00	2,482	158
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	876	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,971	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	276.06/cwt	274.00–279.00	2,446	297
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	914	270.51/cwt	266.00–272.00	2,472	369
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	274.42/cwt	273.75–280.00	2,519	635
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	939	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,301	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	266.09/cwt	266.00–268.00	2,584	62
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	982	260.22/cwt	259.50–266.00	2,555	63
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	997	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,413	10
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,061	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,663	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	416.42/cwt	375.00–440.00	1,341	17
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	452.89/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,463	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,228	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	403.85/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,510	35
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	439.42/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,665	117
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	388	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,222	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	393	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,415	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	317.78/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,344	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	365.65/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,565	98
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	411.22/cwt	385.00–440.00	1,776	160
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	398.77/cwt	370.00–430.00	1,866	220
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	343.36/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,631	167
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	317.00/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,509	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	359.38/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,880	349
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	325.90/cwt	300.00–342.50	1,721	332
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	535	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,220	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	332.70/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,893	325
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	308.78/cwt	297.50–321.00	1,769	150
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	317.21/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,948	225
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	293.81/cwt	270.00–308.00	1,830	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	307.29/cwt	304.00–310.00	2,056	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	288.00/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,953	131
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	706	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,949	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	298.46/cwt	280.00–309.00	2,125	230
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	271.07/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,976	37
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	280.24/cwt	275.00–298.00	2,186	153
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	791	271.18/cwt	253.00–273.00	2,145	77
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	270.14/cwt	260.00–274.00	2,242	195
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	839	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,202	35
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	858	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,231	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	262.43/cwt	257.00–264.50	2,283	99
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	250.93/cwt	240.00–255.00	2,193	16
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	245.31/cwt	240.00–252.00	2,380	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	460.86/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,530	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,857	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,763	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,931	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	332.26/cwt	320.00–357.00	1,781	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,038	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	321.65/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,853	22
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	313.94/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,899	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,888	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	308.31/cwt	297.50–315.00	2,075	18
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,082	10

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 11,074Last week 9,196Year ago 9,804

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	332	440.00–480.00	460.64
41	350–400	370	400.00–440.00	430.10
83	400–450	431	400.00–440.00	426.40
210	450–500	477	380.00–425.00	400.61
197	500–550	531	340.00–400.00	380.78
285	550–600	580	340.00–373.00	365.46
260	600–650	624	315.00–351.00	338.94
87	650–700	687	295.00–330.00	319.14
234	700–750	724	290.00–312.00	301.51
207	750–800	779	281.00–298.00	289.96
274	800–850	835	280.00–287.50	284.81
297	850–900	886	274.00–279.00	276.06
369	900–950	914	266.00–272.00	270.51
63	950–1000	982	259.50–266.00	260.22
6	1050–1100	1,061	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	365.00	365.00
6	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
78	450–500	484	335.00–380.00	364.08
39	550–600	576	307.00–335.00	324.68
15	600–650	622	280.00–309.00	293.12
16	650–700	687	265.00–280.00	270.61
7	850–900	876	225.00	225.00
10	900–950	939	245.00	245.00
10	950–1000	997	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	384	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	603	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	321	500.00–520.00	506.46
25	350–400	363	450.00–500.00	463.81
242	400–450	427	440.00–500.00	467.04
202	450–500	473	430.00–475.00	438.59
210	500–550	526	400.00–447.00	418.07
420	550–600	566	375.00–407.00	390.43
272	600–650	613	352.00–375.00	363.13
127	650–700	670	330.00–354.00	337.72
121	700–750	717	315.00–331.00	322.44
193	750–800	767	295.50–316.00	300.78
457	800–850	838	289.75–299.00	293.46
158	850–900	859	280.00–298.00	288.95
635	900–950	918	273.75–280.00	274.42
62	950–1000	971	266.00–268.00	266.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	750–800	765	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	322	375.00–440.00	416.42
35	350–400	374	380.00–430.00	403.85
98	400–450	428	350.00–380.00	365.65
167	450–500	475	325.00–365.00	343.36
332	500–550	528	300.00–342.50	325.90
150	550–600	573	297.50–321.00	308.78
31	600–650	623	270.00–308.00	293.81
131	650–700	678	280.00–297.00	288.00
37	700–750	729	262.00–274.00	271.07
77	750–800	791	253.00–273.00	271.18
35	800–850	839	262.50	262.50
16	850–900	874	240.00–255.00	250.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	360.00	360.00
5	350–400	393	360.00	360.00
11	400–450	423	310.00–325.00	317.78
19	450–500	476	305.00–330.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	323	450.00–455.00	452.89
117	350–400	379	420.00–460.00	439.42
160	400–450	432	385.00–440.00	411.22
220	450–500	468	370.00–430.00	398.77
349	500–550	523	345.00–380.00	359.38
325	550–600	569	320.00–347.50	332.70
225	600–650	614	305.00–330.00	317.21
28	650–700	669	304.00–310.00	307.29
230	700–750	712	280.00–309.00	298.46
153	750–800	780	275.00–298.00	280.24
195	800–850	830	260.00–274.00	270.14
99	850–900	870	257.00–264.50	262.43
18	950–1000	970	240.00–252.00	245.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	535	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	388	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	858	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	700–750	706	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	332	450.00–470.00	460.86
5	450–500	452	390.00	390.00
15	500–550	536	320.00–357.00	332.26
19	600–650	605	305.00–322.00	313.94
18	650–700	673	297.50–315.00	308.31
10	750–800	757	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	576	320.00–325.00	321.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	427.00	427.00
12	450–500	471	410.00	410.00
6	550–600	566	360.00	360.00
11	600–650	609	310.00	310.00

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.