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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jun 2

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

12,626 head

▲ 1,552 vs last sale 11,074▼ 741 vs year ago 13,367 · −5.5%

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 the sale 2 weeks ago, (last week holiday), feeder steers under 600 lbs. sold 5.00-25.00 lower with heavier weights selling steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. sold 3.00-10.00 lower with heavier weights selling steady to 8.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. Overall quality was down considerably from the sale 2 weeks ago. The largest draft of the day was 797 head of heifers weighing 818 lbs. which sold for 269.00/cwt.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.27/cwt on 1,448 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −71.05 against this barn's trailing median of $406.33.

Average price

$335.27

1,448 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$64.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.79

vs MO average

−2.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	344.97	1,859	882
Medium and Large 1-2	542	321.64	1,742	546
Medium and Large 2	553	280.00	1,547	20

One grade step is worth $64.97/cwt here — about $312 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 sale1,448 hd

335.27

—

MO average11 barns · 3,076 hd

340.06

−4.79

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−2.97

This barn, trailing median34 sales

406.33

−71.05

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.83, low $342.00, median $406.33 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

87 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	490.34/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,662	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	438.33/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,490	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	381.79/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,348	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	436.11/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,666	55
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	404.69/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,546	52
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	394	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,241	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	435.87/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,839	135
Steers	400–450	Medium 2	423	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,438	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	407.39/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,748	196
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	368.78/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,619	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	411.51/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,918	151
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	361.01/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,729	78
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	385.64/cwt	372.50–400.00	1,863	365
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	488	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,586	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	387.66/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,004	218
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	362.69/cwt	320.00–377.00	1,919	317
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	326.06/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,738	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,739	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	371.98/cwt	364.00–387.50	2,135	332
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	349.70/cwt	330.00–363.00	2,011	335
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	357.22/cwt	340.00–378.00	2,215	509
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	329.76/cwt	305.00–345.00	2,054	261
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	660	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,138	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	337.37/cwt	328.00–352.00	2,271	193
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	320.65/cwt	300.00–335.00	2,187	213
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	320.85/cwt	310.00–338.00	2,281	129
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	295.48/cwt	288.00–305.00	2,130	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	313.32/cwt	295.00–327.50	2,434	453
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	290.56/cwt	290.00–293.00	2,281	32
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,255	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	297.11/cwt	289.00–301.00	2,430	172
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	293.20/cwt	290.50–299.00	2,566	326
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	283.85/cwt	270.00–287.50	2,509	276
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	281.71/cwt	278.50–285.00	2,592	173
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	956	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,524	63
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	275.26/cwt	272.00–282.00	2,681	21
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,024	261.49/cwt	261.00–262.00	2,678	99
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,041	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,707	25
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,050	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,741	44
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	353.06/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,123	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	403.95/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,313	32
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	434.73/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,430	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	366	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	988	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	398.04/cwt	385.00–407.50	1,509	68
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,379	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	423.99/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,628	99
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	403.44/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,723	151
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	357.63/cwt	332.00–380.00	1,556	149
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,401	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	380.89/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,802	192
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	350.82/cwt	315.00–365.00	1,680	297
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	321.39/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,578	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	355.78/cwt	342.00–382.00	1,832	518
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	279.39/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,458	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	326.69/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,712	341
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	280.33/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,595	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	313.23/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,789	205
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	329.58/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,888	364
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	318.56/cwt	307.00–340.00	1,991	358
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	300.08/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,900	69
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Spayed	634	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,010	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,672	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	306.79/cwt	299.00–330.00	2,083	253
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	289.01/cwt	270.00–294.00	1,983	260
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	691	255.45/cwt	242.00–260.00	1,765	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	288.79/cwt	255.00–296.00	2,062	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	290.32/cwt	280.00–293.00	2,114	141
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,356	94
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	271.71/cwt	257.00–274.00	2,111	66
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	267.80/cwt	254.50–269.00	2,193	883
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	277.03/cwt	272.50–283.00	2,280	402
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	836	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,224	54
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	265.05/cwt	261.50–274.00	2,290	50
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	240.40/cwt	230.00–245.00	2,106	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,368	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	976	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,196	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,002	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,525	263
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,041	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,389	30
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2	393	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,336	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,672	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	343.88/cwt	337.00–352.00	1,778	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,779	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	345.64/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,967	25
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,038	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	295.01/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,891	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,860	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,849	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 Jun 2, 2025

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

Receipts 12,626Last week 11,074Year ago 13,367

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	325	380.00–430.00	403.95
68	350–400	379	385.00–407.50	398.04
149	400–450	435	332.00–380.00	357.63
297	450–500	479	315.00–365.00	350.82
341	500–550	524	305.00–340.00	326.69
205	550–600	571	300.00–319.00	313.23
69	600–650	633	285.00–310.00	300.08
260	650–700	686	270.00–294.00	289.01
37	700–750	714	255.00–296.00	288.79
66	750–800	777	257.00–274.00	271.71
883	800–850	819	254.50–269.00	267.80
10	850–900	876	230.00–245.00	240.40
5	950–1000	976	225.00	225.00
30	1000–1050	1,041	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	800–850	836	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	318	340.00–375.00	353.06
7	350–400	383	360.00	360.00
8	400–450	435	322.00	322.00
54	450–500	491	300.00–330.00	321.39
7	500–550	522	275.00–285.00	279.39
13	550–600	569	270.00–285.00	280.33
9	600–650	643	260.00	260.00
20	650–700	691	242.00–260.00	255.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	329	425.00–450.00	434.73
99	350–400	384	405.00–450.00	423.99
151	400–450	427	385.00–430.00	403.44
192	450–500	473	370.00–415.00	380.89
518	500–550	515	342.00–382.00	355.78
364	550–600	573	315.00–350.00	329.58
358	600–650	625	307.00–340.00	318.56
253	650–700	679	299.00–330.00	306.79
141	700–750	728	280.00–293.00	290.32
94	750–800	775	304.00	304.00
402	800–850	823	272.50–283.00	277.03
50	850–900	864	261.50–274.00	265.05
13	900–950	927	255.50	255.50
263	1000–1050	1,002	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	634	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	517	337.00–352.00	343.88
25	550–600	569	340.00–350.00	345.64
12	600–650	641	290.00–300.00	295.01
9	650–700	674	276.00	276.00
6	700–750	725	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	489	342.00	342.00
5	550–600	556	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	393	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	627	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	340	430.00–445.00	438.33
52	350–400	382	380.00–425.00	404.69
196	400–450	429	390.00–420.00	407.39
365	450–500	483	372.50–400.00	385.64
317	500–550	529	320.00–377.00	362.69
335	550–600	575	330.00–363.00	349.70
261	600–650	623	305.00–345.00	329.76
213	650–700	682	300.00–335.00	320.65
43	700–750	721	288.00–305.00	295.48
32	750–800	785	290.00–293.00	290.56
13	800–850	814	277.00	277.00
276	850–900	884	270.00–287.50	283.85
63	950–1000	956	264.00	264.00
25	1000–1050	1,041	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	353	365.00–395.00	381.79
31	400–450	439	345.00–380.00	368.78
78	450–500	479	335.00–385.00	361.01
19	500–550	533	320.00–330.00	326.06
20	550–600	552	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	394	315.00	315.00
5	400–450	423	340.00	340.00
11	450–500	488	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	339	485.00–510.00	490.34
55	350–400	382	425.00–460.00	436.11
135	400–450	422	425.00–460.00	435.87
151	450–500	466	400.00–440.00	411.51
218	500–550	517	380.00–410.00	387.66
332	550–600	574	364.00–387.50	371.98
509	600–650	620	340.00–378.00	357.22
193	650–700	673	328.00–352.00	337.37
129	700–750	711	310.00–338.00	320.85
453	750–800	777	295.00–327.50	313.32
172	800–850	818	289.00–301.00	297.11
326	850–900	875	290.50–299.00	293.20
173	900–950	920	278.50–285.00	281.71
21	950–1000	974	272.00–282.00	275.26
99	1000–1050	1,024	261.00–262.00	261.49
44	1050–1100	1,050	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	660	324.00	324.00

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.