Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2025-06-09

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jun 9
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Receipts
7,198 head
▼ 5,428 vs last sale 12,626▼ 803 vs year ago 8,001 · −10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

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Compared to last week feeder steers sold 5.00-25.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-15.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. 80 head of steers weighing 506 lbs. sold for 467.50/cwt. 10 head of 329 lb. steers sold for 590.00/cwt.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $392.50/cwt on 819 head. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −62.58 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.
Average price
$392.50
819 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$369
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$94.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.25
vs MO average
+11.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544407.412,215549
Medium and Large 1-2570365.522,082248
Large 1595350.002,0837thin
Medium and Large 2591312.481,84715thin
One grade step is worth $94.93/cwt here — about $369 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale819 hd
392.50
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MO average17 barns · 3,775 hd
390.25
+2.25
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
+11.49
This barn, trailing median34 sales
455.08
−62.58
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
519464409354median 455.0803/0204/2707/0608/3111/02
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

71 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2299475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,42019
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy329590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,94110
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377468.86/cwt450.00–490.001,76829
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed418480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,00627
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434437.60/cwt425.00–460.001,89962
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434413.26/cwt400.00–420.001,79425
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,68111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471415.78/cwt400.00–440.001,958195
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489387.67/cwt375.00–392.501,896105
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed506467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,36680
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520367.31/cwt350.00–380.001,91050
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,99510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529394.20/cwt380.00–430.002,085203
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568400.74/cwt375.00–432.002,276247
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned570385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1959
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582365.07/cwt340.00–373.002,125198
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2591312.48/cwt270.00–335.001,84715
Steers550–600Large 1595350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0837
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619363.94/cwt345.00–380.002,253254
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629327.91/cwt305.00–340.002,06355
Steers650–700Large 1665346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,3016
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670331.88/cwt320.00–337.002,22443
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673348.67/cwt337.00–365.002,347231
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725313.60/cwt308.00–320.002,27444
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733339.34/cwt322.00–350.002,487459
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762317.15/cwt309.00–328.002,417131
Steers800–850Large 1808305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4647
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830309.25/cwt296.50–316.002,567349
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,556174
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856305.02/cwt297.00–312.002,611338
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2883290.76/cwt286.00–294.002,56793
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2916264.13/cwt260.00–275.002,41926
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1936290.08/cwt289.50–291.002,715143
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1980285.35/cwt284.00–286.002,79621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2286425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,21620
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374443.51/cwt425.00–450.001,65922
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427362.72/cwt350.00–375.001,54910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428410.71/cwt390.00–420.001,75859
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435331.54/cwt330.00–335.001,44213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed466452.00/cwt452.00–452.002,10659
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470392.83/cwt375.00–405.001,84697
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480338.38/cwt335.00–340.001,62431
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484359.43/cwt350.00–370.001,74092
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523338.52/cwt325.00–345.001,77092
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530355.90/cwt345.00–366.001,886270
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy538415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,23363
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6775
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571339.02/cwt325.00–361.001,936306
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589322.05/cwt310.00–324.001,897105
Heifers600–650Large 1623300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8696
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624331.62/cwt322.50–355.002,069132
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632311.81/cwt300.00–317.001,97184
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681322.35/cwt307.00–333.002,195328
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682286.07/cwt280.00–301.001,95130
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718309.89/cwt303.00–326.002,225116
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739279.56/cwt275.00–281.002,06624
Heifers700–750Large 1746275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,05212
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780284.60/cwt271.00–290.502,22096
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1791301.34/cwt293.00–306.002,384246
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2819265.57/cwt256.00–271.002,17539
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830287.90/cwt281.00–293.002,390301
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1860273.02/cwt267.00–275.002,34841
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1924265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4499
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5414
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8647
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5756
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2537370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,98711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1554362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0085
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,99910
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,1138
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,2245

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.