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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-07

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jul 7

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

5,864 head

▲ 178 vs last sale 5,686▼ 4,758 vs year ago 10,622 · −44.8%

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 600 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 lower. Heavier weights sold mostly steady to 6.00 higher with heavy 8 weights selling up to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with 7 and 8 weights selling 15.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. Today's auction included a yearling special. The largest draft of the day was 461 head of heifers weighing 807 lbs. which sold for 307.00/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 $373.85/cwt on 461 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −81.23 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$373.85

461 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$23.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.22

vs MO average

−5.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	381.48	2,118	308
Medium and Large 1-2	556	358.49	1,994	153

One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about $124 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 sale461 hd

373.85

—

MO average5 barns · 1,954 hd

399.07

−25.22

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−5.28

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−81.23

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

54 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,512	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,401	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	485.06/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,785	27
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,742	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	441.18/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,893	73
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	398.83/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,723	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	387.15/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,847	65
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,697	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	403.80/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,954	81
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	399.76/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,055	103
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	366.83/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,959	82
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	372.30/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,144	205
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	348.85/cwt	332.00–357.50	2,030	71
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	361.07/cwt	340.00–380.00	2,210	106
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	318.22/cwt	316.00–335.00	1,963	69
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	341.83/cwt	332.00–351.00	2,290	225
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	324.09/cwt	304.00–336.00	2,226	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	313.49/cwt	294.00–321.00	2,273	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	329.70/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,440	125
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	320.47/cwt	314.50–342.50	2,493	384
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	311.30/cwt	303.00–313.00	2,456	57
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	311.45/cwt	303.00–319.00	2,573	232
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	303.38/cwt	295.00–304.00	2,533	87
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	314.23/cwt	302.00–321.50	2,724	419
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	299.91/cwt	296.25–308.00	2,609	205
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,002	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,821	15
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,006	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,787	51
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	405.18/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,471	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	436.19/cwt	425.00–439.00	1,592	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	385.57/cwt	377.00–395.00	1,616	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	355.69/cwt	340.00–377.00	1,526	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,355	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	365.86/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,752	139
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	336.71/cwt	327.00–345.00	1,647	70
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	355.19/cwt	340.00–371.00	1,836	336
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,556	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	327.27/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,751	72
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	341.45/cwt	332.00–354.00	1,967	255
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	326.40/cwt	311.00–331.00	1,887	98
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	331.01/cwt	323.00–342.00	2,059	377
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	312.94/cwt	296.00–320.00	1,972	77
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	326.30/cwt	310.00–342.00	2,176	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	289.02/cwt	275.00–297.00	1,962	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	300.10/cwt	292.00–301.00	2,143	112
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	316.79/cwt	304.00–324.00	2,338	146
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	309.62/cwt	298.00–319.00	2,393	89
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,202	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	305.75/cwt	290.00–307.00	2,470	497
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	269.57/cwt	264.00–275.00	2,237	31
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	258.60/cwt	247.00–266.00	2,286	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,965	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,948	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,007	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

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Receipts 5,864Last week 5,686Year ago 10,622

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	396	440.00	440.00
23	400–450	432	385.00–420.00	398.83
65	450–500	477	365.00–395.00	387.15
82	500–550	534	350.00–375.00	366.83
71	550–600	582	332.00–357.50	348.85
69	600–650	617	316.00–335.00	318.22
46	650–700	687	304.00–336.00	324.09
32	700–750	725	294.00–321.00	313.49
57	750–800	789	303.00–313.00	311.30
87	800–850	835	295.00–304.00	303.38
205	850–900	870	296.25–308.00	299.91
51	1000–1050	1,006	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	385.00	385.00
6	450–500	478	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	600–650	605	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	480.00	480.00
27	350–400	368	480.00–500.00	485.06
73	400–450	429	430.00–475.00	441.18
81	450–500	484	390.00–415.00	403.80
103	500–550	514	385.00–415.00	399.76
205	550–600	576	360.00–390.00	372.30
106	600–650	612	340.00–380.00	361.07
225	650–700	670	332.00–351.00	341.83
125	700–750	740	325.00–345.00	329.70
384	750–800	778	314.50–342.50	320.47
232	800–850	826	303.00–319.00	311.45
419	850–900	867	302.00–321.50	314.23
15	1000–1050	1,002	281.50	281.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	363	400.00–410.00	405.18
21	400–450	429	340.00–377.00	355.69
70	450–500	489	327.00–345.00	336.71
72	500–550	535	300.00–333.00	327.27
98	550–600	578	311.00–331.00	326.40
77	600–650	630	296.00–320.00	312.94
23	650–700	679	275.00–297.00	289.02
112	700–750	714	292.00–301.00	300.10
3	750–800	795	277.00	277.00
31	800–850	830	264.00–275.00	269.57
32	850–900	884	247.00–266.00	258.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	315.00	315.00
5	500–550	533	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	365	425.00–439.00	436.19
18	400–450	419	377.00–395.00	385.57
139	450–500	479	350.00–380.00	365.86
336	500–550	517	340.00–371.00	355.19
255	550–600	576	332.00–354.00	341.45
377	600–650	622	323.00–342.00	331.01
33	650–700	667	310.00–342.00	326.30
146	700–750	738	304.00–324.00	316.79
89	750–800	773	298.00–319.00	309.62
497	800–850	808	290.00–307.00	305.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	370.00	370.00
5	600–650	637	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	573	340.00	340.00

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.