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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Aug 4

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

8,068 head

▲ 3,358 vs last sale 4,710▲ 5,988 vs year ago 2,080 · +287.9%

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 500 lbs. sold steady to 6.00 lower. Weights over 500 lbs. sold 4.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly from 6.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. Ten head of thin steers weighing 302 lbs. sold for 600.00/cwt. Eleven head of heifers weighing 517 lbs. sold for 400.00/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 $401.17/cwt on 662 head. That ranks 11 of 34 comparable sales and sits −53.92 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$401.17

662 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,225

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$38.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.13

vs MO average

+11.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	410.25	2,289	504
Medium and Large 1-2	543	372.19	2,022	158

One grade step is worth $38.06/cwt here — about $268 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale662 hd

401.17

—

MO average10 barns · 1,078 hd

408.29

−7.13

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

+11.15

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−53.92

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	302	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,812	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	513.25/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,683	23
Steers	350–400	Large 1	358	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,844	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	497.42/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,860	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	457.76/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,749	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	436.01/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,814	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	469.87/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,002	74
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	371.37/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,738	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	437.26/cwt	416.00–460.00	2,081	132
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	403.85/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,922	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	418.49/cwt	400.00–465.00	2,185	161
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	372.88/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,958	94
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	371.18/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,116	64
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	406.38/cwt	380.00–435.00	2,337	343
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	391.69/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,452	399
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	349.62/cwt	325.00–365.00	2,203	87
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	369.70/cwt	350.00–389.00	2,495	317
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	340.95/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,329	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	362.63/cwt	345.00–372.00	2,611	283
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	333.76/cwt	320.00–343.00	2,440	109
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	325.71/cwt	322.50–334.00	2,524	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	341.53/cwt	333.00–350.00	2,650	403
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	333.18/cwt	326.00–346.00	2,762	569
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	325.51/cwt	314.00–330.00	2,705	211
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	325.67/cwt	320.00–331.50	2,830	498
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	891	315.19/cwt	309.50–318.00	2,808	408
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	323.20/cwt	322.50–326.50	2,999	94
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	933	308.79/cwt	308.50–310.00	2,881	92
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	313.69/cwt	306.00–315.00	3,037	164
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	969	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,907	5
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,041	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,123	7
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,135	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	3,269	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	450.04/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,422	28
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,527	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	439.44/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,687	48
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	402.73/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,567	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	432.62/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,765	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	426	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,704	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	388.94/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,680	58
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,411	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	401.12/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,877	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	378.20/cwt	362.00–390.00	1,808	100
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	378.36/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,983	82
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	345.38/cwt	310.00–360.00	1,817	77
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	536	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,090	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,611	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	362.72/cwt	345.00–387.50	2,075	256
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	334.91/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,916	73
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	360.04/cwt	337.50–378.00	2,207	223
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	332.28/cwt	322.50–337.50	2,057	101
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	636	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,321	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	340.58/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,299	185
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	324.97/cwt	315.00–333.00	2,203	66
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	318.30/cwt	287.50–324.00	2,301	85
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	329.19/cwt	324.00–347.50	2,390	240
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	314.88/cwt	314.00–315.00	2,409	80
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	323.50/cwt	318.00–329.00	2,533	166
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	309.82/cwt	308.00–311.00	2,584	160
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	298.59/cwt	297.00–300.00	2,648	49
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,625	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,608	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,777	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	429.77/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,848	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,013	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	358.53/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,889	19
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,993	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,180	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	325.97/cwt	320.00–337.00	2,213	22
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	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 Aug 4, 2025

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

Receipts 8,068Last week 4,710Year ago 2,080

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	382	440.00–480.00	457.76
27	400–450	416	430.00–440.00	436.01
44	450–500	476	390.00–415.00	403.85
94	500–550	525	350.00–400.00	372.88
64	550–600	570	355.00–390.00	371.18
87	600–650	630	325.00–365.00	349.62
24	650–700	683	337.50–350.00	340.95
109	700–750	731	320.00–343.00	333.76
27	750–800	775	322.50–334.00	325.71
211	800–850	831	314.00–330.00	325.51
408	850–900	891	309.50–318.00	315.19
92	900–950	933	308.50–310.00	308.79
5	950–1000	969	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	468	370.00–375.00	371.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	630	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	515.00	515.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	328	510.00–520.00	513.25
12	350–400	374	490.00–520.00	497.42
74	400–450	426	440.00–480.00	469.87
132	450–500	476	416.00–460.00	437.26
161	500–550	522	400.00–465.00	418.49
343	550–600	575	380.00–435.00	406.38
399	600–650	626	370.00–425.00	391.69
317	650–700	675	350.00–389.00	369.70
283	700–750	720	345.00–372.00	362.63
403	750–800	776	333.00–350.00	341.53
569	800–850	829	326.00–346.00	333.18
498	850–900	869	320.00–331.50	325.67
94	900–950	928	322.50–326.50	323.20
164	950–1000	968	306.00–315.00	313.69
7	1000–1050	1,041	300.00	300.00
29	1100–1150	1,135	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	302	600.00	600.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	536	390.00	390.00
19	600–650	636	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	440.00	440.00
23	350–400	389	375.00–415.00	402.73
58	400–450	432	370.00–405.00	388.94
100	450–500	478	362.00–390.00	378.20
77	500–550	526	310.00–360.00	345.38
73	550–600	572	320.00–345.00	334.91
101	600–650	619	322.50–337.50	332.28
66	650–700	678	315.00–333.00	324.97
85	700–750	723	287.50–324.00	318.30
80	750–800	765	314.00–315.00	314.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	320.00	320.00
5	500–550	537	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	316	445.00–455.00	450.04
48	350–400	384	420.00–465.00	439.44
16	400–450	408	410.00–450.00	432.62
38	450–500	468	395.00–410.00	401.12
82	500–550	524	365.00–400.00	378.36
256	550–600	572	345.00–387.50	362.72
223	600–650	613	337.50–378.00	360.04
185	650–700	675	334.00–355.00	340.58
240	700–750	726	324.00–347.50	329.19
166	750–800	783	318.00–329.00	323.50
160	800–850	834	308.00–311.00	309.82
49	850–900	887	297.00–300.00	298.59
8	900–950	921	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	426	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	420.00	420.00
19	500–550	527	340.00–370.00	358.53
6	600–650	628	335.00	335.00
22	650–700	679	320.00–337.00	325.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	430	420.00–440.00	429.77
7	450–500	491	410.00	410.00
5	500–550	546	365.00	365.00
7	600–650	614	355.00	355.00
6	750–800	755	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.