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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Aug 11

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

8,338 head

▲ 270 vs last sale 8,068▲ 3,238 vs year ago 5,100 · +63.5%

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 last week feeder steers under 675 lbs. sold 3.00-18.00 higher with heavier weights selling 2.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 675 lbs. sold steady to 6.00 higher. Heavier weights sold 8.00-20.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand . The largest lot of the day was 719 heifers weighing 810 lbs. which sold for 334.00/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 $402.89/cwt on 606 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −52.19 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$402.89

606 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$87.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.29

vs MO average

+15.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	409.89	2,300	453
Medium and Large 1-2	552	384.22	2,119	148
Medium and Large 2	578	322.00	1,861	5thin

One grade step is worth $87.89/cwt here — about $439 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 sale606 hd

402.89

—

MO average12 barns · 1,931 hd

416.18

−13.29

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+15.40

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−52.19

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

69 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	542.32/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,790	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,597	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	516.38/cwt	490.00–560.00	1,885	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	467.82/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,773	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	489.34/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,031	41
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	408.02/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,706	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,725	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	457.23/cwt	422.00–480.00	2,126	89
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	399.22/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,932	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	391.25/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,058	86
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	419.96/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,222	183
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,861	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	403.06/cwt	383.00–416.00	2,350	270
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	374.46/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,198	62
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	364.82/cwt	350.00–369.00	2,269	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	397.21/cwt	375.00–422.00	2,502	209
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	386.02/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,590	394
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	356.35/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,412	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	364.05/cwt	357.00–380.00	2,632	189
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	342.51/cwt	339.00–343.00	2,565	41
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	346.04/cwt	327.50–360.00	2,651	311
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	325.23/cwt	325.00–326.00	2,501	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	821	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,356	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	337.93/cwt	332.00–348.00	2,778	588
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	330.46/cwt	327.00–335.00	2,759	265
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	320.87/cwt	317.00–324.00	2,801	238
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	333.63/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,919	723
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	911	316.58/cwt	316.00–318.00	2,884	38
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	325.44/cwt	325.00–325.50	3,036	149
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,977	20
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,031	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,000	27
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,097	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	3,225	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	413.98/cwt	380.00–432.00	1,321	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	455.24/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,480	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	414.21/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,586	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,328	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	446.92/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,730	43
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	424.62/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,792	95
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	396.72/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,682	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	398.40/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,896	51
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	370.02/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,769	63
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	377.09/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,957	212
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	351.07/cwt	337.00–362.00	1,833	69
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	342.49/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,949	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	368.71/cwt	350.00–410.00	2,146	121
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	359.06/cwt	340.00–390.00	2,219	197
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	326.43/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,109	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	319.79/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,107	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	347.90/cwt	335.00–366.00	2,307	168
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	340.57/cwt	327.00–348.50	2,469	346
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	322.41/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,402	89
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	341.26/cwt	326.00–353.00	2,607	150
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	314.71/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,430	396
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	333.23/cwt	327.00–334.00	2,709	944
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	818	316.10/cwt	307.00–316.50	2,586	148
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	874	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,727	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	285.88/cwt	285.00–286.00	2,559	25
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,137	23
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,677	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	417.08/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,785	26
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,798	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	420.82/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,948	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,659	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,865	18
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,356	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,054	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,332	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,282	8

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 11, 2025

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

Receipts 8,338Last week 8,068Year ago 5,100

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	319	380.00–432.00	413.98
13	350–400	383	410.00–420.00	414.21
29	400–450	424	370.00–405.00	396.72
63	450–500	478	355.00–390.00	370.02
69	500–550	522	337.00–362.00	351.07
44	550–600	569	330.00–350.00	342.49
21	600–650	646	320.00–327.50	326.43
28	650–700	659	310.00–330.00	319.79
89	700–750	745	320.00–326.00	322.41
396	750–800	772	300.00–325.00	314.71
148	800–850	818	307.00–316.50	316.10
25	850–900	895	285.00–286.00	285.88
23	1000–1050	1,025	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	385	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	325	450.00–460.00	455.24
43	350–400	387	430.00–470.00	446.92
95	400–450	422	410.00–435.00	424.62
51	450–500	476	390.00–420.00	398.40
212	500–550	519	365.00–390.00	377.09
121	550–600	582	350.00–410.00	368.71
197	600–650	618	340.00–390.00	359.06
168	650–700	663	335.00–366.00	347.90
346	700–750	725	327.00–348.50	340.57
150	750–800	764	326.00–353.00	341.26
944	800–850	813	327.00–334.00	333.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	874	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	379	460.00–480.00	467.82
19	400–450	418	380.00–425.00	408.02
37	450–500	484	380.00–405.00	399.22
86	500–550	526	370.00–400.00	391.25
62	550–600	587	350.00–385.00	374.46
48	600–650	622	350.00–369.00	364.82
35	650–700	677	340.00–362.50	356.35
41	700–750	749	339.00–343.00	342.51
13	750–800	769	325.00–326.00	325.23
265	800–850	835	327.00–335.00	330.46
238	850–900	873	317.00–324.00	320.87
38	900–950	911	316.00–318.00	316.58
27	1000–1050	1,031	291.00	291.00
12	1050–1100	1,097	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	440.00	440.00
6	450–500	460	375.00	375.00
5	550–600	578	322.00	322.00
11	800–850	821	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	330	530.00–560.00	542.32
17	350–400	365	490.00–560.00	516.38
41	400–450	415	450.00–510.00	489.34
89	450–500	465	422.00–480.00	457.23
183	500–550	529	400.00–440.00	419.96
270	550–600	583	383.00–416.00	403.06
209	600–650	630	375.00–422.00	397.21
394	650–700	671	365.00–400.00	386.02
189	700–750	723	357.00–380.00	364.05
311	750–800	766	327.50–360.00	346.04
588	800–850	822	332.00–348.00	337.93
723	850–900	875	325.00–342.50	333.63
149	900–950	933	325.00–325.50	325.44
20	950–1000	951	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	428	415.00–420.00	417.08
6	450–500	461	390.00	390.00
18	500–550	504	370.00	370.00
7	600–650	604	340.00	340.00
6	650–700	680	335.00	335.00
8	700–750	736	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	390	430.00	430.00
5	450–500	474	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	463	415.00–425.00	420.82
5	600–650	604	390.00	390.00
6	650–700	686	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.