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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-25

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Aug 25

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

10,357 head

▲ 6,391 vs last sale 3,966▲ 3,755 vs year ago 6,602 · +56.9%

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 sold generally 5.00-17.00 higher compared to last weeks light receipts. Light 4 weight steers sold up to 590.00/cwt. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-20.00 higher with heavy 6 weights up to 25.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The largest lot of the day was 250 head of heifers weighing 655 lbs. and sold for 367.50/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 $426.13/cwt on 609 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −28.95 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$426.13

609 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$590

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

$116.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.48

vs MO average

+16.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	436.47	2,373	432
Medium and Large 1-2	546	403.75	2,206	171
Medium and Large 2	557	320.00	1,782	6thin

One grade step is worth $116.47/cwt here — about $590 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 sale609 hd

426.13

—

MO average13 barns · 1,583 hd

426.62

−0.48

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

+16.83

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−28.95

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

68 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	314	573.08/cwt	540.00–590.00	1,799	25
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	494.14/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,645	31
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	335	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,077	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,995	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	488.88/cwt	470.00–515.00	1,868	45
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	403	580.87/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,341	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	534.79/cwt	490.00–562.00	2,251	121
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	453.63/cwt	415.00–480.00	1,919	94
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	472.74/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,236	154
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	434.91/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,070	77
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,989	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	446.74/cwt	429.00–475.00	2,332	229
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	412.65/cwt	360.00–427.00	2,154	103
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,782	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	424.88/cwt	405.00–465.00	2,413	203
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	390.28/cwt	360.00–420.00	2,275	68
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	390.96/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,436	287
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	418.43/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,615	500
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	372.24/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,453	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	386.65/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,614	470
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	357.25/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,594	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	379.33/cwt	371.00–392.50	2,765	580
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	367.07/cwt	353.00–385.00	2,834	492
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	349.88/cwt	341.00–353.00	2,719	131
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	351.51/cwt	344.00–361.00	2,886	478
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	329.76/cwt	229.00–344.00	2,724	49
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	345.28/cwt	343.00–359.00	3,021	455
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	335.12/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,932	73
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	332.29/cwt	316.00–334.00	3,007	70
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	347.35/cwt	334.00–350.50	3,210	140
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	3,170	99
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	470.52/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,515	25
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	540.72/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,779	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	430.63/cwt	415.00–480.00	1,606	49
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	468.26/cwt	440.00–495.00	1,751	119
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	400.38/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,714	50
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	436.50/cwt	415.00–485.00	1,881	132
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	456	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,143	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	407.02/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,905	290
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	374.39/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,812	97
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	407.00/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,068	136
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	361.87/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,911	148
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	384.68/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,223	526
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	359.19/cwt	330.00–365.00	2,087	132
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	356.54/cwt	320.00–370.00	2,214	157
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	384.45/cwt	366.00–400.00	2,407	441
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	374.99/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,494	698
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	346.36/cwt	310.00–357.00	2,334	238
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	323.09/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,342	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	347.73/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,528	236
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	335.54/cwt	327.50–343.00	2,594	272
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	325.35/cwt	315.00–333.00	2,528	65
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	812	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,598	32
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	819	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,310	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	323.41/cwt	320.00–324.50	2,691	101
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,892	54
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	307.21/cwt	300.00–310.00	3,001	22
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,147	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,810	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,035	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,005	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,094	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	369.71/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,096	41
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,216	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,422	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,394	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,582	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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 10,357Last week 3,966Year ago 6,602

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	314	540.00–590.00	573.08
7	350–400	350	570.00	570.00
121	400–450	421	490.00–562.00	534.79
154	450–500	473	455.00–500.00	472.74
229	500–550	522	429.00–475.00	446.74
203	550–600	568	405.00–465.00	424.88
500	600–650	625	400.00–450.00	418.43
470	650–700	676	370.00–410.00	386.65
580	700–750	729	371.00–392.50	379.33
492	750–800	772	353.00–385.00	367.07
478	800–850	821	344.00–361.00	351.51
455	850–900	875	343.00–359.00	345.28
140	900–950	924	334.00–350.50	347.35
99	950–1000	971	326.50	326.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	333	480.00–520.00	494.14
45	350–400	382	470.00–515.00	488.88
94	400–450	423	415.00–480.00	453.63
77	450–500	476	410.00–450.00	434.91
103	500–550	522	360.00–427.00	412.65
68	550–600	583	360.00–420.00	390.28
287	600–650	623	360.00–400.00	390.96
35	650–700	659	360.00–385.00	372.24
46	700–750	726	340.00–365.00	357.25
131	750–800	777	341.00–353.00	349.88
49	800–850	826	229.00–344.00	329.76
73	850–900	875	326.00–340.00	335.12
70	900–950	905	316.00–334.00	332.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	410.00	410.00
7	450–500	485	410.00	410.00
6	550–600	557	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	403	570.00–590.00	580.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	335	620.00	620.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	329	500.00–560.00	540.72
119	350–400	374	440.00–495.00	468.26
132	400–450	431	415.00–485.00	436.50
290	450–500	468	390.00–440.00	407.02
136	500–550	508	385.00–420.00	407.00
526	550–600	578	370.00–410.00	384.68
441	600–650	626	366.00–400.00	384.45
698	650–700	665	350.00–395.00	374.99
236	700–750	727	330.00–360.00	347.73
272	750–800	773	327.50–343.00	335.54
101	800–850	832	320.00–324.50	323.41
54	850–900	853	339.00	339.00
22	950–1000	977	300.00–310.00	307.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	322	440.00–475.00	470.52
49	350–400	373	415.00–480.00	430.63
50	400–450	428	380.00–420.00	400.38
97	450–500	484	360.00–385.00	374.39
148	500–550	528	350.00–375.00	361.87
132	550–600	581	330.00–365.00	359.19
157	600–650	621	320.00–370.00	356.54
238	650–700	674	310.00–357.00	346.36
12	700–750	725	310.00–337.00	323.09
65	750–800	777	315.00–333.00	325.35
32	800–850	812	320.00	320.00
7	1100–1150	1,147	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	800–850	819	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	456	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	465	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	489	410.00	410.00
41	550–600	567	360.00–380.00	369.71
8	600–650	633	350.00	350.00
5	650–700	694	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	470.00	470.00
6	500–550	530	395.00	395.00
6	650–700	660	367.00	367.00
6	750–800	755	342.00	342.00

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.