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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Sep 15

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22 →

Receipts

7,339 head

▼ 4,513 vs last sale 11,852▼ 971 vs year ago 8,310 · −11.7%

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 750 lbs. sold 2.00-10.00 lower. Heavier weights sold from 3.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 2.00-15.00 lower with the most loss on weights under 700 lbs. Supply and demand was moderate. The offering today had many more plain type of cattle.

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 $408.78/cwt on 583 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −46.30 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$408.78

583 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,233

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$390

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

$78.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.49

vs MO average

+4.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	429.62	2,352	327
Medium and Large 1-2	543	386.32	2,097	226
Medium and Large 2	559	350.76	1,962	30

One grade step is worth $78.86/cwt here — about $390 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 sale583 hd

408.78

—

MO average16 barns · 2,494 hd

418.27

−9.49

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+4.14

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−46.30

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

83 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,458	11
Steers	300–350	Medium 2	327	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,243	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	349	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,640	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	453.64/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,656	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	516.08/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,889	13
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	377	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,602	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	463.48/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,808	45
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	458.85/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,913	61
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	423.58/cwt	397.00–440.00	1,830	56
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	375.89/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,650	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	440.85/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,059	55
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	406.38/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,922	108
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	505	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,424	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,744	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	393.37/cwt	365.00–405.00	2,065	149
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	426.70/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,244	149
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	427.66/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,442	163
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	353.45/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,018	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	372.68/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,150	77
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	416.59/cwt	390.00–435.00	2,562	241
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	376.42/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,364	85
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	387.09/cwt	365.00–396.00	2,597	323
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	356.26/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,394	74
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	707	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,750	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	378.39/cwt	365.00–392.50	2,717	254
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	363.09/cwt	340.00–372.50	2,629	96
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	364.54/cwt	353.00–372.00	2,854	424
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	339.86/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,692	76
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	347.10/cwt	346.50–353.00	2,881	123
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	367.94/cwt	367.50–368.00	3,087	48
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	360.53/cwt	347.00–362.00	3,176	385
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	339.78/cwt	330.00–344.00	3,004	429
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	329.97/cwt	326.50–346.00	3,019	166
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	944	322.58/cwt	322.00–324.00	3,045	77
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	999	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,217	5
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,038	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,270	8
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,038	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,244	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	532.08/cwt	480.00–560.00	1,516	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	462.11/cwt	455.00–480.00	1,543	27
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	342	436.82/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,494	23
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	451.90/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,677	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	409.89/cwt	387.00–425.00	1,545	41
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	421.21/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,748	93
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	386.56/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,662	64
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	396.27/cwt	385.00–445.00	1,870	102
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	342.03/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,628	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	366.99/cwt	340.00–382.00	1,758	124
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	380.18/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,962	103
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	353.17/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,868	99
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	375.56/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,141	198
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	353.58/cwt	335.00–370.00	2,051	97
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	590	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,213	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	375.39/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,316	86
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	342.63/cwt	310.00–360.00	2,155	75
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	322.00/cwt	312.50–330.00	2,145	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	358.30/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,426	345
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	326.03/cwt	315.00–332.50	2,344	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	347.37/cwt	330.00–354.00	2,508	213
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	326.19/cwt	325.00–326.50	2,456	24
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	335.34/cwt	331.00–338.00	2,539	122
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	324.37/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,721	78
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	312.59/cwt	311.50–319.00	2,682	73
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,840	28
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,895	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,930	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	954	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,738	16
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,935	16
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,019	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,548	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	385.61/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,616	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	389.58/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,851	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	361.19/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,748	23
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	487	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,705	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,930	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	364.95/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,869	40
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	343.44/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,834	25
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,920	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	357.81/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,065	25
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	339.95/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,135	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,387	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	772	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,277	7
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3Guaranteed Open	755	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,563	43

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.

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Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Mon Sep 15, 2025

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Receipts 7,339Last week 11,852Year ago 8,310

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	470.00	470.00
45	350–400	390	460.00–480.00	463.48
56	400–450	432	397.00–440.00	423.58
108	450–500	473	390.00–420.00	406.38
149	500–550	525	365.00–405.00	393.37
77	550–600	577	350.00–385.00	372.68
85	600–650	628	350.00–390.00	376.42
74	650–700	672	350.00–362.50	356.26
96	700–750	724	340.00–372.50	363.09
76	750–800	792	330.00–350.00	339.86
123	800–850	830	346.50–353.00	347.10
429	850–900	884	330.00–344.00	339.78
77	900–950	944	322.00–324.00	322.58
60	1000–1050	1,038	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	324	450.00	450.00
11	350–400	365	440.00–470.00	453.64
10	400–450	439	370.00–385.00	375.89
6	500–550	513	340.00	340.00
24	550–600	571	350.00–360.00	353.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	700–750	707	389.00	389.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	327	380.00	380.00
5	350–400	377	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	366	500.00–540.00	516.08
61	400–450	417	440.00–480.00	458.85
55	450–500	467	430.00–460.00	440.85
149	500–550	526	410.00–450.00	426.70
163	550–600	571	400.00–450.00	427.66
241	600–650	615	390.00–435.00	416.59
323	650–700	671	365.00–396.00	387.09
254	700–750	718	365.00–392.50	378.39
424	750–800	783	353.00–372.00	364.54
48	800–850	839	367.50–368.00	367.94
385	850–900	881	347.00–362.00	360.53
166	900–950	915	326.50–346.00	329.97
5	950–1000	999	322.00	322.00
8	1000–1050	1,038	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	505	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	342	420.00–440.00	436.82
41	350–400	377	387.00–425.00	409.89
64	400–450	430	370.00–400.00	386.56
124	450–500	479	340.00–382.00	366.99
99	500–550	529	330.00–370.00	353.17
97	550–600	580	335.00–370.00	353.58
75	600–650	629	310.00–360.00	342.63
21	650–700	666	312.50–330.00	322.00
17	700–750	719	315.00–332.50	326.03
24	750–800	753	325.00–326.50	326.19
73	850–900	858	311.50–319.00	312.59
16	950–1000	954	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
7	450–500	476	340.00–345.00	342.03
5	1000–1050	1,019	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	285	480.00–560.00	532.08
27	300–350	334	455.00–480.00	462.11
28	350–400	371	440.00–460.00	451.90
93	400–450	415	405.00–440.00	421.21
102	450–500	472	385.00–445.00	396.27
103	500–550	516	370.00–390.00	380.18
198	550–600	570	365.00–395.00	375.56
86	600–650	617	360.00–395.00	375.39
345	650–700	677	340.00–367.00	358.30
213	700–750	722	330.00–354.00	347.37
122	750–800	757	331.00–338.00	335.34
78	800–850	839	320.00–330.00	324.37
28	850–900	866	328.00	328.00
13	900–950	916	316.00	316.00
17	950–1000	953	307.50	307.50
16	1000–1050	1,005	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	590	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	484	350.00–370.00	361.19
25	500–550	534	340.00–350.00	343.44
7	550–600	573	335.00	335.00
7	750–800	772	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	419	380.00–390.00	385.61
10	450–500	475	380.00–400.00	389.58
40	500–550	512	360.00–370.00	364.95
25	550–600	577	350.00–370.00	357.81
14	600–650	628	330.00–350.00	339.95
6	650–700	665	320.00	320.00
6	700–750	746	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	508	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
43	750–800	755	207.00	207.00

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.