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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Sep 22

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

9,206 head

▲ 1,867 vs last sale 7,339▲ 4,164 vs year ago 5,042 · +82.6%

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 mostly 5.00-20.00 higher. Heavy seven weight steers sold 25.00 higher with over 700 head in the offering. Feeder heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The largest lot of the day was 336 head of steers weighing 772 bs. which crossed the scales at 403.00/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 $421.57/cwt on 627 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −33.51 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$421.57

627 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$39.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.41

vs MO average

+4.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	433.93	2,420	432
Medium and Large 1-2	551	394.20	2,172	195

One grade step is worth $39.72/cwt here — about $248 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 sale627 hd

421.57

—

MO average15 barns · 1,804 hd

418.17

+3.41

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+4.48

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−33.51

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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	307	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,781	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,651	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	510.71/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,905	32
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,567	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	469.85/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,785	42
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,623	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	471.74/cwt	440.00–510.00	2,033	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	415.33/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,803	70
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,936	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	444.24/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,115	177
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	408.61/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,970	129
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	391.69/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,045	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,157	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	420.96/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,231	79
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	396.17/cwt	367.50–412.00	2,234	128
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	437.61/cwt	415.00–448.00	2,472	343
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	576	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,160	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	425.44/cwt	390.00–440.00	2,663	257
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	381.82/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,405	133
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	368.16/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,437	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	392.52/cwt	375.00–413.00	2,638	230
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	363.21/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,615	37
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	386.94/cwt	369.00–402.00	2,794	659
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	389.91/cwt	369.00–403.00	3,010	714
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	364.98/cwt	357.50–368.00	2,869	251
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	814	354.82/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,888	247
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	364.79/cwt	360.00–371.00	3,028	772
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	361.48/cwt	347.00–366.00	3,148	292
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	335.77/cwt	325.00–341.00	2,935	110
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	3,284	133
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	911	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,043	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	341.03/cwt	327.00–342.50	3,270	190
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	996	317.16/cwt	317.00–319.00	3,159	75
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,200	8
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,006	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,169	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	306	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,530	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	438.98/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,457	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,302	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	443.33/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,658	38
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	418.77/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,604	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	401	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,303	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	422.94/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,793	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	389.15/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,685	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	372.69/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,744	81
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	394.14/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,904	190
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	390.53/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,015	187
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	360.25/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,888	76
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	377.80/cwt	367.00–400.00	2,142	144
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	355.68/cwt	325.00–365.00	2,070	106
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	367.62/cwt	360.00–387.00	2,272	103
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	351.73/cwt	315.00–357.00	2,230	137
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	355.33/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,416	405
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	338.16/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,333	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	359.52/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,603	436
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	342.47/cwt	327.50–350.00	2,524	158
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	338.12/cwt	332.00–359.00	2,614	202
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	323.36/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,564	221
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	328.72/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,689	87
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	841	317.84/cwt	307.50–320.00	2,673	72
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,727	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	329.32/cwt	323.00–336.00	2,888	53
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	920	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,714	58
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,843	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	996	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,888	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,589	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	378.85/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,947	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,132	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	359.17/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,065	23
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,962	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,348	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 Sep 22, 2025

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

Receipts 9,206Last week 7,339Year ago 5,042

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	337	490.00	490.00
42	350–400	380	450.00–490.00	469.85
70	400–450	434	400.00–430.00	415.33
129	450–500	482	390.00–420.00	408.61
62	500–550	522	360.00–410.00	391.69
128	550–600	564	367.50–412.00	396.17
133	600–650	630	370.00–390.00	381.82
39	650–700	662	360.00–375.00	368.16
37	700–750	720	360.00–366.00	363.21
251	750–800	786	357.50–368.00	364.98
247	800–850	814	340.00–360.00	354.82
110	850–900	874	325.00–341.00	335.77
60	900–950	911	334.00	334.00
75	950–1000	996	317.00–319.00	317.16
6	1000–1050	1,006	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	373	420.00	420.00
7	400–450	427	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	373	490.00–525.00	510.71
31	400–450	431	440.00–510.00	471.74
177	450–500	476	430.00–460.00	444.24
79	500–550	530	410.00–430.00	420.96
343	550–600	565	415.00–448.00	437.61
257	600–650	626	390.00–440.00	425.44
230	650–700	672	375.00–413.00	392.52
659	700–750	722	369.00–402.00	386.94
714	750–800	772	369.00–403.00	389.91
772	800–850	830	360.00–371.00	364.79
292	850–900	871	347.00–366.00	361.48
133	900–950	911	360.50	360.50
190	950–1000	959	327.00–342.50	341.03
8	1000–1050	1,000	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	445	435.00	435.00
10	500–550	526	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	307	580.00	580.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	576	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	332	430.00–450.00	438.98
42	350–400	383	410.00–430.00	418.77
27	400–450	433	370.00–400.00	389.15
81	450–500	468	360.00–380.00	372.69
76	500–550	524	335.00–370.00	360.25
106	550–600	582	325.00–365.00	355.68
137	600–650	634	315.00–357.00	351.73
22	650–700	690	330.00–340.00	338.16
158	700–750	737	327.50–350.00	342.47
221	750–800	793	305.00–325.00	323.36
72	800–850	841	307.50–320.00	317.84
6	850–900	855	319.00	319.00
58	900–950	920	295.00	295.00
7	950–1000	996	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	352	370.00	370.00
18	400–450	401	325.00	325.00
22	450–500	470	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	306	500.00	500.00
38	350–400	374	430.00–470.00	443.33
42	400–450	424	405.00–450.00	422.94
190	450–500	483	385.00–410.00	394.14
187	500–550	516	370.00–410.00	390.53
144	550–600	567	367.00–400.00	377.80
103	600–650	618	360.00–387.00	367.62
405	650–700	680	340.00–366.00	355.33
436	700–750	724	350.00–373.00	359.52
202	750–800	773	332.00–359.00	338.12
87	800–850	818	325.00–335.00	328.72
53	850–900	877	323.00–336.00	329.32
5	900–950	932	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	350.00	350.00
7	550–600	577	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	520	410.00	410.00
8	600–650	618	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	514	370.00–390.00	378.85
23	550–600	575	350.00–370.00	359.17

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.