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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 6

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Sep 29Oct 6Oct 13 →

Receipts

5,541 head

▼ 3,765 vs last sale 9,306▼ 850 vs year ago 6,391 · −13.3%

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 generally sold steady steady to 15.00 higher except five weights sold 10.00-25.00 higher with four weights selling 5.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly across various weight ranges from 8.00 higher to 8.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand. The weaned and vaccinated higher quality cattle were in high demand. The largest lot of the day was 223 head of steers weighing 769 lbs. which sold for 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 $418.51/cwt on 294 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −36.57 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$418.51

294 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$42.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.04

vs MO average

−27.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	430.72	2,378	209
Medium and Large 1-2	544	388.50	2,115	85

One grade step is worth $42.22/cwt here — about $263 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 sale294 hd

418.51

—

MO average19 barns · 1,615 hd

417.47

+1.04

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−27.34

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−36.57

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

70 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	569.94/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,818	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,258	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	522.98/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,029	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,564	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,871	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	461.67/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,967	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	420.32/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,820	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	413.84/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,924	51
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	442.42/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,106	119
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,833	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	389.25/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,036	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	431.67/cwt	405.00–460.00	2,284	97
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	429.89/cwt	411.00–450.00	2,459	112
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	387.26/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,246	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	371.43/cwt	330.00–383.00	2,303	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	421.76/cwt	380.00–450.00	2,640	82
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	397.87/cwt	379.00–414.00	2,713	163
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	371.75/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,539	187
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	716	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,220	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	350.54/cwt	330.00–357.00	2,513	43
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	392.70/cwt	373.00–400.00	2,820	98
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	394.00/cwt	371.00–403.00	3,042	408
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	347.78/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,720	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	363.23/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,953	304
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	350.44/cwt	320.00–354.00	2,944	274
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	337.26/cwt	337.00–339.00	2,914	162
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	354.33/cwt	350.00–368.00	3,083	147
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	343.56/cwt	335.00–346.00	3,195	460
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,261	20
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	979	315.33/cwt	300.00–321.00	3,087	15
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,007	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,192	33
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,203	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	403.90/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,264	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,395	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	378.96/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,402	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	425.52/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,604	48
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	407.71/cwt	392.00–430.00	1,712	95
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	378.67/cwt	350.00–397.00	1,606	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	397.27/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,871	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	365.73/cwt	345.00–383.00	1,763	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	374.17/cwt	365.00–388.00	1,938	62
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	352.18/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,852	59
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	370.57/cwt	370.00–371.00	2,109	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	344.13/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,965	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	378.67/cwt	363.00–399.00	2,348	89
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	349.32/cwt	332.00–357.00	2,166	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	343.62/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,333	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	355.11/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,418	123
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,081	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	349.59/cwt	346.00–355.00	2,552	132
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	341.09/cwt	338.00–342.00	2,497	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	339.55/cwt	334.00–348.00	2,615	280
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	327.63/cwt	317.00–330.00	2,588	91
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	332.44/cwt	329.00–333.00	2,713	70
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	333.10/cwt	321.00–340.00	2,871	117
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	879	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,808	171
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,692	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	314.50/cwt	310.00–317.00	2,919	19
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Small and Medium 3-4	410	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,005	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,759	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	438.81/cwt	395.00–450.00	1,983	25
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	371.30/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,823	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	397.21/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,117	27
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,906	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	357.62/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,042	27
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	340.10/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,064	15
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,976	5
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,453	5

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 Oct 6, 2025

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

Receipts 5,541Last week 9,306Year ago 6,391

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	491	370.00–372.00	371.30
27	550–600	571	350.00–362.00	357.62
15	600–650	607	335.00–350.00	340.10
5	850–900	876	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	410	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	569	335.00	335.00
5	700–750	732	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	410.00	410.00
25	450–500	452	395.00–450.00	438.81
27	500–550	533	385.00–400.00	397.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	398	470.00	470.00
38	400–450	433	395.00–435.00	420.32
51	450–500	465	380.00–425.00	413.84
53	500–550	523	375.00–400.00	389.25
32	550–600	580	370.00–400.00	387.26
48	600–650	620	330.00–383.00	371.43
187	650–700	683	360.00–373.00	371.75
43	700–750	717	330.00–357.00	350.54
7	750–800	782	335.00–357.00	347.78
274	800–850	840	320.00–354.00	350.44
162	850–900	864	337.00–339.00	337.26
15	950–1000	979	300.00–321.00	315.33
8	1000–1050	1,030	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	331	380.00	380.00
5	350–400	391	400.00	400.00
5	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
7	450–500	476	385.00	385.00
5	700–750	716	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	319	550.00–580.00	569.94
19	350–400	388	500.00–550.00	522.98
15	400–450	426	445.00–470.00	461.67
119	450–500	476	430.00–470.00	442.42
97	500–550	529	405.00–460.00	431.67
112	550–600	572	411.00–450.00	429.89
82	600–650	626	380.00–450.00	421.76
163	650–700	682	379.00–414.00	397.87
98	700–750	718	373.00–400.00	392.70
408	750–800	772	371.00–403.00	394.00
304	800–850	813	357.00–370.00	363.23
147	850–900	870	350.00–368.00	354.33
460	900–950	930	335.00–346.00	343.56
20	950–1000	959	340.00	340.00
33	1000–1050	1,007	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	313	400.00–410.00	403.90
8	350–400	370	375.00–385.00	378.96
42	400–450	424	350.00–397.00	378.67
78	450–500	482	345.00–383.00	365.73
59	500–550	526	340.00–365.00	352.18
41	550–600	571	320.00–355.00	344.13
43	600–650	620	332.00–357.00	349.32
10	650–700	679	336.00–355.00	343.62
21	700–750	732	338.00–342.00	341.09
91	750–800	790	317.00–330.00	327.63
171	850–900	879	319.50	319.50
8	900–950	925	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	715	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	440.00	440.00
48	350–400	377	405.00–430.00	425.52
95	400–450	420	392.00–430.00	407.71
31	450–500	471	385.00–420.00	397.27
62	500–550	518	365.00–388.00	374.17
18	550–600	569	370.00–371.00	370.57
89	600–650	620	363.00–399.00	378.67
123	650–700	681	340.00–366.00	355.11
132	700–750	730	346.00–355.00	349.59
280	750–800	770	334.00–348.00	339.55
70	800–850	816	329.00–333.00	332.44
117	850–900	862	321.00–340.00	333.10
19	900–950	928	310.00–317.00	314.50

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.