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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-13

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 13

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Oct 6Oct 13Oct 20 →

Receipts

8,397 head

▲ 2,856 vs last sale 5,541▲ 1,904 vs year ago 6,493 · +29.3%

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 sold 5.00-20.00 higher with feeder heifers selling 10.00-30.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. Bidding was extremely active online and in person. The largest lot of the day was 260 steers weighing 893 lbs. which sold for 352.00/cwt.. Another large lot of 183 steers weighing 820 lbs. sold for 393.50/cwt. setting a record in this weight class. Another leading lot of 70 steers weighing 726 lbs. sold for 411.00/cwt. Nine head of steer calves weighing 373 lbs. sold for 600.00/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 $429.10/cwt on 504 head. That ranks 16 of 34 comparable sales and sits −25.98 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$429.10

504 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$359

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

$71.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.84

vs MO average

−39.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	439.94	2,355	317
Medium and Large 1-2	546	414.43	2,261	172
Medium and Large 2	542	368.33	1,996	15thin

One grade step is worth $71.61/cwt here — about $359 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 sale504 hd

429.10

—

MO average18 barns · 1,937 hd

427.26

+1.84

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−39.94

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−25.98

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

77 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 1	307	556.44/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,708	25
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	485.65/cwt	475.00–510.00	1,559	31
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,421	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	373	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,238	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	542.27/cwt	520.00–580.00	2,088	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,737	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	486.62/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,888	50
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	484.23/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,058	128
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	436.29/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,872	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	461.11/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,236	137
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	422.82/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,051	81
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,862	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	443.36/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,310	234
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	416.58/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,183	98
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,065	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	411.59/cwt	390.00–421.00	2,363	74
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	430.30/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,479	83
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	419.94/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,620	384
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	389.34/cwt	355.00–400.00	2,468	115
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	386.28/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,565	52
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	402.19/cwt	392.00–432.00	2,763	261
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	375.80/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,687	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	398.01/cwt	387.00–411.00	2,882	235
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	377.63/cwt	365.00–386.00	2,885	241
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	391.58/cwt	387.00–398.00	3,046	480
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	384.59/cwt	372.00–393.50	3,134	675
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	369.01/cwt	355.00–377.00	3,030	376
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	348.79/cwt	320.00–363.00	3,083	436
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	352.23/cwt	352.00–365.00	3,142	384
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	351.32/cwt	341.00–359.00	3,211	215
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	943	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,206	46
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	341.03/cwt	338.00–344.00	3,318	105
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	975	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,169	6
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,024	337.14/cwt	332.50–342.00	3,452	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	303	531.07/cwt	500.00–537.50	1,609	43
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	457.14/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,495	53
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	423.90/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,624	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	442.62/cwt	432.00–470.00	1,704	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	445.27/cwt	417.00–470.00	1,852	148
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	404.72/cwt	395.00–412.00	1,765	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	420.92/cwt	405.00–460.00	2,020	241
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	381.56/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,831	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	389.78/cwt	375.00–425.00	2,039	169
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	363.86/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,907	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	367.05/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,096	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	390.68/cwt	375.00–406.00	2,243	176
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	351.43/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,168	83
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,791	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	385.18/cwt	365.00–405.00	2,404	289
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	345.15/cwt	315.00–357.00	2,319	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	384.60/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,592	88
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	364.57/cwt	351.00–366.50	2,607	301
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	339.40/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,461	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	339.83/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,593	39
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	351.49/cwt	348.00–364.00	2,766	97
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	339.87/cwt	334.00–344.00	2,801	252
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	330.80/cwt	330.00–331.00	2,789	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,969	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	889	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,489	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	891	309.27/cwt	307.00–310.00	2,756	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,006	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	309	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,638	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	475.31/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,973	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,077	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	402.07/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,898	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,690	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,900	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	397.24/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,066	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	407.90/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,125	29
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	397.00/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,207	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	595	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,172	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,382	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	356.98/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,238	39
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,566	16
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	356.41/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,431	26

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 13, 2025

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

Receipts 8,397Last week 5,541Year ago 6,493

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	321	475.00–510.00	485.65
50	350–400	388	460.00–510.00	486.62
38	400–450	429	410.00–460.00	436.29
81	450–500	485	415.00–445.00	422.82
98	500–550	524	385.00–430.00	416.58
74	550–600	574	390.00–421.00	411.59
115	600–650	634	355.00–400.00	389.34
52	650–700	664	375.00–390.00	386.28
32	700–750	715	370.00–380.00	375.80
241	750–800	764	365.00–386.00	377.63
376	800–850	821	355.00–377.00	369.01
436	850–900	884	320.00–363.00	348.79
46	900–950	943	340.00	340.00
6	950–1000	975	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	440.00	440.00
23	350–400	386	450.00	450.00
8	450–500	485	370.00	370.00
5	500–550	510	365.00	365.00
10	550–600	558	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	373	600.00	600.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	307	540.00–570.00	556.44
21	350–400	385	520.00–580.00	542.27
128	400–450	425	460.00–510.00	484.23
137	450–500	485	440.00–480.00	461.11
234	500–550	521	430.00–480.00	443.36
83	550–600	576	420.00–440.00	430.30
384	600–650	624	405.00–440.00	419.94
261	650–700	687	392.00–432.00	402.19
235	700–750	724	387.00–411.00	398.01
480	750–800	778	387.00–398.00	391.58
675	800–850	815	372.00–393.50	384.59
384	850–900	892	352.00–365.00	352.23
215	900–950	914	341.00–359.00	351.32
105	950–1000	973	338.00–344.00	341.03
12	1000–1050	1,024	332.50–342.00	337.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	300–350	327	420.00–470.00	457.14
17	350–400	383	410.00–440.00	423.90
70	400–450	436	395.00–412.00	404.72
52	450–500	480	360.00–395.00	381.56
46	500–550	524	340.00–375.00	363.86
63	550–600	571	355.00–375.00	367.05
83	600–650	617	330.00–360.00	351.43
31	650–700	672	315.00–357.00	345.15
20	700–750	725	338.00–340.00	339.40
39	750–800	763	335.00–343.00	339.83
25	800–850	843	330.00–331.00	330.80
12	850–900	891	307.00–310.00	309.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	623	287.50	287.50
6	850–900	889	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	300–350	303	500.00–537.50	531.07
46	350–400	385	432.00–470.00	442.62
148	400–450	416	417.00–470.00	445.27
241	450–500	480	405.00–460.00	420.92
169	500–550	523	375.00–425.00	389.78
176	550–600	574	375.00–406.00	390.68
289	600–650	624	365.00–405.00	385.18
88	650–700	674	360.00–390.00	384.60
301	700–750	715	351.00–366.50	364.57
97	750–800	787	348.00–364.00	351.49
252	800–850	824	334.00–344.00	339.87
10	850–900	881	337.00	337.00
17	900–950	925	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	500	380.00	380.00
8	550–600	595	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	355.00	355.00
6	500–550	525	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	472	400.00–405.00	402.07
8	500–550	520	375.00–410.00	397.24
39	600–650	627	345.00–370.00	356.98
26	650–700	682	345.00–375.00	356.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	309	530.00	530.00
12	400–450	415	460.00–490.00	475.31
10	450–500	472	440.00	440.00
29	500–550	521	400.00–415.00	407.90
15	550–600	556	395.00–400.00	397.00
7	600–650	603	395.00	395.00
16	650–700	658	390.00	390.00

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.