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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 20

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

7,131 head

▼ 1,266 vs last sale 8,397▼ 996 vs year ago 8,127 · −12.3%

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 under 800 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 lower with heavier weights selling steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. sold steady to 10.00 higher with heavier weights selling 5.00-12.00 lower. Overall quality was off considerably from last week with a lot of plain cattle in the offering. The largest lot of the day was 225 head of steers weighing 855 lbs. which sold for 358.00/cwt.. Supply and demand was moderate.

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 $412.58/cwt on 547 head. That ranks 14 of 34 comparable sales and sits −42.50 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$412.58

547 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$352

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

$55.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.73

vs MO average

−45.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	426.13	2,365	278
Medium and Large 1-2	564	400.72	2,261	250
Medium and Large 2	543	370.53	2,013	19thin

One grade step is worth $55.59/cwt here — about $352 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 sale547 hd

412.58

—

MO average18 barns · 1,896 hd

429.32

−16.73

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−45.56

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−42.50

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

73 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	576.62/cwt	560.00–585.00	1,811	16
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	524.58/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,805	22
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	360	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,224	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	516.97/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,939	24
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	461.40/cwt	430.00–490.00	1,735	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,678	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	491.96/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,051	52
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	435.80/cwt	375.00–460.00	1,900	98
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	453.29/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,108	144
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	416.14/cwt	402.00–435.00	1,973	75
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	384.51/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,838	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	372.51/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,974	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	406.07/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,156	89
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	432.74/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,302	114
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	421.53/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,407	164
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	572	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,088	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,117	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	398.81/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,325	156
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,101	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	412.75/cwt	400.00–432.00	2,567	152
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	382.05/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,392	156
Steers	600–650	Medium 2	644	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,835	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	388.72/cwt	382.00–392.00	2,601	73
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	372.01/cwt	361.00–379.00	2,541	86
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	377.68/cwt	372.00–398.00	2,768	471
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	368.07/cwt	361.00–373.00	2,705	339
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	757	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,612	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	381.40/cwt	371.00–389.00	2,910	275
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	361.44/cwt	342.00–366.00	2,819	62
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	365.25/cwt	361.00–372.00	2,988	387
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	357.22/cwt	355.00–362.00	2,954	151
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	360.27/cwt	355.00–368.00	3,084	500
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	349.38/cwt	338.00–353.00	3,047	440
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	353.01/cwt	345.00–357.00	3,255	229
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	325.73/cwt	320.00–332.00	3,023	47
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	336.63/cwt	336.00–341.00	3,235	64
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,020	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,478	37
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	421.32/cwt	405.00–455.00	1,424	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	499.48/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,718	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	410.99/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,512	31
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	451.80/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,735	89
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	439.17/cwt	412.00–470.00	1,809	84
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	391.41/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,695	92
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	379.23/cwt	360.00–392.00	1,790	96
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	424.08/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,014	91
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	360.58/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,724	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	352.32/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,814	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	362.49/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,892	87
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	399.99/cwt	375.00–420.00	2,096	166
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	392.46/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,229	146
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	349.58/cwt	330.00–370.00	2,010	70
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	597	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,970	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	350.74/cwt	325.00–360.00	2,175	73
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	379.37/cwt	368.00–391.00	2,428	109
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,997	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	367.12/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,478	71
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	351.72/cwt	320.00–365.00	2,395	61
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	360.40/cwt	351.00–373.00	2,544	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	331.35/cwt	317.00–340.00	2,432	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,670	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	791	328.19/cwt	317.00–331.00	2,596	149
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,467	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,621	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	875	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,380	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	316.39/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,784	59
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	970	299.69/cwt	298.00–301.00	2,907	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,767	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,748	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	403.93/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,935	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	404.74/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,165	19
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,041	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,182	9

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 20, 2025

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

Receipts 7,131Last week 8,397Year ago 8,127

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	338	405.00–455.00	421.32
31	350–400	368	405.00–420.00	410.99
92	400–450	433	370.00–410.00	391.41
96	450–500	472	360.00–392.00	379.23
87	500–550	522	340.00–375.00	362.49
70	550–600	575	330.00–370.00	349.58
73	600–650	620	325.00–360.00	350.74
61	650–700	681	320.00–365.00	351.72
28	700–750	734	317.00–340.00	331.35
149	750–800	791	317.00–331.00	328.19
11	800–850	817	302.00	302.00
16	950–1000	970	298.00–301.00	299.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	478	360.00–362.00	360.58
9	500–550	515	330.00–370.00	352.32
7	550–600	597	330.00	330.00
8	600–650	640	312.00	312.00
18	850–900	875	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	344	485.00–510.00	499.48
89	350–400	384	430.00–475.00	451.80
84	400–450	412	412.00–470.00	439.17
91	450–500	475	405.00–440.00	424.08
166	500–550	524	375.00–420.00	399.99
146	550–600	568	380.00–415.00	392.46
109	600–650	640	368.00–391.00	379.37
71	650–700	675	355.00–374.00	367.12
36	700–750	706	351.00–373.00	360.40
70	750–800	783	341.00	341.00
17	800–850	832	315.00	315.00
59	850–900	880	305.00–325.00	316.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	344	500.00–530.00	524.58
8	350–400	376	430.00–490.00	461.40
98	400–450	436	375.00–460.00	435.80
75	450–500	474	402.00–435.00	416.14
89	500–550	531	390.00–420.00	406.07
156	550–600	583	380.00–410.00	398.81
156	600–650	626	360.00–400.00	382.05
86	650–700	683	361.00–379.00	372.01
339	700–750	735	361.00–373.00	368.07
62	750–800	780	342.00–366.00	361.44
151	800–850	827	355.00–362.00	357.22
440	850–900	872	338.00–353.00	349.38
47	900–950	928	320.00–332.00	325.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	445.00	445.00
23	450–500	478	365.00–395.00	384.51
14	500–550	530	370.00–375.00	372.51
5	550–600	580	365.00	365.00
19	600–650	618	340.00	340.00
6	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
10	750–800	757	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	572	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	340.00	340.00
35	600–650	644	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	314	560.00–585.00	576.62
24	350–400	375	500.00–530.00	516.97
52	400–450	417	470.00–520.00	491.96
144	450–500	465	440.00–475.00	453.29
114	500–550	532	420.00–455.00	432.74
164	550–600	571	410.00–430.00	421.53
152	600–650	622	400.00–432.00	412.75
73	650–700	669	382.00–392.00	388.72
471	700–750	733	372.00–398.00	377.68
275	750–800	763	371.00–389.00	381.40
387	800–850	818	361.00–372.00	365.25
500	850–900	856	355.00–368.00	360.27
229	900–950	922	345.00–357.00	353.01
64	950–1000	961	336.00–341.00	336.63
37	1000–1050	1,020	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	470.00	470.00
4	400–450	437	400.00	400.00
16	450–500	479	390.00–415.00	403.93
9	600–650	606	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	575	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	535	390.00–425.00	404.74

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.