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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 27

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

6,301 head

▼ 830 vs last sale 7,131▼ 1,235 vs year ago 7,536 · −16.4%

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

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Compared to last week feeder steers sold 25.00-40.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 20.00-40.00 lower. 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 $362.54/cwt on 475 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −92.54 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$362.54

475 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$48.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.86

vs MO average

−67.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	379.66	2,086	139
Medium and Large 1-2	564	361.53	2,038	268
Medium and Large 2	562	331.56	1,865	68

One grade step is worth $48.10/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale475 hd

362.54

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MO average17 barns · 2,495 hd

413.40

−50.86

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−67.18

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−92.54

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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	434.46/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,403	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	433.55/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,621	20
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	389	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,478	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,020	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	416.45/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,770	87
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	357.66/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,542	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	423.10/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,005	34
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	395.08/cwt	380.00–402.00	1,920	47
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	365.90/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,778	59
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	382.77/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,017	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	366.39/cwt	357.00–370.00	1,971	100
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,833	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	376.92/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,145	74
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	326.65/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,882	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	358.64/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,077	168
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	350.37/cwt	332.00–360.00	2,214	177
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	364.06/cwt	360.00–376.00	2,308	137
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	307.62/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,953	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	664	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,058	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	344.74/cwt	331.00–348.00	2,330	325
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	353.40/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,410	315
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	350.00/cwt	343.00–359.00	2,492	149
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	340.42/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,454	165
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,624	114
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	333.06/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,598	62
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	339.45/cwt	332.00–347.00	2,824	473
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	329.06/cwt	328.00–333.00	2,758	510
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	327.27/cwt	321.00–336.00	2,821	196
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	312.46/cwt	305.00–317.00	2,756	232
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	914	310.04/cwt	299.00–313.00	2,834	49
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,901	105
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	973	294.19/cwt	294.00–295.00	2,862	31
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,045	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	426.37/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,356	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	383.88/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,282	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	414.02/cwt	410.00–417.00	1,594	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	379.77/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,462	52
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	369.40/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,540	57
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	386.42/cwt	378.00–390.00	1,665	48
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	348.81/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,507	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	381.33/cwt	367.00–385.00	1,781	51
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	338.59/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,588	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	356.60/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,722	68
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	341.01/cwt	332.00–355.00	1,794	116
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	363.16/cwt	358.00–380.00	1,947	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	306.82/cwt	292.00–327.00	1,648	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	355.61/cwt	345.00–372.00	2,027	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	332.34/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,908	62
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	310.51/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,813	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	345.80/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,099	282
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	334.98/cwt	305.00–344.00	2,104	213
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	333.37/cwt	332.00–337.00	2,220	101
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	321.94/cwt	310.00–332.00	2,176	44
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	681	288.10/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,962	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	320.11/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,260	75
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	727	263.25/cwt	245.00–286.00	1,914	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	309.12/cwt	307.00–310.00	2,291	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	323.48/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,520	205
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	301.59/cwt	299.00–310.00	2,352	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	302.18/cwt	265.00–306.00	2,496	57
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	315.60/cwt	312.00–321.00	2,642	15
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	307.08/cwt	301.00–308.00	2,739	45
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	902	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,499	18
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,621	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	342.41/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,787	25
Bulls	550–600	Medium 2	572	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,745	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	297.22/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,730	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,053	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium 2	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,974	11

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 6,301Last week 7,131Year ago 7,536

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Compared to last week feeder steers sold 25.00-40.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 20.00-40.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	323	420.00–450.00	434.46
20	350–400	374	425.00–445.00	433.55
87	400–450	425	380.00–440.00	416.45
47	450–500	486	380.00–402.00	395.08
100	500–550	538	357.00–370.00	366.39
168	550–600	579	350.00–365.00	358.64
177	600–650	632	332.00–360.00	350.37
325	650–700	676	331.00–348.00	344.74
165	700–750	721	330.00–345.00	340.42
62	750–800	780	330.00–341.00	333.06
510	800–850	838	328.00–333.00	329.06
232	850–900	882	305.00–317.00	312.46
49	900–950	914	299.00–313.00	310.04
31	950–1000	973	294.00–295.00	294.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	431	340.00–370.00	357.66
59	450–500	486	350.00–385.00	365.90
25	500–550	539	340.00	340.00
43	550–600	576	310.00–340.00	326.65
10	600–650	635	290.00–325.00	307.62
16	650–700	664	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	495.00	495.00
34	450–500	474	410.00–430.00	423.10
65	500–550	527	375.00–395.00	382.77
74	550–600	569	370.00–390.00	376.92
137	600–650	634	360.00–376.00	364.06
315	650–700	682	345.00–362.50	353.40
149	700–750	712	343.00–359.00	350.00
114	750–800	774	339.00	339.00
473	800–850	832	332.00–347.00	339.45
196	850–900	862	321.00–336.00	327.27
105	900–950	921	315.00	315.00
5	950–1000	979	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	334	370.00–405.00	383.88
52	350–400	385	355.00–390.00	379.77
57	400–450	417	365.00–375.00	369.40
68	450–500	483	345.00–365.00	356.60
116	500–550	526	332.00–355.00	341.01
62	550–600	574	320.00–343.00	332.34
213	600–650	628	305.00–344.00	334.98
44	650–700	676	310.00–332.00	321.94
10	700–750	741	307.00–310.00	309.12
13	750–800	780	299.00–310.00	301.59
57	800–850	826	265.00–306.00	302.18
18	900–950	902	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	432	340.00–360.00	348.81
46	450–500	469	325.00–345.00	338.59
20	500–550	537	292.00–327.00	306.82
12	550–600	584	300.00–321.00	310.51
8	650–700	681	287.00–290.00	288.10
9	700–750	727	245.00–286.00	263.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	318	420.00–435.00	426.37
16	350–400	385	410.00–417.00	414.02
48	400–450	431	378.00–390.00	386.42
51	450–500	467	367.00–385.00	381.33
37	500–550	536	358.00–380.00	363.16
40	550–600	570	345.00–372.00	355.61
282	600–650	607	344.00–355.00	345.80
101	650–700	666	332.00–337.00	333.37
75	700–750	706	320.00–322.00	320.11
205	750–800	779	320.00–333.00	323.48
15	800–850	837	312.00–321.00	315.60
45	850–900	892	301.00–308.00	307.08
9	900–950	926	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	582	290.00–315.00	297.22
11	650–700	658	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	572	305.00	305.00
7	600–650	605	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	522	340.00–355.00	342.41
6	550–600	595	345.00	345.00

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.