Sale reports / Missouri / Joplin Regional Stockyards / 2025-11-10

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Nov 10
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245
joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333
Receipts
8,098 head
▲ 1,373 vs last sale 6,725▲ 635 vs year ago 7,463 · +8.5%
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Compared to last week in uneven sales feeder steers sold 5.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold from 5.00 higher to 15.00 lower. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. Overall quality was considerably lower than last week. The largest lot of the day was 528 head of steers weighing 998 lbs. which sold for 314.25/cwt.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $375.03/cwt on 597 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −80.05 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.
Average price
$375.03
597 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,081
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$68.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.31
vs MO average
−49.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558388.062,166290
Medium and Large 1-2550364.612,005294
Medium and Large 2598320.001,91413thin
One grade step is worth $68.06/cwt here — about $253 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 sale597 hd
375.03
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MO average18 barns · 2,809 hd
389.34
−14.31
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−49.84
This barn, trailing median34 sales
455.08
−80.05
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
519464409354median 455.0803/0204/2707/0608/3111/02
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

74 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335467.40/cwt460.00–480.001,56611
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,66110
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373389.37/cwt375.00–420.001,45236
Steers350–400Medium 2384340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,30610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387434.84/cwt420.00–440.001,68339
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416406.43/cwt387.00–425.001,69159
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421433.27/cwt420.00–440.001,82465
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431379.78/cwt375.00–385.001,63720
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464434.84/cwt420.00–440.002,01880
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473372.13/cwt345.00–385.001,76068
Steers450–500Medium 2477325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5508
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483400.76/cwt385.00–415.001,93688
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519398.51/cwt385.00–405.002,06897
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528368.68/cwt347.00–385.001,947157
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575359.94/cwt340.00–369.002,070137
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578382.81/cwt375.00–402.002,213193
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2598320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,91413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619374.88/cwt362.00–390.002,32195
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632345.31/cwt330.00–360.002,182240
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668361.81/cwt349.00–370.002,417110
Steers650–700Large 1-2672331.67/cwt331.00–332.002,22918
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675339.57/cwt326.00–345.002,292111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675303.43/cwt290.00–315.002,04811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724333.29/cwt320.00–350.002,413177
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734378.70/cwt356.00–389.002,780457
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773351.31/cwt341.00–359.002,716170
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775337.64/cwt321.00–343.002,61780
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829335.65/cwt334.00–343.002,783310
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837324.25/cwt300.00–328.002,714300
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872332.62/cwt331.00–337.002,900490
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2886324.96/cwt320.00–328.002,879290
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925315.60/cwt311.00–318.002,919126
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2977306.88/cwt301.00–307.002,998148
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1994311.62/cwt308.00–314.253,098973
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327363.45/cwt360.00–370.001,1889
Heifers300–350Medium 2330335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1068
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341411.56/cwt410.00–420.001,40317
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358399.48/cwt390.00–402.001,43022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378356.20/cwt340.00–367.001,34650
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384381.58/cwt370.00–387.001,46549
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418323.41/cwt310.00–330.001,35231
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429357.00/cwt335.00–375.001,53275
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430385.36/cwt380.00–395.001,65751
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468379.16/cwt367.50–395.001,77490
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483354.34/cwt337.00–367.001,711114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485327.57/cwt320.00–330.001,58937
Heifers450–500Large 1-2496322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,59710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514362.86/cwt350.00–375.001,865139
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526309.96/cwt307.00–312.001,63011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532334.52/cwt320.00–346.001,780193
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569331.14/cwt320.00–340.001,884150
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2582313.24/cwt312.00–315.001,82312
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583351.68/cwt346.00–375.002,05097
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614300.99/cwt300.00–302.001,8486
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617322.32/cwt300.00–337.001,98993
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623355.19/cwt341.00–363.002,21365
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663338.92/cwt335.00–348.002,247180
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681320.67/cwt315.00–325.002,18438
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725338.97/cwt323.00–351.002,458305
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2728300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1845
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732308.91/cwt290.00–320.002,26158
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy745272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,02611
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779305.50/cwt305.50–305.502,380140
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824313.78/cwt305.00–316.002,586107
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827287.69/cwt280.00–300.002,3798
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868279.46/cwt275.00–283.002,42622
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,63012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2406360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4626
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470382.45/cwt380.00–385.001,79812
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9285
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2536346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,85513
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578321.50/cwt320.00–322.001,85819
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2584338.96/cwt337.00–340.001,98020
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,95313

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.