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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-24

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Nov 24

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Nov 17Nov 24Dec 1 →

Receipts

8,615 head

▲ 117 vs last sale 8,498▼ 3,404 vs year ago 12,019 · −28.3%

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 and heifers sold 5.00-20.00 lower in uneven trading. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. The largest lots of the day were 467 head of crossbred heifers weighing 765 lbs. which sold for 278.50/cwt. and 428 head of steers weighing 880 lbs. which sold for 326.50/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 $364.45/cwt on 556 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −90.63 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$364.45

556 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,023

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$438

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

$61.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.62

vs MO average

−34.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	380.91	2,127	263
Medium and Large 1-2	555	352.96	1,959	264
Medium and Large 2	528	319.83	1,688	29

One grade step is worth $61.08/cwt here — about $438 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale556 hd

364.45

—

MO average17 barns · 2,491 hd

386.07

−21.62

National average33 barns · 4,299 hd

398.67

−34.22

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−90.63

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

69 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 1-2	321	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,380	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,246	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	437.76/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,602	40
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	393.35/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,444	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	390.73/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,618	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	361.86/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,505	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	416.30/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,819	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	431.95/cwt	405.00–455.00	2,009	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	382.34/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,801	66
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	317.18/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,646	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	366.52/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,932	113
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	392.49/cwt	377.00–417.00	2,096	103
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,855	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	373.46/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,144	160
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	342.81/cwt	310.00–365.00	1,975	151
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	355.77/cwt	335.00–370.00	2,213	103
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	330.34/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,108	135
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,857	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	344.79/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,303	105
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	324.42/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,203	48
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	711	303.17/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,156	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	331.60/cwt	321.00–352.00	2,388	314
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	315.87/cwt	282.00–320.00	2,322	395
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	342.58/cwt	326.00–351.00	2,593	186
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	766	314.78/cwt	300.00–324.00	2,411	368
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	314.05/cwt	304.00–333.50	2,569	580
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	832	294.63/cwt	293.00–298.00	2,451	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	841	301.51/cwt	296.00–304.00	2,536	542
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	321.54/cwt	307.00–326.50	2,801	780
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	298.89/cwt	289.00–304.00	2,639	438
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	298.09/cwt	290.50–307.00	2,722	266
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	281.78/cwt	278.00–285.00	2,601	32
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,001	263
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,046	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,793	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	400.82/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,339	20
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,251	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	337.31/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,248	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	352.81/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,334	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	384.73/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,520	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	341.60/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,442	40
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	354.82/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,515	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	339.37/cwt	332.00–345.00	1,612	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	307.60/cwt	307.00–308.00	1,467	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	355.01/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,700	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	338.46/cwt	328.00–348.00	1,750	130
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	319.34/cwt	287.00–327.00	1,673	150
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	305.91/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,744	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,866	77
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	286.66/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,691	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	603	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,719	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	307.18/cwt	283.00–315.00	1,905	89
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	326.47/cwt	318.00–339.00	2,044	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	336.12/cwt	331.00–342.00	2,259	137
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	301.55/cwt	296.00–322.00	2,051	125
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	684	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,943	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	288.35/cwt	266.00–304.00	2,093	178
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	316.53/cwt	311.00–339.00	2,342	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	278.89/cwt	273.00–289.00	2,139	530
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	295.17/cwt	289.00–310.00	2,291	354
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	277.16/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,284	75
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	282.68/cwt	280.00–283.50	2,369	122
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	282.23/cwt	278.50–285.00	2,441	106
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	911	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,232	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,740	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	601	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,803	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,041	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	679	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,867	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	716	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,897	6

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 Nov 24, 2025

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

Receipts 8,615Last week 8,498Year ago 12,019

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	321	430.00	430.00
20	400–450	414	375.00–405.00	390.73
66	450–500	471	365.00–400.00	382.34
113	500–550	527	330.00–380.00	366.52
151	550–600	576	310.00–365.00	342.81
135	600–650	638	310.00–340.00	330.34
48	650–700	679	320.00–330.00	324.42
395	700–750	735	282.00–320.00	315.87
368	750–800	766	300.00–324.00	314.78
542	800–850	841	296.00–304.00	301.51
438	850–900	883	289.00–304.00	298.89
32	900–950	923	278.00–285.00	281.78
6	1000–1050	1,046	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	380.00	380.00
11	350–400	367	380.00–410.00	393.35
22	400–450	416	340.00–370.00	361.86
23	500–550	519	315.00–321.00	317.18
6	550–600	562	330.00	330.00
16	600–650	647	287.00	287.00
14	700–750	711	300.00–305.00	303.17
49	800–850	832	293.00–298.00	294.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	350–400	366	430.00–445.00	437.76
23	400–450	437	405.00–430.00	416.30
28	450–500	465	405.00–455.00	431.95
103	500–550	534	377.00–417.00	392.49
160	550–600	574	365.00–380.00	373.46
103	600–650	622	335.00–370.00	355.77
105	650–700	668	330.00–360.00	344.79
314	700–750	720	321.00–352.00	331.60
186	750–800	757	326.00–351.00	342.58
580	800–850	818	304.00–333.50	314.05
780	850–900	871	307.00–326.50	321.54
266	900–950	913	290.50–307.00	298.09
263	950–1000	962	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	497	350.00	350.00
6	600–650	601	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	679	275.00	275.00
6	700–750	716	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	648	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	370	330.00–345.00	337.31
12	450–500	477	307.00–308.00	307.60
11	500–550	510	305.00	305.00
24	550–600	590	280.00–301.00	286.66
13	600–650	603	285.00	285.00
5	650–700	684	284.00	284.00
12	900–950	911	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	338	370.00	370.00
28	350–400	378	345.00–360.00	352.81
40	400–450	422	335.00–345.00	341.60
28	450–500	475	332.00–345.00	339.37
150	500–550	524	287.00–327.00	319.34
49	550–600	570	300.00–317.00	305.91
89	600–650	620	283.00–315.00	307.18
125	650–700	680	296.00–322.00	301.55
178	700–750	726	266.00–304.00	288.35
530	750–800	767	273.00–289.00	278.89
75	800–850	824	270.00–285.00	277.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	334	390.00–420.00	400.82
37	350–400	395	375.00–390.00	384.73
28	400–450	427	350.00–365.00	354.82
38	450–500	479	350.00–357.00	355.01
130	500–550	517	328.00–348.00	338.46
77	550–600	574	325.00	325.00
50	600–650	626	318.00–339.00	326.47
137	650–700	672	331.00–342.00	336.12
64	700–750	740	311.00–339.00	316.53
354	750–800	776	289.00–310.00	295.17
122	800–850	838	280.00–283.50	282.68
106	850–900	865	278.50–285.00	282.23

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.