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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Dec 1

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Nov 24Dec 1Dec 8 →

Receipts

6,774 head

▼ 1,841 vs last sale 8,615▼ 2,841 vs year ago 9,615 · −29.5%

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 feeders steers sold 5.00-25.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-30.00 higher. Supply was moderate with very good demand. The largest lot of the day was 286 head of steers weighing 941 lbs. which sold for 314.00/cwt.. Close behind was 261 head of heifers weighing 793 lbs. which sold for 300.50/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 $388.68/cwt on 446 head. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −66.40 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$388.68

446 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$451

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

$82.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.77

vs MO average

−40.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	407.76	2,274	236
Medium and Large 1-2	553	370.03	2,048	197
Medium and Large 2	561	325.00	1,823	13thin

One grade step is worth $82.76/cwt here — about $451 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 sale446 hd

388.68

—

MO average9 barns · 1,618 hd

391.45

−2.77

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−40.47

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−66.40

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

66 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 2	315	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,150	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,569	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	448.08/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,546	28
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	466.09/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,697	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	414.96/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,564	48
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	382	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,299	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	433.54/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,838	63
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	390.77/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,669	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	429.17/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,017	111
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	475	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,233	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	392.69/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,885	89
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,708	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	412.67/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,183	95
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	370.82/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,976	94
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,823	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	369.31/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,112	103
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	404.45/cwt	387.00–425.00	2,334	141
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	302.53/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,900	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	380.84/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,399	309
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	345.99/cwt	321.00–360.00	2,187	110
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	328.93/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,181	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	351.69/cwt	337.00–375.00	2,395	200
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	307.40/cwt	297.00–321.00	2,256	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	347.68/cwt	327.00–355.00	2,562	198
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,486	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	333.10/cwt	330.00–338.00	2,628	219
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	328.13/cwt	312.00–332.00	2,727	314
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	315.51/cwt	310.00–333.00	2,767	116
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,675	43
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	930	302.08/cwt	290.00–304.50	2,809	347
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	313.88/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,932	550
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	315.48/cwt	307.00–321.00	3,016	56
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	981	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,031	57
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,856	20
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,080	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,078	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	427.55/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,360	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	381.71/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,473	30
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,455	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	384.24/cwt	362.00–405.00	1,610	68
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	336.24/cwt	325.00–352.00	1,426	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,368	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	381.31/cwt	357.00–400.00	1,807	152
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	335.73/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,601	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	354.04/cwt	339.00–372.00	1,866	228
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	328.88/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,740	61
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,438	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	335.86/cwt	327.00–350.00	1,921	92
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	318.01/cwt	316.00–322.00	1,844	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	317.19/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,986	113
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	337.75/cwt	322.00–355.00	2,148	234
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	647	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,077	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	319.84/cwt	309.00–330.00	2,114	93
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	347.57/cwt	335.00–359.00	2,318	157
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	348.48/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,478	174
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	318.92/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,306	200
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	292.64/cwt	286.00–295.00	2,221	171
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	304.54/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,378	456
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	281.03/cwt	278.00–288.00	2,296	60
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	323.25/cwt	307.00–324.00	2,689	132
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	289.61/cwt	289.00–293.00	2,482	33
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,611	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	471	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,437	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,943	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	17
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,119	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,281	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 Dec 1, 2025

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

Receipts 6,774Last week 8,615Year ago 9,615

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	345	430.00–450.00	448.08
48	350–400	377	380.00–430.00	414.96
19	400–450	427	370.00–405.00	390.77
89	450–500	480	370.00–410.00	392.69
94	500–550	533	350.00–380.00	370.82
103	550–600	572	350.00–380.00	369.31
110	600–650	632	321.00–360.00	345.99
28	650–700	663	320.00–335.00	328.93
33	700–750	734	297.00–321.00	307.40
14	750–800	765	325.00	325.00
43	850–900	883	303.00	303.00
347	900–950	930	290.00–304.50	302.08
57	950–1000	981	309.00	309.00
20	1000–1050	1,020	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	315	365.00	365.00
9	450–500	495	345.00	345.00
13	550–600	561	325.00	325.00
12	600–650	628	300.00–305.00	302.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	475	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	495.00	495.00
14	350–400	364	440.00–485.00	466.09
63	400–450	424	415.00–460.00	433.54
111	450–500	470	410.00–450.00	429.17
95	500–550	529	390.00–425.00	412.67
141	550–600	577	387.00–425.00	404.45
309	600–650	630	360.00–400.00	380.84
200	650–700	681	337.00–375.00	351.69
198	700–750	737	327.00–355.00	347.68
219	750–800	789	330.00–338.00	333.10
314	800–850	831	312.00–332.00	328.13
116	850–900	877	310.00–333.00	315.51
550	900–950	934	310.00–325.00	313.88
56	950–1000	956	307.00–321.00	315.48
5	1050–1100	1,080	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	388	375.00	375.00
22	400–450	424	325.00–352.00	336.24
59	450–500	477	320.00–355.00	335.73
61	500–550	529	320.00–335.00	328.88
36	550–600	580	316.00–322.00	318.01
113	600–650	626	295.00–330.00	317.19
93	650–700	661	309.00–330.00	319.84
200	700–750	723	315.00–325.00	318.92
171	750–800	759	286.00–295.00	292.64
60	800–850	817	278.00–288.00	281.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	456	300.00	300.00
12	550–600	564	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	318	410.00–445.00	427.55
30	350–400	386	375.00–390.00	381.71
68	400–450	419	362.00–405.00	384.24
152	450–500	474	357.00–400.00	381.31
228	500–550	527	339.00–372.00	354.04
92	550–600	572	327.00–350.00	335.86
234	600–650	636	322.00–355.00	337.75
157	650–700	667	335.00–359.00	347.57
174	700–750	711	340.00–356.00	348.48
456	750–800	781	300.00–320.00	304.54
132	800–850	832	307.00–324.00	323.25
33	850–900	857	289.00–293.00	289.61
11	900–950	913	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	647	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	625	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	471	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	560	347.00	347.00
5	650–700	652	325.00	325.00
9	750–800	781	292.00	292.00

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.