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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Dec 15

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Dec 8Dec 15Dec 29 →

Receipts

11,705 head

▼ 1,461 vs last sale 13,166▲ 4,380 vs year ago 7,325 · +59.8%

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 475 lbs. sold 10.00-20.00 lower. Heavier weights sold from 5.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs. sold 10.00-25.00 higher. Heavier weights sold steady to 15.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The largest lot of the day was 218 head of steers weighing 932 lbs. which sold for 324.00/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 $423.24/cwt on 1,202 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −31.85 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$423.24

1,202 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,330

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$28.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.96

vs MO average

−20.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	430.84	2,375	876
Medium and Large 1-2	549	402.81	2,210	326

One grade step is worth $28.03/cwt here — about $165 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 sale1,202 hd

423.24

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MO average17 barns · 4,454 hd

425.19

−1.96

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−20.86

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−31.85

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

65 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 1Fancy	312	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,028	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	543.50/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,826	23
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	516.51/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,746	29
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	536.71/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,013	88
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	491.77/cwt	430.00–530.00	1,854	62
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,882	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	436.67/cwt	370.00–440.00	1,865	64
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	483.61/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,080	146
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	473.87/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,218	287
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	430.50/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,075	172
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	387.08/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,904	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	447.19/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,330	359
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	411.41/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,205	236
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	419.16/cwt	395.00–445.00	2,398	504
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	579	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,501	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	380.26/cwt	362.00–395.00	2,213	90
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	397.53/cwt	385.00–417.00	2,465	312
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	371.32/cwt	347.00–379.00	2,376	125
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	374.18/cwt	360.00–396.00	2,514	277
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	344.59/cwt	321.00–354.00	2,350	117
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	337.01/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,433	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	356.51/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,588	495
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	731	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,661	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	354.05/cwt	341.00–375.00	2,740	849
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	330.01/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,600	111
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	343.58/cwt	336.00–357.00	2,841	508
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	333.82/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,771	614
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	327.55/cwt	321.00–336.00	2,856	554
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	893	319.67/cwt	317.00–321.00	2,855	59
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	308.64/cwt	308.00–314.00	2,793	117
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	321.29/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,972	635
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	954	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,948	29
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,066	301.09/cwt	296.00–303.00	3,210	70
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	474.11/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,555	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,406	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	449.35/cwt	420.00–485.00	1,676	107
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	378	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,928	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	410.46/cwt	405.00–411.00	1,625	52
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	449.35/cwt	425.00–500.00	1,892	155
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	401.49/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,742	83
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	418.15/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,965	254
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	378.52/cwt	350.00–387.00	1,813	86
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	348.37/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,825	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	382.88/cwt	360.00–412.50	2,029	360
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	344.51/cwt	327.00–355.00	1,946	79
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	368.68/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,105	419
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	355.07/cwt	337.00–379.00	2,216	232
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	333.68/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,116	96
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	352.72/cwt	337.00–372.00	2,349	222
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	331.18/cwt	317.00–337.00	2,209	118
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	339.68/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,480	379
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	316.35/cwt	303.00–333.00	2,335	174
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	324.41/cwt	316.00–335.00	2,485	63
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	309.44/cwt	305.00–311.00	2,407	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	311.30/cwt	307.50–316.00	2,568	331
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	302.31/cwt	297.00–305.50	2,645	73
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	892	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,694	27
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	302.04/cwt	297.00–303.00	2,764	76
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2	1,184	233.43/cwt	222.00–238.00	2,764	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,962	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,849	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	367.09/cwt	362.00–377.00	2,166	44
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,272	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,207	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 Dec 15, 2025

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

Receipts 11,705Last week 13,166Year ago 7,325

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	338	490.00–540.00	516.51
62	350–400	377	430.00–530.00	491.77
64	400–450	427	370.00–440.00	436.67
172	450–500	482	410.00–445.00	430.50
236	500–550	536	375.00–430.00	411.41
90	550–600	582	362.00–395.00	380.26
125	600–650	640	347.00–379.00	371.32
117	650–700	682	321.00–354.00	344.59
57	700–750	722	330.00–342.00	337.01
111	750–800	788	310.00–340.00	330.01
614	800–850	830	325.00–336.00	333.82
59	850–900	893	317.00–321.00	319.67
117	900–950	905	308.00–314.00	308.64
29	950–1000	954	309.00	309.00
70	1050–1100	1,066	296.00–303.00	301.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	480.00	480.00
12	450–500	492	385.00–390.00	387.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	579	432.00	432.00
27	700–750	731	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	312	650.00	650.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	336	540.00–570.00	543.50
88	350–400	375	520.00–560.00	536.71
146	400–450	430	460.00–510.00	483.61
287	450–500	468	450.00–510.00	473.87
359	500–550	521	430.00–470.00	447.19
504	550–600	572	395.00–445.00	419.16
312	600–650	620	385.00–417.00	397.53
277	650–700	672	360.00–396.00	374.18
495	700–750	726	340.00–370.00	356.51
849	750–800	774	341.00–375.00	354.05
508	800–850	827	336.00–357.00	343.58
554	850–900	872	321.00–336.00	327.55
635	900–950	925	315.00–325.00	321.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	590	362.00–377.00	367.09
6	650–700	679	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	569	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	440.00	440.00
5	500–550	503	390.00	390.00
8	600–650	631	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	410.00	410.00
52	350–400	396	405.00–411.00	410.46
83	400–450	434	385.00–420.00	401.49
86	450–500	479	350.00–387.00	378.52
61	500–550	524	325.00–360.00	348.37
79	550–600	565	327.00–355.00	344.51
96	600–650	634	325.00–339.00	333.68
118	650–700	667	317.00–337.00	331.18
174	700–750	738	303.00–333.00	316.35
23	750–800	778	305.00–311.00	309.44
27	850–900	892	302.00	302.00
17	1150–1200	1,184	222.00–238.00	233.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	378	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	328	455.00–500.00	474.11
107	350–400	373	420.00–485.00	449.35
155	400–450	421	425.00–500.00	449.35
254	450–500	470	390.00–445.00	418.15
360	500–550	530	360.00–412.50	382.88
419	550–600	571	355.00–390.00	368.68
232	600–650	624	337.00–379.00	355.07
222	650–700	666	337.00–372.00	352.72
379	700–750	730	335.00–350.00	339.68
63	750–800	766	316.00–335.00	324.41
331	800–850	825	307.50–316.00	311.30
73	850–900	875	297.00–305.50	302.31
76	900–950	915	297.00–303.00	302.04

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.