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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-05

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jan 5

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Dec 29Jan 5Jan 12 →

Receipts

14,176 head

▲ 1,814 vs last sale 12,362▲ 12,329 vs year ago 1,847 · +667.5%

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 feeder steers sold 3.00-12.00 higher with heavy 4 weight and light 5 weight steers selling 40.00-50.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs. sold 12.00-40.00 higher with heavier weights selling 5.00-8.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. The largest lot of the day was 268 head of heifers weighing 764 lbs. which sold for 337.50/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 $452.92/cwt on 1,463 head. That ranks 18 of 34 comparable sales and sits −2.17 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$452.92

1,463 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$35.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.08

vs MO average

−13.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	464.87	2,605	976
Medium and Large 1-2	553	428.96	2,373	487

One grade step is worth $35.91/cwt here — about $231 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 sale1,463 hd

452.92

—

MO average7 barns · 3,876 hd

454.00

−1.08

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−13.41

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−2.17

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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	529.65/cwt	520.00–570.00	1,737	40
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	608.56/cwt	590.00–640.00	2,014	45
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,560	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	589.35/cwt	570.00–640.00	2,186	80
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	537.70/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,000	55
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,955	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	550.96/cwt	530.00–600.00	2,347	104
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	499.87/cwt	450.00–525.00	2,144	113
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	425.81/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,895	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	538.11/cwt	510.00–575.00	2,545	187
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	489.68/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,341	109
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,054	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	506.10/cwt	480.00–550.00	2,611	255
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	444.66/cwt	390.00–480.00	2,352	268
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	450.29/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,594	721
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	409.74/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,389	219
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	416.88/cwt	395.00–453.00	2,580	497
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,897	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	385.66/cwt	355.00–398.00	2,437	228
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	392.76/cwt	380.00–409.00	2,635	542
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	364.63/cwt	340.00–376.00	2,505	176
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	371.77/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,692	627
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	351.76/cwt	315.00–362.00	2,547	84
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	360.32/cwt	348.00–375.00	2,764	667
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	339.46/cwt	321.00–363.00	2,634	120
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	333.88/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,748	245
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	348.15/cwt	342.00–357.00	2,886	507
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	837	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,511	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	340.22/cwt	336.00–356.00	2,967	743
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	331.32/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,892	595
Steers	850–900	Large 1	887	328.49/cwt	325.00–334.00	2,914	49
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	330.92/cwt	323.00–343.00	3,064	194
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	931	307.30/cwt	302.00–314.00	2,861	68
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	964	304.48/cwt	302.00–307.00	2,935	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	317.77/cwt	317.00–320.50	3,121	294
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,073	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,122	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	573.30/cwt	555.00–610.00	1,898	68
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	516.90/cwt	485.00–545.00	1,732	37
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	475.57/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,764	43
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	545.19/cwt	520.00–570.00	2,044	63
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	492.82/cwt	475.00–540.00	2,055	125
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	439.49/cwt	415.00–470.00	1,890	192
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	457.71/cwt	437.50–500.00	2,138	195
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	418.48/cwt	380.00–440.00	2,030	194
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	387.02/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,893	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	428.42/cwt	410.00–490.00	2,219	331
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	395.58/cwt	350.00–410.00	2,085	374
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	389.80/cwt	377.00–420.00	2,230	275
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	370.04/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,143	105
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	378.16/cwt	360.00–397.00	2,352	602
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	350.78/cwt	332.00–360.00	2,213	263
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	353.15/cwt	341.00–368.00	2,380	452
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	327.78/cwt	317.00–340.00	2,213	68
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	343.89/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,476	208
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	329.03/cwt	325.00–334.00	2,389	157
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	336.30/cwt	328.00–343.00	2,573	404
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	766	322.69/cwt	290.00–325.00	2,472	189
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	323.96/cwt	305.00–328.00	2,660	307
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,747	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	893	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,545	72
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,747	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	482.92/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,236	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	436.85/cwt	410.00–470.00	2,158	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,068	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	430.57/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,295	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	387.06/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,353	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,253	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,389	5

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 Jan 5, 2026

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

Receipts 14,176Last week 12,362Year ago 1,847

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	300–350	328	520.00–570.00	529.65
55	350–400	372	520.00–560.00	537.70
113	400–450	429	450.00–525.00	499.87
109	450–500	478	450.00–510.00	489.68
268	500–550	529	390.00–480.00	444.66
219	550–600	583	370.00–425.00	409.74
228	600–650	632	355.00–398.00	385.66
176	650–700	687	340.00–376.00	364.63
84	700–750	724	315.00–362.00	351.76
120	750–800	776	321.00–363.00	339.46
245	800–850	823	330.00–342.00	333.88
595	850–900	873	320.00–335.00	331.32
68	900–950	931	302.00–314.00	307.30
12	950–1000	964	302.00–307.00	304.48
5	1050–1100	1,073	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	470.00	470.00
5	350–400	391	500.00	500.00
12	400–450	445	420.00–430.00	425.81
5	450–500	489	420.00	420.00
6	600–650	628	302.00	302.00
6	650–700	670	320.00	320.00
16	800–850	837	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	850–900	887	325.00–334.00	328.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	300–350	331	590.00–640.00	608.56
80	350–400	371	570.00–640.00	589.35
104	400–450	426	530.00–600.00	550.96
187	450–500	473	510.00–575.00	538.11
255	500–550	516	480.00–550.00	506.10
721	550–600	576	425.00–480.00	450.29
497	600–650	619	395.00–453.00	416.88
542	650–700	671	380.00–409.00	392.76
627	700–750	724	360.00–390.00	371.77
667	750–800	767	348.00–375.00	360.32
507	800–850	829	342.00–357.00	348.15
743	850–900	872	336.00–356.00	340.22
194	900–950	926	323.00–343.00	330.92
294	950–1000	982	317.00–320.50	317.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	335	485.00–545.00	516.90
43	350–400	371	455.00–500.00	475.57
192	400–450	430	415.00–470.00	439.49
194	450–500	485	380.00–440.00	418.48
374	500–550	527	350.00–410.00	395.58
105	550–600	579	355.00–375.00	370.04
263	600–650	631	332.00–360.00	350.78
68	650–700	675	317.00–340.00	327.78
157	700–750	726	325.00–334.00	329.03
189	750–800	766	290.00–325.00	322.69
72	850–900	893	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	450–500	489	375.00–390.00	387.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	300–350	331	555.00–610.00	573.30
63	350–400	375	520.00–570.00	545.19
125	400–450	417	475.00–540.00	492.82
195	450–500	467	437.50–500.00	457.71
331	500–550	518	410.00–490.00	428.42
275	550–600	572	377.00–420.00	389.80
602	600–650	622	360.00–397.00	378.16
452	650–700	674	341.00–368.00	353.15
208	700–750	720	330.00–347.00	343.89
404	750–800	765	328.00–343.00	336.30
307	800–850	821	305.00–328.00	323.96
19	850–900	892	308.00	308.00
6	950–1000	957	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	463	470.00–500.00	482.92
15	500–550	533	420.00–440.00	430.57
17	600–650	608	385.00–390.00	387.06
5	700–750	713	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
18	450–500	494	410.00–470.00	436.85
5	500–550	517	400.00	400.00
11	600–650	609	370.00	370.00

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.