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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-12

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jan 12

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Jan 5Jan 12Jan 19 →

Receipts

13,672 head

▼ 504 vs last sale 14,176▲ 3,646 vs year ago 10,026 · +36.4%

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 from 5.00 lower to 8.00 higher with light 4 weight steers selling 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 6.00 lower to 8.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 14 steer calves weighing 340 lbs. sold for 670.00/cwt. Another group of 40 steers weighing 435 lbs. sold for 600.00/cwt. The largest lot of the day was 445 head of steers weighing 887 lbs. which sold for 345.00/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 $453.47/cwt on 1,286 head. That ranks 18 of 34 comparable sales and sits −1.62 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$453.47

1,286 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$529

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

$98.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.71

vs MO average

−18.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	468.23	2,583	733
Medium and Large 1-2	549	435.07	2,391	543
Medium and Large 2	555	370.00	2,054	10thin

One grade step is worth $98.23/cwt here — about $529 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 sale1,286 hd

453.47

—

MO average22 barns · 7,348 hd

465.18

−11.71

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−18.51

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−1.62

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

78 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	297	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,079	14
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	626.41/cwt	600.00–670.00	1,992	43
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	567.35/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,821	12
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	366	419.42/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,535	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	584.48/cwt	560.00–630.00	2,157	31
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	533.37/cwt	470.00–560.00	2,037	27
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	393	492.11/cwt	460.00–505.00	1,934	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	500.86/cwt	475.00–530.00	2,119	162
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	572.70/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,463	234
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	518.97/cwt	490.00–570.00	2,439	166
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	476.80/cwt	460.00–487.00	2,241	160
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	446.27/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,169	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	504.38/cwt	480.00–535.00	2,648	269
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	447.20/cwt	390.00–480.00	2,366	341
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,054	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	447.28/cwt	430.00–485.00	2,536	464
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	414.58/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,421	202
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	421.93/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,620	648
Steers	600–650	Large 1	630	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,501	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	386.61/cwt	350.00–397.00	2,436	209
Steers	650–700	Large 1	655	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,502	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	391.51/cwt	380.00–418.00	2,607	463
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	372.97/cwt	347.00–379.00	2,514	234
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	379.57/cwt	355.00–390.50	2,710	810
Steers	700–750	Large 1	725	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,588	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	355.25/cwt	335.00–362.00	2,597	77
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	357.91/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,799	366
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	344.77/cwt	333.00–348.00	2,696	79
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	793	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,474	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	352.06/cwt	346.00–362.00	2,897	409
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	341.94/cwt	335.00–347.00	2,872	576
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	338.36/cwt	331.00–343.00	2,964	851
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	345.68/cwt	343.00–357.00	3,073	920
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	890	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,537	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	333.41/cwt	325.00–337.00	3,034	233
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	948	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	3,029	119
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	320.56/cwt	318.00–322.00	3,138	56
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	982	312.16/cwt	307.00–315.00	3,065	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	291	615.04/cwt	580.00–630.00	1,790	27
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	590.14/cwt	545.00–620.00	1,847	49
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	511.59/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,673	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	490.83/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,816	43
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	553.96/cwt	525.00–580.00	2,055	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	441.49/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,704	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	493.92/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,020	128
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	445.46/cwt	400.00–470.00	1,915	266
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	450.80/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,132	247
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	378.69/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,803	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	424.57/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,025	151
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	391.91/cwt	350.00–420.00	2,061	174
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	425.12/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,240	437
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	398.91/cwt	380.00–427.00	2,298	358
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	368.91/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,136	166
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	375.49/cwt	360.00–396.00	2,343	314
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	350.87/cwt	320.00–370.00	2,214	247
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	354.90/cwt	342.00–377.00	2,410	289
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	334.78/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,280	113
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	338.82/cwt	331.00–357.00	2,504	157
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,439	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	328.02/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,503	24
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	322.53/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,558	115
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	319.47/cwt	312.00–326.00	2,597	191
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	307.47/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,706	84
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	296.51/cwt	291.00–300.00	2,835	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	966	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,724	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,936	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	474	416.70/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,975	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,213	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,055	20
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,184	21
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,266	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,328	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,387	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,318	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,292	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	701	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,348	20

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 12, 2026

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

Receipts 13,672Last week 14,176Year ago 10,026

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	321	530.00–580.00	567.35
27	350–400	382	470.00–560.00	533.37
162	400–450	423	475.00–530.00	500.86
160	450–500	470	460.00–487.00	476.80
341	500–550	529	390.00–480.00	447.20
202	550–600	584	390.00–430.00	414.58
209	600–650	630	350.00–397.00	386.61
234	650–700	674	347.00–379.00	372.97
77	700–750	731	335.00–362.00	355.25
79	750–800	782	333.00–348.00	344.77
576	800–850	840	335.00–347.00	341.94
851	850–900	876	331.00–343.00	338.36
119	900–950	948	319.50	319.50
14	950–1000	982	307.00–315.00	312.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	393	460.00–505.00	492.11
46	450–500	486	410.00–460.00	446.27
10	550–600	555	370.00	370.00
6	750–800	793	312.00	312.00
6	850–900	890	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	366	410.00–450.00	419.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	630	397.00	397.00
16	650–700	655	382.00	382.00
8	700–750	725	357.00	357.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	297	700.00	700.00
43	300–350	318	600.00–670.00	626.41
31	350–400	369	560.00–630.00	584.48
234	400–450	430	540.00–600.00	572.70
166	450–500	470	490.00–570.00	518.97
269	500–550	525	480.00–535.00	504.38
464	550–600	567	430.00–485.00	447.28
648	600–650	621	400.00–440.00	421.93
463	650–700	666	380.00–418.00	391.51
810	700–750	714	355.00–390.50	379.57
366	750–800	782	350.00–373.00	357.91
409	800–850	823	346.00–362.00	352.06
920	850–900	889	343.00–357.00	345.68
233	900–950	910	325.00–337.00	333.41
56	950–1000	979	318.00–322.00	320.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	327	490.00–530.00	511.59
43	350–400	370	470.00–510.00	490.83
266	400–450	430	400.00–470.00	445.46
151	450–500	477	395.00–435.00	424.57
174	500–550	526	350.00–420.00	391.91
166	550–600	579	350.00–375.00	368.91
247	600–650	631	320.00–370.00	350.87
113	650–700	681	320.00–340.00	334.78
7	700–750	746	327.00	327.00
115	750–800	793	300.00–325.00	322.53
8	950–1000	966	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	300	450.00	450.00
46	350–400	386	420.00–450.00	441.49
42	450–500	476	370.00–385.00	378.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	250–300	291	580.00–630.00	615.04
49	300–350	313	545.00–620.00	590.14
20	350–400	371	525.00–580.00	553.96
128	400–450	409	480.00–520.00	493.92
247	450–500	473	440.00–475.00	450.80
437	500–550	527	410.00–440.00	425.12
358	550–600	576	380.00–427.00	398.91
314	600–650	624	360.00–396.00	375.49
289	650–700	679	342.00–377.00	354.90
157	700–750	739	331.00–357.00	338.82
24	750–800	763	320.00–332.00	328.02
191	800–850	813	312.00–326.00	319.47
84	850–900	880	305.00–310.00	307.47
13	950–1000	956	291.00–300.00	296.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	490.00	490.00
20	450–500	478	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	527	430.00	430.00
8	550–600	561	415.00	415.00
11	600–650	620	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	474	410.00–430.00	416.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	465.00	465.00
21	500–550	520	420.00	420.00
6	550–600	565	390.00	390.00
9	600–650	623	372.00	372.00
8	650–700	672	341.00	341.00
20	700–750	701	335.00	335.00

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.