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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-19

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jan 19

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Jan 12Jan 19Feb 2 →

Receipts

9,695 head

▼ 3,977 vs last sale 13,672▼ 2,900 vs year ago 12,595 · −23.0%

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 steady to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs. sold 4.00-6.00 higher with heavier weights selling steady to 4.00 lower. Supply was heavy with good demand. A lot more plain cattle were in the auction this week. A couple of stand out sales were 15 steers weighing 719 lbs. sold for 399.00/cwt. and 8 heifers weighing 601 lbs. sold for 430.00/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 $448.39/cwt on 1,066 head. That ranks 17 of 34 comparable sales and sits −6.69 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$448.39

1,066 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,471

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$432

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

$92.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.02

vs MO average

−16.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	466.87	2,579	583
Medium and Large 1-2	548	429.04	2,351	457
Medium and Large 2	574	374.01	2,147	26

One grade step is worth $92.86/cwt here — about $432 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale1,066 hd

448.39

—

MO average20 barns · 4,967 hd

457.40

−9.02

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−16.94

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−6.69

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	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	281	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,517	25
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	624.64/cwt	600.00–690.00	2,024	18
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	329	551.70/cwt	530.00–590.00	1,815	27
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	575.94/cwt	560.00–630.00	2,131	52
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,025	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,950	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	534.70/cwt	520.00–570.00	2,278	84
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	497.64/cwt	440.00–510.00	2,140	130
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	505.88/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,403	101
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	461.40/cwt	410.00–485.00	2,215	139
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	435.83/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,162	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	497.91/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,594	266
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	522	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,453	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	443.27/cwt	400.00–470.00	2,336	270
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	374.01/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,147	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	408.50/cwt	380.00–425.00	2,361	187
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	440.17/cwt	430.00–467.00	2,553	310
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	385.74/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,422	183
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	407.74/cwt	365.00–431.00	2,573	213
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	667	390.97/cwt	390.00–392.00	2,608	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	385.92/cwt	379.50–429.00	2,620	421
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	370.63/cwt	352.00–377.00	2,524	171
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	375.41/cwt	357.00–399.00	2,695	390
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	352.25/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,568	31
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,738	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	361.27/cwt	350.00–369.00	2,771	357
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	330.45/cwt	328.00–340.00	2,561	27
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	816	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,448	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	348.97/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,865	264
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	342.13/cwt	330.00–344.00	2,829	120
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	340.59/cwt	337.50–348.00	2,973	406
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	329.92/cwt	320.00–338.50	2,910	402
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	332.25/cwt	320.00–340.50	3,060	443
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	927	318.73/cwt	310.00–324.00	2,955	283
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	322.52/cwt	317.00–324.00	3,090	418
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,031	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	3,129	37
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,021	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	558.66/cwt	545.00–580.00	1,816	34
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	514.75/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,714	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	551.13/cwt	545.00–560.00	2,012	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	495.21/cwt	475.00–520.00	1,882	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	490.94/cwt	472.00–520.00	2,042	77
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	432.42/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,808	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	452.07/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,944	158
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	451.77/cwt	430.00–490.00	2,137	226
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	422.92/cwt	400.00–437.00	2,026	119
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	383.40/cwt	382.00–385.00	1,859	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	416.94/cwt	405.00–437.00	2,172	135
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	387.15/cwt	362.00–405.00	2,048	107
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	400.14/cwt	382.00–423.00	2,261	166
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	367.14/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,133	90
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	375.95/cwt	360.00–430.00	2,297	213
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	349.82/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,204	49
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	357.12/cwt	345.00–373.00	2,400	336
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	338.07/cwt	322.00–345.00	2,309	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,298	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	342.00/cwt	332.00–349.00	2,493	133
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	328.62/cwt	322.00–345.00	2,563	152
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,515	60
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	321.46/cwt	318.00–326.00	2,649	112
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	292.39/cwt	291.00–301.00	2,433	44
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,768	53
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	293.87/cwt	293.50–296.00	2,701	480
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,246	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,130	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,094	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,202	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,416	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,458	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 Jan 19, 2026

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

Receipts 9,695Last week 13,672Year ago 12,595

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	250–300	281	540.00	540.00
27	300–350	329	530.00–590.00	551.70
10	350–400	375	540.00	540.00
130	400–450	430	440.00–510.00	497.64
139	450–500	480	410.00–485.00	461.40
270	500–550	527	400.00–470.00	443.27
187	550–600	578	380.00–425.00	408.50
183	600–650	628	350.00–395.00	385.74
171	650–700	681	352.00–377.00	370.63
31	700–750	729	345.00–365.00	352.25
27	750–800	775	328.00–340.00	330.45
120	800–850	827	330.00–344.00	342.13
402	850–900	882	320.00–338.50	329.92
283	900–950	927	310.00–324.00	318.73
37	1000–1050	1,031	303.50	303.50
5	1050–1100	1,060	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	390	500.00	500.00
12	450–500	496	430.00–440.00	435.83
26	550–600	574	370.00–375.00	374.01
9	800–850	816	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	522	470.00	470.00
19	650–700	667	390.00–392.00	390.97
16	750–800	750	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	324	600.00–690.00	624.64
52	350–400	370	560.00–630.00	575.94
84	400–450	426	520.00–570.00	534.70
101	450–500	475	490.00–540.00	505.88
266	500–550	521	480.00–540.00	497.91
310	550–600	580	430.00–467.00	440.17
213	600–650	631	365.00–431.00	407.74
421	650–700	679	379.50–429.00	385.92
390	700–750	718	357.00–399.00	375.41
357	750–800	767	350.00–369.00	361.27
264	800–850	821	344.00–355.00	348.97
406	850–900	873	337.50–348.00	340.59
443	900–950	921	320.00–340.50	332.25
418	950–1000	958	317.00–324.00	322.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	333	500.00–535.00	514.75
37	350–400	380	475.00–520.00	495.21
158	400–450	430	420.00–470.00	452.07
119	450–500	479	400.00–437.00	422.92
107	500–550	529	362.00–405.00	387.15
90	550–600	581	355.00–375.00	367.14
49	600–650	630	340.00–357.00	349.82
30	650–700	683	322.00–345.00	338.07
10	700–750	718	320.00	320.00
60	750–800	796	316.00	316.00
44	800–850	832	291.00–301.00	292.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	418	415.00–440.00	432.42
11	450–500	485	382.00–385.00	383.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	545	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	325	545.00–580.00	558.66
17	350–400	365	545.00–560.00	551.13
77	400–450	416	472.00–520.00	490.94
226	450–500	473	430.00–490.00	451.77
135	500–550	521	405.00–437.00	416.94
166	550–600	565	382.00–423.00	400.14
213	600–650	611	360.00–430.00	375.95
336	650–700	672	345.00–373.00	357.12
133	700–750	729	332.00–349.00	342.00
152	750–800	780	322.00–345.00	328.62
112	800–850	824	318.00–326.00	321.46
53	850–900	876	316.00	316.00
480	900–950	919	293.50–296.00	293.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	468	480.00	480.00
11	500–550	541	407.00	407.00
9	650–700	679	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	530	395.00	395.00
8	650–700	671	360.00	360.00

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.