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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Feb 16

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Feb 9Feb 16Feb 23 →

Receipts

12,062 head

▼ 1,022 vs last sale 13,084▲ 9,092 vs year ago 2,970 · +306.1%

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 800 lbs. sold 5.00-20.00 higher. Yearling steers over 800 lbs. sold from 10.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold uneven from 15.00 lower to 20.00 higher across most weights. Supply was heavy with very good demand.

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 $488.99/cwt on 927 head. That ranks 33 of 34 comparable sales and sits +33.90 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$488.99

927 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$42.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.55

vs MO average

+1.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	501.74	2,734	636
Large 1	580	485.00	2,813	26
Medium and Large 1-2	554	458.78	2,543	265

One grade step is worth $42.95/cwt here — about $190 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 sale927 hd

488.99

—

MO average18 barns · 3,912 hd

481.44

+7.55

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+1.64

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+33.90

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

75 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	298	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	2,354	16
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	657.02/cwt	650.00–660.00	2,129	27
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	595.89/cwt	560.00–620.00	2,247	49
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	662.47/cwt	620.00–695.00	2,511	63
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	605.98/cwt	580.00–630.00	2,581	187
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	551.54/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,383	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,093	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	586.14/cwt	550.00–615.00	2,749	163
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	475	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,565	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	524.55/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,539	223
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	525.40/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,732	343
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	478.42/cwt	420.00–495.00	2,550	152
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,780	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	472.63/cwt	445.00–500.00	2,718	282
Steers	550–600	Large 1	580	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,813	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	432.37/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,521	113
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	457.24/cwt	435.00–487.00	2,821	494
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	421.71/cwt	390.00–435.00	2,661	180
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,689	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	423.46/cwt	408.00–442.00	2,837	621
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	397.70/cwt	380.00–407.00	2,728	78
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	403.60/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,910	558
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	376.32/cwt	330.00–386.00	2,777	262
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	374.83/cwt	357.00–388.00	2,916	818
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	351.77/cwt	347.00–355.00	2,779	43
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	361.44/cwt	352.00–384.00	2,978	456
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	349.02/cwt	334.00–354.00	2,914	329
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	866	307.31/cwt	305.00–313.00	2,661	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	343.72/cwt	342.00–352.00	3,011	492
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	337.48/cwt	331.00–342.00	2,956	429
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	912	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,736	20
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	331.17/cwt	325.00–342.50	3,057	162
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	941	322.46/cwt	320.00–325.00	3,034	139
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	324.33/cwt	307.00–329.00	3,097	246
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	979	304.54/cwt	301.00–311.00	2,981	11
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,011	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,124	16
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,068	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,343	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,856	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	589.40/cwt	560.00–620.00	1,880	26
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	504.12/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,669	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,536	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	571.66/cwt	530.00–610.00	2,132	112
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	512.31/cwt	505.00–520.00	1,952	51
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	393	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,886	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	506.52/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,178	149
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	478.65/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,073	143
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	452	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,989	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	483.89/cwt	460.00–513.00	2,269	283
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	439.78/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,120	201
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	525	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,336	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	400.22/cwt	360.00–420.00	2,101	117
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	445.39/cwt	425.00–485.00	2,356	167
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	566	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,377	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	415.58/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,369	311
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	383.82/cwt	350.00–396.00	2,226	188
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	618	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,410	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	400.49/cwt	377.00–424.00	2,487	279
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	370.28/cwt	340.00–378.00	2,329	201
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	351.15/cwt	340.00–352.00	2,349	143
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	371.45/cwt	356.00–410.00	2,504	387
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	350.01/cwt	344.00–363.00	2,489	239
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	337.73/cwt	322.00–340.00	2,418	215
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	754	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,149	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	344.77/cwt	339.00–348.50	2,641	343
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	327.83/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,564	34
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	325.76/cwt	324.00–336.00	2,671	302
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	318.01/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,617	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,776	132
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	854	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,092	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,484	52
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,898	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	968	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,226	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,500	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,571	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,590	11

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 Feb 16, 2026

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

Receipts 12,062Last week 13,084Year ago 2,970

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	350–400	377	560.00–620.00	595.89
24	400–450	432	530.00–575.00	551.54
223	450–500	484	500.00–550.00	524.55
152	500–550	533	420.00–495.00	478.42
113	550–600	583	420.00–440.00	432.37
180	600–650	631	390.00–435.00	421.71
78	650–700	686	380.00–407.00	397.70
262	700–750	738	330.00–386.00	376.32
43	750–800	790	347.00–355.00	351.77
329	800–850	835	334.00–354.00	349.02
429	850–900	876	331.00–342.00	337.48
139	900–950	941	320.00–325.00	322.46
11	950–1000	979	301.00–311.00	304.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	298	790.00	790.00
27	300–350	324	650.00–660.00	657.02
63	350–400	379	620.00–695.00	662.47
187	400–450	426	580.00–630.00	605.98
163	450–500	469	550.00–615.00	586.14
343	500–550	520	500.00–540.00	525.40
282	550–600	575	445.00–500.00	472.63
494	600–650	617	435.00–487.00	457.24
621	650–700	670	408.00–442.00	423.46
558	700–750	721	385.00–420.00	403.60
818	750–800	778	357.00–388.00	374.83
456	800–850	824	352.00–384.00	361.44
492	850–900	876	342.00–352.00	343.72
162	900–950	923	325.00–342.50	331.17
246	950–1000	955	307.00–329.00	324.33
16	1000–1050	1,011	309.00	309.00
5	1050–1100	1,068	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	460.00	460.00
17	850–900	866	305.00–313.00	307.31
20	900–950	912	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	580	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	475	540.00	540.00
11	500–550	545	510.00	510.00
17	600–650	648	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	273	680.00	680.00
26	300–350	319	560.00–620.00	589.40
112	350–400	373	530.00–610.00	571.66
149	400–450	430	480.00–525.00	506.52
283	450–500	469	460.00–513.00	483.89
167	500–550	529	425.00–485.00	445.39
311	550–600	570	400.00–445.00	415.58
279	600–650	621	377.00–424.00	400.49
387	650–700	674	356.00–410.00	371.45
239	700–750	711	344.00–363.00	350.01
343	750–800	766	339.00–348.50	344.77
302	800–850	820	324.00–336.00	325.76
132	850–900	854	325.00	325.00
8	950–1000	966	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	331	500.00–510.00	504.12
51	350–400	381	505.00–520.00	512.31
143	400–450	433	455.00–490.00	478.65
201	450–500	482	415.00–455.00	439.78
117	500–550	525	360.00–420.00	400.22
188	550–600	580	350.00–396.00	383.82
201	600–650	629	340.00–378.00	370.28
143	650–700	669	340.00–352.00	351.15
215	700–750	716	322.00–340.00	337.73
34	750–800	782	320.00–332.00	327.83
25	800–850	823	315.00–320.00	318.01
52	900–950	910	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	460.00	460.00
5	350–400	393	480.00	480.00
18	750–800	754	285.00	285.00
9	850–900	854	245.00	245.00
5	950–1000	968	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	618	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	452	440.00	440.00
11	500–550	525	445.00	445.00
7	550–600	566	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	553	465.00	465.00
11	700–750	700	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	532	470.00	470.00

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.