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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-23

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Feb 23

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

10,295 head

▼ 1,767 vs last sale 12,062▲ 4,892 vs year ago 5,403 · +90.5%

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 from 10.00 lower to 5.00 higher with the exception of 4 and 5 weights selling up to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 lower with heavier weights selling steady to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. 9 head of steers weighing 501 lbs. sold for 590.00/cwt. 36 steers weighing 665 lbs. sold for 457.00/cwt. 20 steers weighing 757 lbs. crossed the scales at 396.00/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 $487.37/cwt on 836 head. That ranks 33 of 34 comparable sales and sits +32.29 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$487.37

836 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$39.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.71

vs MO average

+0.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	503.69	2,773	488
Medium and Large 1-2	547	464.49	2,543	348

One grade step is worth $39.20/cwt here — about $230 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 sale836 hd

487.37

—

MO average20 barns · 3,209 hd

489.08

−1.71

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+0.35

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+32.29

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

71 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	702.54/cwt	670.00–750.00	2,241	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	643.57/cwt	640.00–650.00	2,066	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	645.53/cwt	640.00–650.00	2,369	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	599.04/cwt	590.00–620.00	2,306	45
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,229	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	627.29/cwt	600.00–680.00	2,597	66
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	559.91/cwt	520.00–590.00	2,391	107
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	507.92/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,179	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	568.95/cwt	560.00–595.00	2,703	75
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	529.01/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,518	104
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	500.36/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,402	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	548.33/cwt	530.00–590.00	2,829	202
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	482.96/cwt	410.00–520.00	2,536	211
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	472.16/cwt	445.00–520.00	2,715	286
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	436.04/cwt	410.00–455.00	2,538	137
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	425.36/cwt	395.00–432.00	2,646	240
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	444.01/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,771	206
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,817	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	422.80/cwt	410.00–457.00	2,833	415
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	394.97/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,654	107
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	408.54/cwt	391.00–428.00	2,925	268
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	379.12/cwt	355.00–395.00	2,752	76
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	373.41/cwt	364.00–396.00	2,913	946
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	361.27/cwt	340.00–364.00	2,847	224
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	816	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	3,084	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	363.03/cwt	352.00–378.00	2,988	498
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	344.90/cwt	310.00–349.00	2,866	160
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	348.29/cwt	342.00–364.00	3,009	329
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	338.11/cwt	327.50–344.00	2,975	169
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	335.63/cwt	334.00–341.00	3,044	317
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	931	323.69/cwt	322.00–326.00	3,014	87
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	327.78/cwt	322.00–332.00	3,193	81
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,008	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,084	29
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,098	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,415	8
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,112	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,380	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	306	577.55/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,767	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	342	541.57/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,852	25
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	348	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,636	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	564.35/cwt	530.00–610.00	2,077	33
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	517.74/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,004	45
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	393	458.40/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,802	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	493.77/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,074	99
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	461.04/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,996	67
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	466.84/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,175	138
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	440.45/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,119	147
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	405.52/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,979	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	442.21/cwt	425.00–457.50	2,317	168
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	407.43/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,139	214
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,850	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	418.07/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,408	220
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	379.24/cwt	373.00–390.00	2,207	97
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,164	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	396.96/cwt	387.00–415.00	2,461	328
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	378.21/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,383	208
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	384.63/cwt	372.00–404.00	2,565	365
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	675	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,498	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	356.26/cwt	337.00–361.00	2,433	77
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	359.49/cwt	344.00–374.00	2,613	217
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	340.73/cwt	332.00–342.00	2,525	127
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	329.82/cwt	324.00–337.00	2,573	255
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	344.97/cwt	344.00–353.00	2,739	178
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,597	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	328.95/cwt	323.00–335.00	2,730	267
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,742	86
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	879	316.75/cwt	315.00–318.50	2,784	117
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	574.51/cwt	560.00–595.00	2,557	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,336	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,494	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,506	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,554	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,531	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 Feb 23, 2026

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

Receipts 10,295Last week 12,062Year ago 5,403

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	321	640.00–650.00	643.57
45	350–400	385	590.00–620.00	599.04
107	400–450	427	520.00–590.00	559.91
104	450–500	476	505.00–540.00	529.01
211	500–550	525	410.00–520.00	482.96
137	550–600	582	410.00–455.00	436.04
240	600–650	622	395.00–432.00	425.36
107	650–700	672	385.00–405.00	394.97
76	700–750	726	355.00–395.00	379.12
224	750–800	788	340.00–364.00	361.27
160	800–850	831	310.00–349.00	344.90
169	850–900	880	327.50–344.00	338.11
87	900–950	931	322.00–326.00	323.69
29	1000–1050	1,008	306.00	306.00
10	1100–1150	1,112	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	560.00	560.00
24	400–450	429	480.00–520.00	507.92
39	450–500	480	480.00–520.00	500.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	655	430.00	430.00
8	800–850	816	378.00	378.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	319	670.00–750.00	702.54
15	350–400	367	640.00–650.00	645.53
66	400–450	414	600.00–680.00	627.29
75	450–500	475	560.00–595.00	568.95
202	500–550	516	530.00–590.00	548.33
286	550–600	575	445.00–520.00	472.16
206	600–650	624	435.00–455.00	444.01
415	650–700	670	410.00–457.00	422.80
268	700–750	716	391.00–428.00	408.54
946	750–800	780	364.00–396.00	373.41
498	800–850	823	352.00–378.00	363.03
329	850–900	864	342.00–364.00	348.29
317	900–950	907	334.00–341.00	335.63
81	950–1000	974	322.00–332.00	327.78
8	1050–1100	1,098	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	342	510.00–550.00	541.57
45	350–400	387	510.00–520.00	517.74
67	400–450	433	430.00–475.00	461.04
147	450–500	481	420.00–460.00	440.45
214	500–550	525	380.00–420.00	407.43
97	550–600	582	373.00–390.00	379.24
208	600–650	630	360.00–385.00	378.21
77	650–700	683	337.00–361.00	356.26
127	700–750	741	332.00–342.00	340.73
255	750–800	780	324.00–337.00	329.82
35	800–850	809	321.00	321.00
117	850–900	879	315.00–318.50	316.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	348	470.00	470.00
42	350–400	393	450.00–460.00	458.40
25	450–500	488	400.00–412.50	405.52
6	500–550	544	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	593	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	306	570.00–580.00	577.55
33	350–400	368	530.00–610.00	564.35
99	400–450	420	480.00–515.00	493.77
138	450–500	466	460.00–490.00	466.84
168	500–550	524	425.00–457.50	442.21
220	550–600	576	400.00–450.00	418.07
328	600–650	620	387.00–415.00	396.96
365	650–700	667	372.00–404.00	384.63
217	700–750	727	344.00–374.00	359.49
178	750–800	794	344.00–353.00	344.97
267	800–850	830	323.00–335.00	328.95
86	850–900	853	321.50	321.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	675	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	497	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	445	560.00–595.00	574.51
16	500–550	509	490.00	490.00
5	550–600	576	435.00	435.00
9	600–650	623	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	649	390.00	390.00

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.