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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 2

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

9,980 head

▼ 315 vs last sale 10,295▼ 3,120 vs year ago 13,100 · −23.8%

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 550 lbs. sold 10.00-30.00 lower with heavier weights selling 2.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs. sold steady to 10.00 lower with heavier weights selling 5.00-20.00 lower. Supply was heavy with moderate demand. Today's auction had a lot more plain type of cattle than the last couple of weeks. The largest lots of the day were 289 steers weighing 928 lbs. that sold for 334.00/cwt. Another lot of 256 steers weighing 760 lbs. sold for 374.50/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 $464.63/cwt on 613 head. That ranks 21 of 34 comparable sales and sits +9.55 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$464.63

613 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$638

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

$120.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.58

vs MO average

−10.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	485.40	2,682	315
Medium and Large 1-2	550	443.46	2,439	295
Medium and Large 2	560	365.00	2,044	3thin

One grade step is worth $120.40/cwt here — about $638 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 sale613 hd

464.63

—

MO average18 barns · 2,291 hd

478.21

−13.58

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−10.93

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+9.55

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

76 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	289	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	2,081	20
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	317	554.31/cwt	545.00–560.00	1,757	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	610.60/cwt	580.00–650.00	1,997	51
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	689.44/cwt	670.00–710.00	2,282	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	664.80/cwt	630.00–690.00	2,513	59
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	549.10/cwt	510.00–580.00	2,076	29
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	583.27/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,246	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	411	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,795	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	457.54/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,894	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	577.39/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,448	73
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	535.46/cwt	510.00–560.00	2,313	67
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	456	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,645	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	517.67/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,464	117
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	476	436.74/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,079	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	479.21/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,319	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	560.67/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,742	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	512.87/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,636	94
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	460.24/cwt	420.00–490.00	2,435	151
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,044	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	473.72/cwt	445.00–505.00	2,695	221
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	425.86/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,436	144
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	433.89/cwt	425.00–457.00	2,664	190
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,188	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	404.53/cwt	375.00–420.00	2,536	140
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	385.82/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,554	177
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	412.03/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,806	221
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	401.10/cwt	380.00–417.00	2,868	309
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	371.77/cwt	343.00–380.00	2,755	634
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	371.66/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,821	341
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	352.75/cwt	341.00–362.00	2,744	207
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	355.55/cwt	347.00–367.50	2,901	374
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	821	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,463	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	329.93/cwt	320.00–346.00	2,732	258
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	340.26/cwt	335.00–347.50	2,981	331
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	328.52/cwt	316.00–334.00	2,898	445
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	332.53/cwt	326.00–334.00	3,063	454
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	313.58/cwt	310.00–324.00	2,894	260
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,994	27
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,162	27
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,044	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,142	34
Steers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,205	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,531	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	294	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,676	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	597.53/cwt	590.00–630.00	1,882	21
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	538.59/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,820	27
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	547.54/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,971	36
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	464.23/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,769	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	498.07/cwt	480.00–515.00	1,913	103
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	483.85/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,042	109
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	452.75/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,947	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	456.62/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,146	102
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	437.56/cwt	420.00–457.50	2,100	145
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	440.31/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,320	263
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	404.67/cwt	365.00–415.00	2,161	97
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	406.92/cwt	390.00–440.00	2,303	109
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	379.70/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,164	170
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	401.25/cwt	382.00–420.00	2,472	307
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	362.23/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,271	195
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	345.17/cwt	337.00–353.00	2,361	202
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	359.61/cwt	353.00–377.00	2,463	287
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	698	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,317	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	354.30/cwt	341.00–370.00	2,519	220
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	331.94/cwt	316.00–335.00	2,426	162
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	324.85/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,563	165
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,652	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	315.70/cwt	307.00–318.00	2,608	176
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,818	21
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	971	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,952	31
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2	1,161	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,264	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	470	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,021	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,541	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,363	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	406.02/cwt	405.00–407.00	2,383	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,561	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,417	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	361.66/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,477	18

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 Mar 2, 2026

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

Receipts 9,980Last week 10,295Year ago 13,100

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	300–350	327	580.00–650.00	610.60
31	350–400	385	570.00–600.00	583.27
67	400–450	432	510.00–560.00	535.46
117	450–500	476	500.00–550.00	517.67
151	500–550	529	420.00–490.00	460.24
144	550–600	572	400.00–450.00	425.86
140	600–650	627	375.00–420.00	404.53
177	650–700	662	380.00–395.00	385.82
634	700–750	741	343.00–380.00	371.77
207	750–800	778	341.00–362.00	352.75
258	800–850	828	320.00–346.00	329.93
445	850–900	882	316.00–334.00	328.52
260	900–950	923	310.00–324.00	313.58
27	950–1000	980	305.50	305.50
34	1000–1050	1,044	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	317	545.00–560.00	554.31
29	350–400	378	510.00–580.00	549.10
32	400–450	414	450.00–480.00	457.54
40	450–500	484	460.00–490.00	479.21
3	550–600	560	365.00	365.00
18	600–650	625	350.00	350.00
7	800–850	821	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	456	580.00	580.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	250–300	289	720.00	720.00
9	400–450	411	680.00	680.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	476	435.00–440.00	436.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	331	670.00–710.00	689.44
59	350–400	378	630.00–690.00	664.80
73	400–450	424	570.00–580.00	577.39
27	450–500	489	550.00–590.00	560.67
94	500–550	514	490.00–530.00	512.87
221	550–600	569	445.00–505.00	473.72
190	600–650	614	425.00–457.00	433.89
221	650–700	681	400.00–430.00	412.03
309	700–750	715	380.00–417.00	401.10
341	750–800	759	360.00–375.00	371.66
374	800–850	816	347.00–367.50	355.55
331	850–900	876	335.00–347.50	340.26
454	900–950	921	326.00–334.00	332.53
27	950–1000	985	321.00	321.00
36	1200–1250	1,205	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	338	530.00–560.00	538.59
103	350–400	384	480.00–515.00	498.07
39	400–450	430	435.00–465.00	452.75
145	450–500	480	420.00–457.50	437.56
97	500–550	534	365.00–415.00	404.67
170	550–600	570	360.00–395.00	379.70
195	600–650	627	345.00–375.00	362.23
202	650–700	684	337.00–353.00	345.17
162	700–750	731	316.00–335.00	331.94
165	750–800	789	320.00–332.00	324.85
176	800–850	826	307.00–318.00	315.70
31	950–1000	971	304.00	304.00
18	1150–1200	1,161	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	381	455.00–475.00	464.23
5	650–700	698	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	294	570.00	570.00
21	300–350	315	590.00–630.00	597.53
36	350–400	360	520.00–560.00	547.54
109	400–450	422	465.00–510.00	483.85
102	450–500	470	450.00–490.00	456.62
263	500–550	527	420.00–470.00	440.31
109	550–600	566	390.00–440.00	406.92
307	600–650	616	382.00–420.00	401.25
287	650–700	685	353.00–377.00	359.61
220	700–750	711	341.00–370.00	354.30
39	800–850	816	325.00	325.00
21	850–900	878	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	420	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	535	475.00	475.00
9	550–600	556	425.00	425.00
6	600–650	617	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	470	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	587	405.00–407.00	406.02
9	600–650	636	380.00	380.00
18	650–700	685	350.00–367.00	361.66

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.