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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-30

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 30

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

10,608 head

▲ 1,696 vs last sale 8,912▲ 556 vs year ago 10,052 · +5.5%

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 under 475 lbs. sold 10.00-35.00 lower. Weights over 475 lbs. sold 5.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly from 6.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. There were two very large lots in the auction today. 472 heifers weighing 637 lbs. sold for 434.00/cwt. The other lot was 426 steers weighing 915 lbs. and sold for 337.00/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 $477.54/cwt on 647 head, up $7.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 34 comparable sales and sits +22.46 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$477.54

▲ 7.93 vs prior sale

647 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$511

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

$118.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.28

vs MO average

−5.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	498.86	2,705	381
Medium and Large 1-2	545	457.13	2,490	231
Medium and Large 2	577	380.19	2,194	35

One grade step is worth $118.67/cwt here — about $511 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 sale647 hd

477.54

—

MO average19 barns · 2,630 hd

479.82

−2.28

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−5.64

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+22.46

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

82 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	666.74/cwt	640.00–700.00	2,114	37
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	339	596.73/cwt	570.00–620.00	2,023	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	624.20/cwt	600.00–640.00	2,241	92
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	586.79/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,288	38
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	393	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,004	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	576.51/cwt	520.00–640.00	2,456	68
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	494.31/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,111	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	520.66/cwt	490.00–550.00	2,275	65
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	529.66/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,500	113
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	498.36/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,357	56
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	475.27/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,296	80
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	513.61/cwt	490.00–560.00	2,696	204
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	469.35/cwt	435.00–490.00	2,483	158
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	481.85/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,708	177
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	380.19/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,194	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	430.69/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,494	73
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	452.77/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,807	255
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	412.11/cwt	395.00–422.00	2,576	59
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,162	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	428.83/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,839	243
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	400.59/cwt	392.00–406.00	2,740	79
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	373.95/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,734	87
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	394.60/cwt	385.00–419.00	2,896	301
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	353.85/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,700	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	776	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,483	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	378.65/cwt	364.00–389.00	2,950	553
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	357.44/cwt	347.00–363.00	2,917	158
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	364.04/cwt	358.00–374.00	2,981	325
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	336.33/cwt	329.00–340.00	2,953	127
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	342.78/cwt	340.00–357.00	3,016	312
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	337.38/cwt	330.00–343.00	3,104	877
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	945	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,081	212
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	331.15/cwt	329.00–334.00	3,199	478
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	967	303.99/cwt	303.00–306.00	2,940	15
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	994	316.12/cwt	314.00–321.00	3,142	100
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,016	319.49/cwt	311.00–323.50	3,246	117
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,017	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,112	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	690.54/cwt	670.00–700.00	2,154	23
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	568.46/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,808	35
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	605.48/cwt	570.00–630.00	2,204	47
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	518.60/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,955	45
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	484.00/cwt	470.00–505.00	1,839	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	529.07/cwt	510.00–580.00	2,212	100
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	477.74/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,045	118
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,877	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	490.88/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,292	159
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,999	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	455.29/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,185	144
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	480.93/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,491	98
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	433.37/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,258	113
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	360.78/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,049	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	399.39/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,296	119
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	429.84/cwt	407.00–445.00	2,515	76
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	376.29/cwt	335.00–390.00	2,348	191
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	425.78/cwt	370.00–434.00	2,699	659
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	382.66/cwt	367.50–400.00	2,575	108
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	346.03/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,384	222
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	711	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,787	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	360.77/cwt	347.00–380.00	2,598	193
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	342.76/cwt	332.00–349.00	2,499	114
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	339.47/cwt	331.00–353.00	2,644	146
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	322.35/cwt	305.00–325.50	2,547	86
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	803	320.19/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,571	74
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	333.08/cwt	323.00–347.00	2,731	174
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	853	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,730	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	897	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,915	44
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	903	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,258	17
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	904	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,667	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	943	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,895	73
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	298.85/cwt	297.00–303.00	2,854	29
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,034	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,916	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,400	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,330	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	473.25/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,262	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,712	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,279	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	437.18/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,273	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,404	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,485	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	373.60/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,578	18
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,723	10

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 30, 2026

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Receipts 10,608Last week 8,912Year ago 10,052

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	339	570.00–620.00	596.73
38	350–400	390	570.00–590.00	586.79
65	400–450	437	490.00–550.00	520.66
56	450–500	473	450.00–510.00	498.36
158	500–550	529	435.00–490.00	469.35
73	550–600	579	410.00–450.00	430.69
59	600–650	625	395.00–422.00	412.11
79	650–700	684	392.00–406.00	400.59
87	700–750	731	360.00–380.00	373.95
51	750–800	763	340.00–360.00	353.85
158	800–850	816	347.00–363.00	357.44
127	850–900	878	329.00–340.00	336.33
212	900–950	945	326.00	326.00
100	950–1000	994	314.00–321.00	316.12
16	1000–1050	1,017	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	393	510.00	510.00
18	400–450	427	490.00–500.00	494.31
80	450–500	483	450.00–500.00	475.27
35	550–600	577	370.00–390.00	380.19
9	600–650	636	340.00	340.00
8	750–800	776	320.00	320.00
15	950–1000	967	303.00–306.00	303.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	317	640.00–700.00	666.74
92	350–400	359	600.00–640.00	624.20
68	400–450	426	520.00–640.00	576.51
113	450–500	472	520.00–550.00	529.66
204	500–550	525	490.00–560.00	513.61
177	550–600	562	465.00–500.00	481.85
255	600–650	620	425.00–470.00	452.77
243	650–700	662	410.00–445.00	428.83
301	700–750	734	385.00–419.00	394.60
553	750–800	779	364.00–389.00	378.65
325	800–850	819	358.00–374.00	364.04
312	850–900	880	340.00–357.00	342.78
877	900–950	920	330.00–343.00	337.38
478	950–1000	966	329.00–334.00	331.15
117	1000–1050	1,016	311.00–323.50	319.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	318	540.00–580.00	568.46
45	350–400	377	500.00–530.00	518.60
118	400–450	428	440.00–500.00	477.74
144	450–500	480	440.00–475.00	455.29
113	500–550	521	405.00–450.00	433.37
119	550–600	575	390.00–412.00	399.39
191	600–650	624	335.00–390.00	376.29
222	650–700	689	340.00–355.00	346.03
114	700–750	729	332.00–349.00	342.76
86	750–800	790	305.00–325.50	322.35
74	800–850	803	320.00–322.00	320.19
12	850–900	853	320.00	320.00
14	900–950	904	295.00	295.00
7	1000–1050	1,034	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	380	470.00–505.00	484.00
10	400–450	447	420.00	420.00
5	450–500	476	420.00	420.00
19	550–600	568	345.00–370.00	360.78
17	900–950	903	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	711	392.00	392.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	312	670.00–700.00	690.54
47	350–400	364	570.00–630.00	605.48
100	400–450	418	510.00–580.00	529.07
159	450–500	467	480.00–520.00	490.88
98	500–550	518	460.00–495.00	480.93
76	550–600	585	407.00–445.00	429.84
659	600–650	634	370.00–434.00	425.78
108	650–700	673	367.50–400.00	382.66
193	700–750	720	347.00–380.00	360.77
146	750–800	779	331.00–353.00	339.47
174	800–850	820	323.00–347.00	333.08
44	850–900	897	325.00	325.00
73	900–950	943	307.00	307.00
29	950–1000	955	297.00–303.00	298.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	466	500.00	500.00
12	500–550	520	420.00–455.00	437.18
15	550–600	578	430.00	430.00
18	650–700	690	370.00–375.00	373.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	478	470.00–480.00	473.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	400	600.00	600.00
9	450–500	493	550.00	550.00
5	500–550	518	440.00	440.00
6	550–600	559	430.00	430.00
8	600–650	605	390.00	390.00
10	750–800	767	355.00	355.00

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.