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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-15

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jun 15

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

8,925 head

▲ 152 vs last sale 8,773▲ 201 vs year ago 8,724 · +2.3%

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 700 lbs. sold from 5.00 lower to 10.00 higher with the exception of light five weights which sold 30.00 higher. Weights over 700 lbs. sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs. sold 20.00-25.00 higher. Heavier weights sold steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $471.03/cwt on 1,098 head, down $10.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 34 comparable sales and sits +15.94 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$471.03

▼ 10.82 vs prior sale

1,098 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$73.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.30

vs MO average

+11.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	488.69	2,688	660
Medium and Large 1-2	569	445.03	2,534	429
Medium and Large 2	598	415.00	2,482	9thin

One grade step is worth $73.69/cwt here — about $207 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 sale1,098 hd

471.03

—

MO average16 barns · 3,638 hd

467.73

+3.30

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+11.98

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+15.94

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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	564.01/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,827	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	655.76/cwt	650.00–670.00	2,151	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	504.59/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,862	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,306	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,291	47
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	510.59/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,175	50
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	559.19/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,432	39
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	468	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,223	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	497.68/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,369	138
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	555.31/cwt	520.00–585.00	2,649	116
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	509.74/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,640	226
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	457.35/cwt	410.00–480.00	2,410	132
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,534	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	477.48/cwt	455.00–505.00	2,726	392
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	440.70/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,591	274
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	591	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,518	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	598	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,482	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	431.97/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,691	366
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	394.06/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,455	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	413.82/cwt	400.00–433.00	2,810	561
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	394.54/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,699	52
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	390.99/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,799	351
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	368.44/cwt	345.00–384.00	2,693	42
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	360.98/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,776	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	372.85/cwt	360.00–394.00	2,871	358
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	340.07/cwt	337.00–348.00	2,775	144
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	357.67/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,954	222
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	351.09/cwt	343.00–358.00	3,037	639
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	340.60/cwt	338.00–343.00	2,946	150
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	339.12/cwt	330.00–348.00	3,072	356
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	916	326.45/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,990	67
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	330.21/cwt	328.00–331.50	3,193	427
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	973	315.50/cwt	310.00–326.00	3,070	241
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,024	301.32/cwt	301.00–305.00	3,086	62
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,035	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,157	20
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,065	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,216	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,824	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	598.09/cwt	570.00–620.00	2,243	33
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,980	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,831	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	496.23/cwt	460.00–530.00	2,089	103
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	443.21/cwt	400.00–460.00	1,928	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,798	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	474.06/cwt	450.00–530.00	2,252	269
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	436.70/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,114	146
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	403.02/cwt	370.00–440.00	2,108	93
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	456.69/cwt	435.00–485.00	2,420	150
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,978	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	559	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,079	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	429.31/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,426	315
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	392.60/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,257	164
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,172	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	395.15/cwt	375.00–420.00	2,462	121
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	368.65/cwt	335.00–375.00	2,345	69
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	677	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,370	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	370.70/cwt	357.00–392.00	2,521	131
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	339.79/cwt	325.00–355.00	2,314	55
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	343.93/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,473	45
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	365.50/cwt	355.00–376.00	2,679	207
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	328.02/cwt	325.00–329.00	2,532	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	339.99/cwt	336.00–344.00	2,655	127
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	327.88/cwt	324.00–333.00	2,679	132
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	841	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,578	33
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	324.94/cwt	324.00–325.00	2,827	48
Heifers	850–900	Large 1-2	876	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,321	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	306.69/cwt	301.00–315.00	2,702	24
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	307.41/cwt	302.00–308.50	2,957	59
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,297	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,679	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,906	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 Jun 15, 2026

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

Receipts 8,925Last week 8,773Year ago 8,724

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	396	500.00	500.00
38	400–450	435	400.00–460.00	443.21
146	450–500	484	410.00–450.00	436.70
93	500–550	523	370.00–440.00	403.02
164	550–600	575	370.00–410.00	392.60
69	600–650	636	335.00–375.00	368.65
55	650–700	681	325.00–355.00	339.79
45	700–750	719	330.00–347.00	343.93
29	750–800	772	325.00–329.00	328.02
33	800–850	841	306.50	306.50
24	850–900	881	301.00–315.00	306.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	559	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	320	570.00	570.00
33	350–400	375	570.00–620.00	598.09
103	400–450	421	460.00–530.00	496.23
269	450–500	475	450.00–530.00	474.06
150	500–550	530	435.00–485.00	456.69
315	550–600	565	410.00–460.00	429.31
121	600–650	623	375.00–420.00	395.15
131	650–700	680	357.00–392.00	370.70
207	700–750	733	355.00–376.00	365.50
127	750–800	781	336.00–344.00	339.99
132	800–850	817	324.00–333.00	327.88
48	850–900	870	324.00–325.00	324.94
59	950–1000	962	302.00–308.50	307.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	876	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	677	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	460.00	460.00
5	450–500	467	385.00	385.00
17	500–550	539	367.00	367.00
17	550–600	587	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	328	650.00–670.00	655.76
9	350–400	372	620.00	620.00
39	400–450	435	540.00–580.00	559.19
116	450–500	477	520.00–585.00	555.31
226	500–550	518	480.00–540.00	509.74
392	550–600	571	455.00–505.00	477.48
366	600–650	623	420.00–445.00	431.97
561	650–700	679	400.00–433.00	413.82
351	700–750	716	375.00–410.00	390.99
358	750–800	770	360.00–394.00	372.85
222	800–850	826	350.00–367.00	357.67
639	850–900	865	343.00–358.00	351.09
356	900–950	906	330.00–348.00	339.12
427	950–1000	967	328.00–331.50	330.21
20	1000–1050	1,035	305.00	305.00
12	1050–1100	1,065	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	468	475.00	475.00
23	550–600	591	426.00	426.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	324	560.00–570.00	564.01
47	350–400	395	580.00	580.00
50	400–450	426	480.00–530.00	510.59
138	450–500	476	470.00–515.00	497.68
132	500–550	527	410.00–480.00	457.35
274	550–600	588	425.00–450.00	440.70
49	600–650	623	370.00–405.00	394.06
52	650–700	684	382.00–400.00	394.54
42	700–750	731	345.00–384.00	368.44
15	750–800	769	355.00–365.00	360.98
144	800–850	816	337.00–348.00	340.07
150	850–900	865	338.00–343.00	340.60
67	900–950	916	320.00–333.00	326.45
241	950–1000	973	310.00–326.00	315.50
62	1000–1050	1,024	301.00–305.00	301.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	369	500.00–510.00	504.59
9	550–600	598	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	528	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	440.00	440.00
5	700–750	705	380.00	380.00
10	750–800	775	375.00	375.00

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.