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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-29

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Jun 29

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

9,786 head

▲ 2,341 vs last sale 7,445▲ 4,100 vs year ago 5,686 · +72.1%

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 Monday feeder steers under 800 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 lower. Heavier weights sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 7.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. Today's auction included a yearling special. The largest lot of the day was 616 steers weighing 941 lbs. which sold for 362.00/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 $461.33/cwt on 571 head, down $14.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 34 comparable sales and sits +6.24 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$461.33

▼ 14.13 vs prior sale

571 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$389

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

$87.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.02

vs MO average

−7.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	481.99	2,634	270
Medium and Large 1-2	565	450.75	2,547	252
Medium 1-2	585	410.00	2,399	23
Medium and Large 2	569	394.69	2,245	26

One grade step is worth $87.29/cwt here — about $389 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 sale571 hd

461.33

—

MO average20 barns · 3,118 hd

473.35

−12.02

National average32 barns · 3,072 hd

468.91

−7.58

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

+6.24

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

69 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	349	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,199	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,430	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,156	13
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	397	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,826	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	575.32/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,393	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	514.98/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,178	25
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	471	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,072	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	538.94/cwt	520.00–575.00	2,582	63
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	495.35/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,393	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	467.99/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,274	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	505.30/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,607	99
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	469.24/cwt	460.00–482.00	2,515	74
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,247	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	468.49/cwt	460.00–487.50	2,642	171
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	390.10/cwt	347.00–405.00	2,243	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	443.06/cwt	392.00–455.00	2,556	178
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	585	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,399	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	433.77/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,689	187
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,629	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	405.92/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,565	83
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	411.14/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,751	199
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	390.97/cwt	387.00–396.00	2,647	53
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	393.63/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,854	252
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	374.05/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,760	69
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	377.65/cwt	365.00–397.00	2,915	334
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	360.19/cwt	357.00–363.00	2,820	90
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	352.88/cwt	325.00–356.50	2,862	338
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	365.53/cwt	357.00–370.50	3,023	344
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	832	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,662	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	355.33/cwt	350.00–375.00	3,109	737
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	342.00/cwt	334.00–345.00	3,023	519
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	355.69/cwt	346.50–364.50	3,297	1,217
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	330.88/cwt	322.00–339.00	3,071	306
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	330.12/cwt	327.00–334.50	3,229	484
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	324.55/cwt	321.00–328.00	3,197	234
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,012	331.60/cwt	328.00–332.50	3,356	142
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,036	318.28/cwt	311.00–320.00	3,297	21
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,071	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,416	72
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,898	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	555.40/cwt	535.00–570.00	2,072	46
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,918	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	450.38/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,901	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	502.00/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,224	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	450	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,688	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	468.18/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,205	59
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	434.30/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,067	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,956	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,211	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	451.00/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,314	107
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	408.80/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,175	187
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	428.41/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,442	95
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	400.82/cwt	395.00–406.00	2,329	87
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	413.52/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,547	83
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	377.51/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,367	105
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	379.88/cwt	372.00–395.00	2,492	171
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	352.89/cwt	340.00–362.00	2,361	43
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	349.66/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,514	63
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	375.71/cwt	357.00–390.00	2,724	121
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	347.18/cwt	343.00–354.00	2,677	208
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	335.77/cwt	328.00–338.50	2,622	245
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	335.57/cwt	327.00–338.00	2,768	393
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	846	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,673	36
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,835	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,817	26
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,350	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,515	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,556	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,490	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 Jun 29, 2026

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

Receipts 9,786Last week 7,445Year ago 5,686

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	349	630.00	630.00
25	400–450	423	490.00–530.00	514.98
57	450–500	483	485.00–510.00	495.35
74	500–550	536	460.00–482.00	469.24
178	550–600	577	392.00–455.00	443.06
83	600–650	632	380.00–420.00	405.92
53	650–700	677	387.00–396.00	390.97
69	700–750	738	372.00–385.00	374.05
90	750–800	783	357.00–363.00	360.19
338	800–850	811	325.00–356.50	352.88
519	850–900	884	334.00–345.00	342.00
306	900–950	928	322.00–339.00	330.88
234	950–1000	985	321.00–328.00	324.55
21	1000–1050	1,036	311.00–320.00	318.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	392	620.00	620.00
24	400–450	416	540.00–600.00	575.32
63	450–500	479	520.00–575.00	538.94
99	500–550	516	490.00–535.00	505.30
171	550–600	564	460.00–487.50	468.49
187	600–650	620	420.00–455.00	433.77
199	650–700	669	400.00–430.00	411.14
252	700–750	725	385.00–410.00	393.63
334	750–800	772	365.00–397.00	377.65
344	800–850	827	357.00–370.50	365.53
737	850–900	875	350.00–375.00	355.33
1,217	900–950	927	346.50–364.50	355.69
484	950–1000	978	327.00–334.50	330.12
142	1000–1050	1,012	328.00–332.50	331.60
72	1050–1100	1,071	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	623	422.00	422.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	397	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	471	440.00	440.00
23	550–600	585	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	392	550.00	550.00
32	450–500	486	465.00–470.00	467.99
6	500–550	548	410.00	410.00
20	550–600	575	347.00–405.00	390.10
8	800–850	832	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	443	480.00–510.00	502.00
59	450–500	471	455.00–490.00	468.18
107	500–550	513	430.00–460.00	451.00
95	550–600	570	405.00–450.00	428.41
83	600–650	616	400.00–420.00	413.52
171	650–700	656	372.00–395.00	379.88
121	700–750	725	357.00–390.00	375.71
208	750–800	771	343.00–354.00	347.18
393	800–850	825	327.00–338.00	335.57
6	850–900	854	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	373	535.00–570.00	555.40
36	400–450	422	440.00–455.00	450.38
38	450–500	476	425.00–450.00	434.30
187	500–550	532	395.00–425.00	408.80
87	550–600	581	395.00–406.00	400.82
105	600–650	627	355.00–390.00	377.51
43	650–700	669	340.00–362.00	352.89
63	700–750	719	340.00–353.00	349.66
245	750–800	781	328.00–338.50	335.77
36	800–850	846	316.00	316.00
26	900–950	903	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	486	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	450	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	570.00	570.00
10	350–400	376	510.00	510.00
5	450–500	477	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	639	400.00	400.00
5	650–700	673	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	500	470.00	470.00
8	600–650	621	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	550	400.00	400.00

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.