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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-17

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Aug 17

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

4,043 head

▲ 363 vs last sale 3,680▲ 77 vs year ago 3,966 · +1.9%

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 steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-12.00 lower. Supply was light with moderate demand. The largest draft of the day was 465 steers weighing 961 lbs. which sold for 306.25/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 $394.91/cwt on 379 head, down $17.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −60.17 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$394.91

▼ 17.30 vs prior sale

379 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$522

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

$100.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.55

vs MO average

−1.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	452.48	2,489	39
Medium and Large 1-2	541	394.88	2,136	288
Medium and Large 2	559	351.95	1,967	52

One grade step is worth $100.53/cwt here — about $522 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 sale379 hd

394.91

—

MO average12 barns · 878 hd

409.46

−14.55

National average147 barns · 5,729 hd

396.78

−1.87

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−60.17

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

79 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	286	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,630	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,902	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,863	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	494.73/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,929	48
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	490.40/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,104	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	461.96/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,000	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	436	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,570	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	395.44/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,732	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,184	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,558	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	439.29/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,069	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	403.36/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,940	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	353.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,768	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	401.41/cwt	365.00–414.00	2,115	217
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	468.61/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,545	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	416.18/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,356	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	351.58/cwt	315.00–360.00	2,015	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	374.91/cwt	360.00–397.00	2,189	71
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	395.46/cwt	387.00–407.00	2,420	123
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	367.97/cwt	351.00–380.00	2,326	62
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	381.29/cwt	375.00–382.00	2,532	91
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	337.28/cwt	325.00–357.50	2,243	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	359.81/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,414	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	367.01/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,617	74
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	339.30/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,426	72
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	345.85/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,656	126
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	779	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,142	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	788	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,041	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	322.65/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,555	230
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,690	139
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	331.02/cwt	295.00–335.00	2,714	233
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	858	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,574	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	322.77/cwt	318.00–331.00	2,821	105
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	306.27/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,701	201
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	310.52/cwt	310.00–316.00	2,826	83
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,011	58
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	306.25/cwt	306.25–306.25	2,943	465
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,744	25
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,024	285.22/cwt	285.00–286.00	2,921	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	294	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,382	22
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	306	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,255	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,810	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,481	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	428.34/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,585	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	397	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,409	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	423.59/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,792	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	393.56/cwt	365.00–401.00	1,743	100
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	365.28/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,702	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	324.78/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,578	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	382.44/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,012	88
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	350.56/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,847	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,728	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	365.48/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,087	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	337.88/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,953	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	326.48/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,897	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	358.37/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,168	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	340.11/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,112	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	282.89/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,765	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,280	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	329.36/cwt	322.00–345.00	2,236	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	328.02/cwt	328.00–330.00	2,329	323
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	293.38/cwt	282.00–294.00	2,294	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	313.86/cwt	312.00–316.00	2,533	30
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	299.39/cwt	293.00–305.00	2,485	85
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	839	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,349	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	862	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,500	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	928	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,366	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	953	252.36/cwt	252.00–255.00	2,405	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	976	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,508	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	419.20/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,138	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,022	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,739	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,128	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,285	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,993	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,061	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,126	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,345	2

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 Aug 17, 2026

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

Receipts 4,043Last week 3,680Year ago 3,966

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	250–300	294	470.00	470.00
4	300–350	322	460.00	460.00
100	400–450	443	365.00–401.00	393.56
14	450–500	466	350.00–385.00	365.28
31	500–550	527	335.00–367.50	350.56
12	550–600	578	330.00–355.00	337.88
62	600–650	621	330.00–350.00	340.11
25	650–700	679	322.00–345.00	329.36
39	750–800	782	282.00–294.00	293.38
85	800–850	830	293.00–305.00	299.39
7	850–900	862	290.00	290.00
3	950–1000	976	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	312	580.00	580.00
14	400–450	423	420.00–430.00	423.59
88	500–550	526	370.00–400.00	382.44
20	550–600	571	360.00–370.00	365.48
27	600–650	605	355.00–365.00	358.37
15	650–700	661	345.00	345.00
323	700–750	710	328.00–330.00	328.02
30	800–850	807	312.00–316.00	313.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	306	410.00	410.00
22	350–400	370	420.00–435.00	428.34
7	450–500	486	315.00–350.00	324.78
2	500–550	545	317.00	317.00
11	550–600	581	320.00–332.00	326.48
28	600–650	624	280.00–300.00	282.89
6	800–850	839	280.00	280.00
4	900–950	928	255.00	255.00
17	950–1000	953	252.00–255.00	252.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	397	355.00	355.00
9	400–450	445	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	286	570.00	570.00
2	300–350	345	540.00	540.00
23	400–450	433	450.00–470.00	461.96
18	450–500	471	435.00–460.00	439.29
217	500–550	527	365.00–414.00	401.41
71	550–600	584	360.00–397.00	374.91
62	600–650	632	351.00–380.00	367.97
31	650–700	671	350.00–367.00	359.81
72	700–750	715	320.00–345.00	339.30
230	750–800	792	318.00–330.00	322.65
233	800–850	820	295.00–335.00	331.02
201	850–900	882	300.00–315.00	306.27
83	900–950	910	310.00–316.00	310.52
25	950–1000	980	280.00	280.00
19	1000–1050	1,024	285.00–286.00	285.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	600.00	600.00
8	400–450	429	485.00–500.00	490.40
4	450–500	455	480.00	480.00
27	500–550	543	460.00–470.00	468.61
12	550–600	566	400.00–430.00	416.18
123	600–650	612	387.00–407.00	395.46
91	650–700	664	375.00–382.00	381.29
74	700–750	713	355.00–374.00	367.01
126	750–800	768	334.00–355.00	345.85
139	800–850	803	335.00	335.00
105	850–900	874	318.00–331.00	322.77
58	900–950	925	325.50	325.50
465	950–1000	961	306.25	306.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	350–400	390	460.00–500.00	494.73
19	400–450	438	380.00–420.00	395.44
6	450–500	481	400.00–405.00	403.36
10	500–550	500	350.00–355.00	353.50
42	550–600	573	315.00–360.00	351.58
13	650–700	665	325.00–357.50	337.28
15	750–800	779	275.00	275.00
3	850–900	858	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	436	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	465	335.00	335.00
39	750–800	788	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	512	395.00	395.00
3	550–600	591	360.00	360.00
6	600–650	640	357.00	357.00
3	700–750	733	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	795	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	510	410.00–435.00	419.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	527	330.00	330.00
9	600–650	643	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	650	317.00	317.00

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.