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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Aug 31

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

3,763 head

▼ 564 vs last sale 4,327▲ 3,763 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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 800 lbs. sold 10.00-15.00 lower. Weights over 800 lbs. sold from 10.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold from 5.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Supply was light with moderate 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 $368.33/cwt on 253 head, down $5.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −86.76 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$368.33

▼ 5.27 vs prior sale

253 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$47.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.87

vs MO average

−3.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	385.09	2,086	81
Medium and Large 1-2	546	365.16	1,993	143
Medium and Large 2	547	337.14	1,845	29

One grade step is worth $47.95/cwt here — about $240 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 sale253 hd

368.33

—

MO average14 barns · 984 hd

375.19

−6.87

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

−3.06

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−86.76

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

72 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	474.87/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,534	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	391.43/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,714	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	433.55/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,903	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	388.85/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,777	8
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	481	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,659	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,956	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	393.13/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,040	51
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	341.44/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,803	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	367.98/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,965	85
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	361.02/cwt	355.00–366.00	2,033	58
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	371.41/cwt	367.00–380.00	2,154	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	328.96/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,921	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	358.31/cwt	332.00–362.00	2,204	114
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	370.76/cwt	368.00–380.00	2,288	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,009	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	354.33/cwt	350.00–356.00	2,339	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	667	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,148	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	339.05/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,289	208
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	340.42/cwt	337.00–350.00	2,458	43
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	327.29/cwt	320.00–334.00	2,389	96
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	333.63/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,576	103
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	319.51/cwt	308.00–330.00	2,470	99
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,277	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	333.32/cwt	331.00–337.00	2,727	195
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	319.35/cwt	313.00–325.00	2,663	268
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,794	39
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	887	309.36/cwt	306.00–313.00	2,744	169
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	314.25/cwt	307.00–319.00	2,888	51
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	931	300.94/cwt	292.00–304.00	2,802	94
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	974	295.66/cwt	292.00–301.00	2,880	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	991	294.97/cwt	294.00–297.00	2,923	177
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,041	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,962	162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	346	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,384	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	403.46/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,497	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,733	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	372.49/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,438	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	388.23/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,677	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	375.34/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,644	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	457	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,371	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	371.85/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,755	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	344.23/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,687	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,921	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	331.98/cwt	320.00–346.00	1,740	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	355.53/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,881	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	362.28/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,083	67
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	300.50/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,749	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	340.34/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,988	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	325.76/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,036	67
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	342.15/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,162	63
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	320.89/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,118	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	332.98/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,254	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	692	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,207	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	322.22/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,301	52
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	313.93/cwt	302.00–315.00	2,295	98
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	731	283.19/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,070	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	306.70/cwt	306.00–307.00	2,352	88
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	298.20/cwt	295.00–299.00	2,430	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	856	277.29/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,374	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,555	128
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,674	77
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,063	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,339	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,737	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2	482	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,687	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,894	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	330.06/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,736	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	330.84/cwt	315.00–337.00	1,906	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	323.94/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,957	16
Bulls	600–650	Large 1	631	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,051	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	304.22/cwt	295.00–325.00	2,060	13
Bulls	700–750	Large 1	700	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,345	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,187	3

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 31, 2026

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

Receipts 3,763Last week 4,327Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	346	400.00	400.00
9	350–400	371	390.00–415.00	403.46
21	400–450	438	365.00–380.00	375.34
21	450–500	472	360.00–385.00	371.85
45	500–550	524	320.00–346.00	331.98
37	550–600	584	330.00–345.00	340.34
67	600–650	625	320.00–333.00	325.76
46	650–700	660	315.00–324.00	320.89
98	700–750	731	302.00–315.00	313.93
88	750–800	767	306.00–307.00	306.70
20	800–850	815	295.00–299.00	298.20
26	850–900	856	270.00–280.00	277.29
11	1050–1100	1,063	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	692	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	450.00	450.00
15	400–450	432	385.00–395.00	388.23
23	450–500	499	385.00	385.00
49	500–550	529	350.00–362.00	355.53
67	550–600	575	340.00–370.00	362.28
63	600–650	632	335.00–360.00	342.15
41	650–700	677	325.00–336.00	332.98
52	700–750	714	320.00–327.00	322.22
128	850–900	866	295.00	295.00
77	900–950	930	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	457	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	370.00–375.00	372.49
12	450–500	490	335.00–355.00	344.23
12	550–600	582	280.00–307.00	300.50
6	700–750	731	280.00–290.00	283.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	512	370.00	370.00
16	600–650	604	320.00–335.00	323.94
13	650–700	677	295.00–325.00	304.22
3	750–800	781	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	631	325.00	325.00
4	700–750	700	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	476	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	526	325.00–335.00	330.06
12	550–600	576	315.00–337.00	330.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	439	420.00–440.00	433.55
85	500–550	534	355.00–385.00	367.98
58	550–600	563	355.00–366.00	361.02
114	600–650	615	332.00–362.00	358.31
208	650–700	675	330.00–347.00	339.05
96	700–750	730	320.00–334.00	327.29
99	750–800	773	308.00–330.00	319.51
268	800–850	834	313.00–325.00	319.35
169	850–900	887	306.00–313.00	309.36
94	900–950	931	292.00–304.00	300.94
10	950–1000	974	292.00–301.00	295.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	489	400.00	400.00
51	500–550	519	385.00–400.00	393.13
30	550–600	580	367.00–380.00	371.41
63	600–650	617	368.00–380.00	370.76
49	650–700	660	350.00–356.00	354.33
43	700–750	722	337.00–350.00	340.42
103	750–800	772	330.00–340.00	333.63
195	800–850	818	331.00–337.00	333.32
39	850–900	887	315.00	315.00
51	900–950	919	307.00–319.00	314.25
177	950–1000	991	294.00–297.00	294.97
162	1000–1050	1,041	284.50	284.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	481	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	460.00–500.00	474.87
11	400–450	438	385.00–410.00	391.43
8	450–500	457	365.00–415.00	388.85
19	500–550	528	330.00–350.00	341.44
10	550–600	584	320.00–345.00	328.96
4	600–650	618	325.00	325.00
10	650–700	667	322.00	322.00
5	750–800	785	290.00	290.00

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.