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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-28

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Sep 28

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5 →

Receipts

9,521 head

▲ 3,327 vs last sale 6,194▲ 215 vs year ago 9,306 · +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 sold from 7.00 higher to 10.00 lower with the most gain on seven weight steers. Feeder heifers sold steady to 15.00 lower with the exception of six weight heifers which sold 7.00 higher. Supply was heavy with 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 $391.96/cwt on 723 head, down $21.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 34 comparable sales and sits −63.13 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$391.96

▼ 21.79 vs prior sale

723 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$347

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

$67.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.65

vs MO average

−22.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	419.02	2,310	219
Medium and Large 1-2	551	383.42	2,111	453
Medium and Large 2	558	351.58	1,963	51

One grade step is worth $67.44/cwt here — about $347 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 sale723 hd

391.96

—

MO average15 barns · 2,314 hd

402.61

−10.65

National average184 barns · 17,632 hd

414.66

−22.70

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−63.13

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

87 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	527.95/cwt	490.00–560.00	1,700	34
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	460.74/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,507	13
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	619.84/cwt	610.00–630.00	2,083	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	552.72/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,001	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	511.44/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,959	28
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	396	452.99/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,794	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	499.51/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,048	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	447.66/cwt	425.00–470.00	1,938	90
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	441.69/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,085	106
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	382.75/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,814	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	412.89/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,978	122
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	428.54/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,228	92
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	385.95/cwt	345.00–410.00	2,038	248
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	344.80/cwt	343.00–350.00	1,821	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	412.12/cwt	399.00–425.00	2,366	127
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	380.36/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,198	205
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	355.95/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,057	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	390.69/cwt	377.00–410.00	2,426	149
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,090	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	366.67/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,299	269
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	374.37/cwt	370.00–397.00	2,452	468
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	659	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,175	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	360.79/cwt	341.00–370.00	2,421	191
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	725	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,683	8
Steers	700–750	Large 1	728	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,526	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	331.64/cwt	320.00–342.00	2,424	100
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	352.91/cwt	342.00–378.00	2,590	351
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	347.86/cwt	332.00–363.00	2,710	502
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	329.04/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,576	70
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	340.42/cwt	333.00–345.50	2,802	308
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	327.03/cwt	322.00–333.00	2,705	258
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	326.29/cwt	320.00–334.50	2,855	757
Steers	850–900	Large 1	880	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,798	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	892	310.38/cwt	309.00–321.00	2,769	144
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	905	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,588	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	310.98/cwt	307.00–318.00	2,855	201
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	941	299.87/cwt	297.00–306.00	2,822	257
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	304.09/cwt	301.00–308.00	2,941	101
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	975	294.52/cwt	285.00–299.00	2,872	149
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,884	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	329	471.36/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,551	21
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,441	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	487.84/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,795	37
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	405.37/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,532	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	441.85/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,714	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	415.83/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,784	65
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	375.61/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,619	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	401.97/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,845	43
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	365.70/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,755	97
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	336.27/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,617	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	343.70/cwt	320.00–362.00	1,804	98
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	374.14/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,972	117
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	563	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,971	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	356.48/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,028	164
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,750	80
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	339.32/cwt	322.00–348.00	1,982	121
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,011	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	328.84/cwt	317.00–335.00	2,036	95
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	347.54/cwt	335.00–369.00	2,165	297
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	333.73/cwt	313.00–342.00	2,223	165
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	351.67/cwt	339.00–372.00	2,356	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	674	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,278	5
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	682	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,244	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	328.17/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,356	138
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	307.66/cwt	292.00–314.00	2,274	45
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	317.40/cwt	308.00–330.00	2,415	234
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	305.73/cwt	305.00–306.00	2,409	108
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	301.52/cwt	295.00–303.00	2,469	154
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	309.33/cwt	303.50–324.00	2,567	229
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	286.65/cwt	280.00–293.00	2,477	45
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,619	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	937	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,595	7
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,083	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,599	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2	386	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,505	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,021	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,972	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	422.71/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,961	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,028	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,773	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	360.60/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,073	34
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	327.44/cwt	322.00–330.00	2,069	16
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,125	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	671	301.70/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,024	13
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	312.74/cwt	305.00–327.00	2,124	14
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	315.44/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,281	13
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,468	9
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	828	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,078	27

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 Sep 28, 2026

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

Receipts 9,521Last week 6,194Year ago 9,306

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	674	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	368	480.00–490.00	487.84
65	400–450	429	395.00–430.00	415.83
43	450–500	459	390.00–410.00	401.97
117	500–550	527	365.00–380.00	374.14
164	550–600	569	350.00–370.00	356.48
297	600–650	623	335.00–369.00	347.54
39	650–700	670	339.00–372.00	351.67
138	700–750	718	320.00–350.00	328.17
234	750–800	761	308.00–330.00	317.40
229	800–850	830	303.50–324.00	309.33
7	850–900	879	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	329	440.00–480.00	471.36
36	350–400	388	410.00–460.00	441.85
42	400–450	431	360.00–390.00	375.61
97	450–500	480	355.00–380.00	365.70
98	500–550	525	320.00–362.00	343.70
121	550–600	584	322.00–348.00	339.32
95	600–650	619	317.00–335.00	328.84
165	650–700	666	313.00–342.00	333.73
45	700–750	739	292.00–314.00	307.66
108	750–800	788	305.00–306.00	305.73
154	800–850	819	295.00–303.00	301.52
45	850–900	864	280.00–293.00	286.65
7	900–950	937	277.00	277.00
11	1050–1100	1,083	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	563	350.00	350.00
10	650–700	682	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	420.00	420.00
19	350–400	378	400.00–410.00	405.37
27	450–500	481	330.00–342.00	336.27
80	550–600	570	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	613	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	322	490.00–560.00	527.95
28	350–400	383	490.00–530.00	511.44
90	400–450	433	425.00–470.00	447.66
122	450–500	479	390.00–420.00	412.89
248	500–550	528	345.00–410.00	385.95
205	550–600	578	360.00–390.00	380.36
269	600–650	627	340.00–375.00	366.67
191	650–700	671	341.00–370.00	360.79
100	700–750	731	320.00–342.00	331.64
70	750–800	783	320.00–332.00	329.04
258	800–850	827	322.00–333.00	327.03
144	850–900	892	309.00–321.00	310.38
257	900–950	941	297.00–306.00	299.87
149	950–1000	975	285.00–299.00	294.52
8	1000–1050	1,030	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	610.00–630.00	619.84
7	350–400	362	530.00–570.00	552.72
32	400–450	410	480.00–520.00	499.51
106	450–500	472	425.00–470.00	441.69
92	500–550	520	410.00–445.00	428.54
127	550–600	574	399.00–425.00	412.12
149	600–650	621	377.00–410.00	390.69
468	650–700	655	370.00–397.00	374.37
351	700–750	734	342.00–378.00	352.91
502	750–800	779	332.00–363.00	347.86
308	800–850	823	333.00–345.50	340.42
757	850–900	875	320.00–334.50	326.29
201	900–950	918	307.00–318.00	310.98
101	950–1000	967	301.00–308.00	304.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	725	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	728	347.00	347.00
17	850–900	880	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	327	450.00–470.00	460.74
20	350–400	396	450.00–460.00	452.99
28	450–500	474	375.00–385.00	382.75
20	500–550	528	343.00–350.00	344.80
31	550–600	578	350.00–360.00	355.95
7	600–650	624	335.00	335.00
6	650–700	659	330.00	330.00
7	900–950	905	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	425.00	425.00
34	550–600	575	355.00–365.00	360.60
6	600–650	644	330.00	330.00
14	650–700	679	305.00–327.00	312.74
13	700–750	723	310.00–322.00	315.44
9	750–800	796	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	386	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	470.00	470.00
11	450–500	464	420.00–425.00	422.71
10	500–550	507	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	514	345.00	345.00
16	600–650	632	322.00–330.00	327.44
13	650–700	671	290.00–315.00	301.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	800–850	828	251.00	251.00

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.