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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-05

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Oct 5

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Sep 28Oct 5Oct 12 →

Receipts

6,701 head

▼ 2,820 vs last sale 9,521▲ 1,160 vs year ago 5,541 · +20.9%

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 under 800 lbs. sold 2.00-10.00 lower with the exception of light seven weight steers which sold 3.00 higher. Weights over 800 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-8.00 lower with the exception of heavy five weight heifers which sold 12.00 higher. Supply was moderate 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 $390.09/cwt on 442 head, down $1.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −64.99 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$390.09

▼ 1.87 vs prior sale

442 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$55.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.00

vs MO average

−40.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	411.04	2,284	165
Medium and Large 1-2	549	380.25	2,088	247
Medium and Large 2	573	355.90	2,039	30

One grade step is worth $55.14/cwt here — about $245 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 sale442 hd

390.09

—

MO average19 barns · 1,999 hd

401.09

−11.00

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

−40.27

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−64.99

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

76 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,766	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,748	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	437.58/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,685	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,960	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	431.11/cwt	405.00–460.00	1,819	58
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	463.86/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,995	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,632	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	439.14/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,060	63
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	364.61/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,728	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	407.70/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,973	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	412.47/cwt	405.00–422.00	2,194	67
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	382.27/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,034	126
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	378.14/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,144	121
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	410.06/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,346	98
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	355.90/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,039	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	386.87/cwt	376.00–402.00	2,383	132
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	359.96/cwt	321.00–375.00	2,246	171
Steers	650–700	Large 1	655	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,358	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	371.87/cwt	360.00–383.00	2,503	103
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	350.53/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,387	103
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	356.34/cwt	342.00–370.00	2,555	138
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	334.40/cwt	327.00–340.00	2,421	159
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	735	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,602	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	328.54/cwt	324.00–331.00	2,523	74
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	339.56/cwt	333.00–348.00	2,628	192
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	338.88/cwt	332.50–344.00	2,758	161
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	325.29/cwt	305.00–334.00	2,726	498
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	328.85/cwt	321.00–334.50	2,838	199
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	886	311.63/cwt	295.00–318.00	2,761	61
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	313.94/cwt	309.00–316.25	2,863	160
Steers	900–950	Large 1	916	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,858	50
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	305.15/cwt	302.00–306.50	2,823	426
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	307.70/cwt	305.00–309.00	2,988	178
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	975	297.63/cwt	291.00–306.00	2,902	45
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,016	305.25/cwt	304.00–307.00	3,101	41
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,056	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,936	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	444.57/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,311	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	451.22/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,507	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,730	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,581	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	443.60/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,677	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	409.80/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,688	38
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	367.78/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,589	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	402.24/cwt	387.00–415.00	1,887	61
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	374.30/cwt	357.00–385.00	1,774	125
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	348.78/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,692	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	344.91/cwt	322.00–352.00	1,828	77
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	365.86/cwt	357.00–382.00	1,950	117
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	367.48/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,106	200
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	341.82/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,983	72
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	591	315.93/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,867	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	340.65/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,119	121
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	328.34/cwt	317.00–335.00	2,046	61
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	657	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,004	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	344.14/cwt	332.00–349.00	2,320	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	328.60/cwt	325.00–331.00	2,225	119
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	323.74/cwt	323.50–325.00	2,350	104
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	306.10/cwt	287.00–314.00	2,235	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	318.14/cwt	311.00–329.00	2,440	418
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	301.53/cwt	292.00–306.00	2,328	57
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,568	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	297.15/cwt	287.00–301.00	2,454	82
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	272.82/cwt	270.00–275.00	2,357	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	956	259.91/cwt	245.00–275.00	2,485	14
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	285.46/cwt	282.00–287.00	2,763	32
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	991	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,478	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,790	15
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,600	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,892	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	327.38/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,909	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	336.80/cwt	335.00–342.00	2,058	20
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,167	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,295	6

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 Oct 5, 2026

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

Receipts 6,701Last week 9,521Year ago 5,541

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	295	440.00–450.00	444.57
13	300–350	334	440.00–470.00	451.22
37	350–400	378	430.00–450.00	443.60
52	400–450	432	355.00–390.00	367.78
125	450–500	474	357.00–385.00	374.30
77	500–550	530	322.00–352.00	344.91
72	550–600	580	330.00–347.00	341.82
61	600–650	623	317.00–335.00	328.34
119	650–700	677	325.00–331.00	328.60
12	700–750	730	287.00–314.00	306.10
57	750–800	772	292.00–306.00	301.53
82	800–850	826	287.00–301.00	297.15
7	850–900	864	270.00–275.00	272.82
14	950–1000	956	245.00–275.00	259.91
8	1000–1050	1,040	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	368	470.00	470.00
38	400–450	412	395.00–420.00	409.80
61	450–500	469	387.00–415.00	402.24
117	500–550	533	357.00–382.00	365.86
200	550–600	573	350.00–380.00	367.48
121	600–650	622	335.00–350.00	340.65
36	650–700	674	332.00–349.00	344.14
104	700–750	726	323.50–325.00	323.74
418	750–800	767	311.00–329.00	318.14
11	800–850	810	317.00	317.00
32	950–1000	968	282.00–287.00	285.46
15	1000–1050	1,000	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	372	425.00	425.00
21	450–500	485	340.00–352.00	348.78
16	550–600	591	315.00–318.00	315.93
6	650–700	657	305.00	305.00
5	950–1000	991	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	390.00	390.00
7	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	585	360.00	360.00
20	600–650	611	335.00–342.00	336.80
6	650–700	685	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	583	320.00–330.00	327.38
8	650–700	673	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	500.00	500.00
33	400–450	430	460.00–470.00	463.86
63	450–500	469	420.00–460.00	439.14
67	500–550	532	405.00–422.00	412.47
98	550–600	572	400.00–425.00	410.06
132	600–650	616	376.00–402.00	386.87
103	650–700	673	360.00–383.00	371.87
138	700–750	717	342.00–370.00	356.34
192	750–800	774	333.00–348.00	339.56
161	800–850	814	332.50–344.00	338.88
199	850–900	863	321.00–334.50	328.85
160	900–950	912	309.00–316.25	313.94
178	950–1000	971	305.00–309.00	307.70
41	1000–1050	1,016	304.00–307.00	305.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	295	500.00	500.00
8	300–350	327	540.00	540.00
7	350–400	380	460.00	460.00
58	400–450	422	405.00–460.00	431.11
30	450–500	484	400.00–415.00	407.70
126	500–550	532	370.00–400.00	382.27
121	550–600	567	370.00–395.00	378.14
171	600–650	624	321.00–375.00	359.96
103	650–700	681	335.00–357.00	350.53
159	700–750	724	327.00–340.00	334.40
74	750–800	768	324.00–331.00	328.54
498	800–850	838	305.00–334.00	325.29
61	850–900	886	295.00–318.00	311.63
426	900–950	925	302.00–306.50	305.15
45	950–1000	975	291.00–306.00	297.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	735	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	655	360.00	360.00
50	900–950	916	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	385	430.00–440.00	437.58
6	400–450	447	365.00	365.00
38	450–500	474	360.00–380.00	364.61
30	550–600	573	335.00–360.00	355.90
14	1050–1100	1,056	278.00	278.00

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.