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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-02

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Nov 2

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

5,943 head

▼ 2,775 vs last sale 8,718▼ 782 vs year ago 6,725 · −11.6%

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

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Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 higher. Heavier weights sold 6.00-12.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate. Today's offering contained a lot of plain type of cattle. Bull calves especially unweaned, non vaccinated bulls received substantial discounts.

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 $378.05/cwt on 526 head, down $24.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −77.04 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$378.05

▼ 24.20 vs prior sale

526 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$601

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$91.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.67

vs MO average

−30.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	406.69	2,289	192
Large 1	558	375.00	2,093	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	551	371.13	2,046	219
Large 1-2	545	370.00	2,017	9thin
Medium and Large 2	550	340.74	1,875	96
Medium 2	536	315.00	1,688	5thin

One grade step is worth $91.69/cwt here — about $601 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 sale526 hd

378.05

—

MO average20 barns · 2,578 hd

409.72

−31.67

National average43 barns · 4,657 hd

408.07

−30.02

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−77.04

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

75 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 2	305	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,281	7
Steers	300–350	Medium 2	342	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,197	5
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	365	450.04/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,643	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,935	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	465.45/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,908	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	374.86/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,627	48
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	417.98/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,835	15
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	394.19/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,880	59
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	447.61/cwt	434.00–480.00	2,144	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	421.14/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,034	99
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	367.26/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,902	107
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	337.21/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,784	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	407.49/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,176	60
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	536	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,688	5
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	545	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,017	9
Steers	550–600	Large 1	558	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,093	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	342.51/cwt	337.00–350.00	1,921	64
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	406.33/cwt	390.00–440.00	2,340	132
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	374.82/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,185	112
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	374.38/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,317	203
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	347.96/cwt	325.00–367.00	2,178	87
Steers	650–700	Large 1	658	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,454	51
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	350.04/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,345	158
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	371.34/cwt	357.00–376.00	2,529	93
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	358.86/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,584	189
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	346.83/cwt	327.00–353.00	2,515	191
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	747	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,166	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	330.46/cwt	310.00–338.00	2,581	96
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	344.02/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,694	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	328.64/cwt	300.00–336.00	2,692	132
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	343.43/cwt	342.00–344.00	2,840	277
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	836	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,817	43
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	326.89/cwt	324.00–333.00	2,850	179
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	317.70/cwt	306.00–323.00	2,808	95
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	319.07/cwt	315.00–327.00	2,897	401
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	924	312.15/cwt	299.00–316.00	2,884	325
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,786	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	301	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,355	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	354.18/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,151	21
Heifers	300–350	Medium 2	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,509	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,354	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	396	341.91/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,354	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	406	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,421	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	406.02/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,701	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	436	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,352	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	373.67/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,644	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	405.26/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,897	86
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	337.38/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,603	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	364.43/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,749	80
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	381.36/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,998	93
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	337.67/cwt	315.00–352.00	1,790	97
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	379.55/cwt	357.00–390.00	2,122	150
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	336.43/cwt	320.00–347.00	1,921	93
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,832	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	326.13/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,999	112
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	294.94/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,885	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	342.86/cwt	338.00–355.00	2,307	85
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	321.31/cwt	300.00–333.00	2,169	124
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	306.11/cwt	305.00–307.00	2,112	11
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	702	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,141	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	327.46/cwt	327.00–327.50	2,341	82
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	311.00/cwt	295.00–317.00	2,298	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,492	103
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	299.39/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,362	22
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	296.39/cwt	294.00–298.50	2,561	128
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	377.38/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,593	35
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	336.84/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,809	22
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	323.74/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,842	46
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,149	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	322.91/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,041	26
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,181	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	309.70/cwt	300.00–316.00	2,214	15
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,198	9

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 Nov 2, 2026

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

Receipts 5,943Last week 8,718Year ago 6,725

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	350.00	350.00
16	350–400	365	440.00–460.00	450.04
7	450–500	467	340.00	340.00
5	500–550	536	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	410	460.00–470.00	465.45
42	450–500	479	434.00–480.00	447.61
60	500–550	534	390.00–430.00	407.49
132	550–600	576	390.00–440.00	406.33
203	600–650	619	365.00–400.00	374.38
93	650–700	681	357.00–376.00	371.34
189	700–750	720	355.00–365.00	358.86
49	750–800	783	340.00–345.00	344.02
277	800–850	827	342.00–344.00	343.43
179	850–900	872	324.00–333.00	326.89
401	900–950	908	315.00–327.00	319.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	305	420.00	420.00
48	400–450	434	360.00–390.00	374.86
59	450–500	477	375.00–405.00	394.19
32	500–550	529	320.00–350.00	337.21
64	550–600	561	337.00–350.00	342.51
7	700–750	747	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	387	500.00	500.00
15	400–450	439	410.00–430.00	417.98
99	450–500	483	400.00–430.00	421.14
107	500–550	518	360.00–375.00	367.26
112	550–600	583	355.00–385.00	374.82
87	600–650	626	325.00–367.00	347.96
158	650–700	670	340.00–360.00	350.04
191	700–750	725	327.00–353.00	346.83
96	750–800	781	310.00–338.00	330.46
132	800–850	819	300.00–336.00	328.64
95	850–900	884	306.00–323.00	317.70
325	900–950	924	299.00–316.00	312.15
8	950–1000	951	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	545	370.00	370.00
43	800–850	836	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	558	375.00	375.00
51	650–700	658	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	330	300.00	300.00
13	350–400	396	340.00–345.00	341.91
5	400–450	436	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	301	450.00	450.00
11	400–450	419	395.00–420.00	406.02
86	450–500	468	390.00–415.00	405.26
93	500–550	524	360.00–395.00	381.36
150	550–600	559	357.00–390.00	379.55
85	650–700	673	338.00–355.00	342.86
82	700–750	715	327.00–327.50	327.46
103	750–800	786	317.00	317.00
128	850–900	864	294.00–298.50	296.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	325	340.00–375.00	354.18
9	350–400	376	360.00	360.00
3	400–450	406	350.00	350.00
20	450–500	475	320.00–350.00	337.38
4	550–600	578	317.00	317.00
16	600–650	639	292.00–300.00	294.94
11	650–700	690	305.00–307.00	306.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	440.00	440.00
34	400–450	440	360.00–385.00	373.67
80	450–500	480	345.00–385.00	364.43
97	500–550	530	315.00–352.00	337.67
93	550–600	571	320.00–347.00	336.43
112	600–650	613	310.00–340.00	326.13
124	650–700	675	300.00–333.00	321.31
15	700–750	739	295.00–317.00	311.00
22	750–800	789	295.00–315.00	299.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	702	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	537	330.00–350.00	336.84
46	550–600	569	320.00–330.00	323.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	422	370.00–400.00	377.38
7	550–600	597	360.00	360.00
26	600–650	632	322.00–325.00	322.91
7	650–700	657	332.00	332.00
15	700–750	715	300.00–316.00	309.70
9	750–800	758	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.