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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Thu, Dec 5

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1822

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

7,133 head

▲ 7,133 vs last sale 0▲ 1,536 vs year ago 5,597 · +27.4%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Oct 28, 2026 Feeder CattleMon Nov 2, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 8, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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No recent Special Value Added sale for a price comparison, compared to Monday's regular feeder cattle sale, steers and heifers under 450 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher, steers 450 to 550 lbs and heifers (all weights) steady to 3.00 higher, steers over 550 lbs steady. Demand good, supply heavy. All calves are weaned forty five days or more, on a vaccination program, and heifers are guaranteed open. Flesh condition covered the full range of thin to fleshy, with the bulk in medium plus flesh.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.40/cwt on 4,152 head.

Average price

$148.40

4,152 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$17.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.24

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	546	151.25	826	12thin
Medium and Large 1	637	150.43	959	2,489
Medium and Large 1-2	599	146.21	876	1,512
Medium 1-2	506	142.52	721	25
Medium and Large 2	511	134.07	685	114

One grade step is worth $17.18/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4,152 hd

148.40

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MO average20 barns · 21,685 hd

148.16

+0.24

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

72 lots · USDA AMS · Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Special- 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	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	322	184.83/cwt	180.00–190.00	595	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	373	186.05/cwt	180.00–190.00	694	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	194.41/cwt	182.50–200.00	743	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	387	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	561	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	419	183.77/cwt	182.00–185.00	770	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	178.37/cwt	170.00–189.00	765	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	167.15/cwt	152.50–182.00	717	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	624	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	169.39/cwt	160.00–175.00	801	216
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	475	144.26/cwt	135.00–152.00	685	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	155.82/cwt	151.00–160.00	748	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	484	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	803	37
Steers	—	Large 1-2	486	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	778	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	160.04/cwt	149.00–170.00	839	219
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	526	153.72/cwt	152.00–157.00	809	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	129.78/cwt	125.00–134.00	684	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	147.86/cwt	142.00–156.00	785	222
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	556	131.73/cwt	130.00–132.00	732	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	150.85/cwt	140.00–160.00	866	396
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	142.40/cwt	137.50–151.00	824	233
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	580	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	853	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	589	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	842	11
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	605	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	829	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	610	146.95/cwt	145.00–151.00	896	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	140.87/cwt	135.00–144.50	879	285
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	145.20/cwt	139.50–156.00	909	339
Steers	—	Large 1-2	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	632	134.65/cwt	133.50–137.00	851	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	139.33/cwt	136.00–141.50	924	157
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	671	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	929	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	145.25/cwt	138.00–155.00	976	359
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	703	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	998	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	139.87/cwt	136.00–142.25	997	174
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	144.65/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,034	329
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	137.87/cwt	136.00–138.50	1,046	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	141.26/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,098	289
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	808	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,123	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	142.43/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,159	207
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	883	133.30/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,177	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	282	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	443	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	344	148.99/cwt	146.00–153.00	513	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	137.81/cwt	135.00–142.50	514	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	386	145.60/cwt	140.00–150.00	562	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	156.40/cwt	155.00–158.00	619	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	140.91/cwt	137.00–144.00	589	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	150.12/cwt	135.00–162.50	632	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	437	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	638	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	136.04/cwt	129.00–138.00	637	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	143.85/cwt	137.00–147.00	682	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	491	144.12/cwt	141.00–146.00	708	77
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	494	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	627	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	705	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	133.20/cwt	128.00–138.00	703	280
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	138.02/cwt	132.00–146.00	733	182
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	544	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	724	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	132.99/cwt	128.00–136.00	758	149
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	137.66/cwt	132.00–141.00	789	441
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	590	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	797	16
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	602	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	734	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	132.65/cwt	127.00–135.75	818	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	626	126.25/cwt	125.00–127.00	790	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	135.58/cwt	131.50–139.00	856	345
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	664	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	850	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	128.93/cwt	128.00–131.00	864	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	133.65/cwt	130.00–137.00	902	202
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	130.75/cwt	129.00–132.00	883	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	689	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	903	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	695	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	813	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	917	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	134.40/cwt	130.00–139.00	968	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	132.26/cwt	130.00–132.50	1,010	21
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	740	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	429	8

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 Special- Carthage, MO

Thu Dec 5, 2019

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

Receipts 7,133Last week 0Year ago 5,597

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	759	136.00–138.50	137.87
174	—	713	136.00–142.25	139.87
285	—	624	135.00–144.50	140.87
12	—	883	130.00–138.00	133.30
96	—	480	151.00–160.00	155.82
222	—	531	142.00–156.00	147.86
25	—	429	152.50–182.00	167.15
157	—	663	136.00–141.50	139.33
233	—	579	137.50–151.00	142.40
7	—	808	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	556	130.00–132.00	131.73
14	—	387	145.00	145.00
43	—	469	133.00	133.00
15	—	527	125.00–134.00	129.78
19	—	632	133.50–137.00	134.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	486	160.00	160.00
5	—	630	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	814	137.00–146.00	142.43
289	—	777	138.00–146.00	141.26
359	—	672	138.00–155.00	145.25
20	—	382	182.50–200.00	194.41
216	—	473	160.00–175.00	169.39
329	—	715	140.00–149.00	144.65
396	—	574	140.00–160.00	150.85
339	—	626	139.50–156.00	145.20
219	—	524	149.00–170.00	160.04
98	—	429	170.00–189.00	178.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	605	137.00	137.00
19	—	475	135.00–152.00	144.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	580	147.00	147.00
34	—	610	145.00–151.00	146.95
42	—	526	152.00–157.00	153.72
10	—	322	180.00–190.00	184.83
24	—	373	180.00–190.00	186.05
37	—	484	166.00	166.00
14	—	703	142.00	142.00
37	—	419	182.00–185.00	183.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	671	138.50	138.50
11	—	589	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	421	135.00–162.50	150.12
182	—	531	132.00–146.00	138.02
441	—	573	132.00–141.00	137.66
21	—	764	130.00–132.50	132.26
122	—	720	130.00–139.00	134.40
202	—	675	130.00–137.00	133.65
28	—	396	155.00–158.00	156.40
136	—	474	137.00–147.00	143.85
345	—	631	131.50–139.00	135.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	418	137.00–144.00	140.91
147	—	617	127.00–135.75	132.65
12	—	711	129.00	129.00
57	—	675	129.00–132.00	130.75
149	—	570	128.00–136.00	132.99
19	—	373	135.00–142.50	137.81
131	—	468	129.00–138.00	136.04
280	—	528	128.00–138.00	133.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	695	117.00	117.00
11	—	626	125.00–127.00	126.25
5	—	544	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	128.00	128.00
6	—	602	122.00	122.00
7	—	494	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	344	146.00–153.00	148.99
16	—	590	135.00	135.00
10	—	437	146.00	146.00
16	—	500	141.00	141.00
77	—	491	141.00–146.00	144.12
6	—	282	157.00	157.00
15	—	689	131.00	131.00
29	—	386	140.00–150.00	145.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	670	128.00–131.00	128.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	740	58.00	58.00

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.