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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Name: Joplin Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Thu, Dec 4

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1822

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

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Receipts

3,951 head

▼ 1,745 vs last sale 5,696▼ 1,178 vs year ago 5,129 · −23.0%

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

CLOSE No recent Value Added Sale for a price comparison but compared to Monday's regular feeder sale, Thursday's offering traded sharply higher, from 15.00 to 35.00 higher with some light calves under 500 lbs benefitting from even sharper gains. All cattle offered in this Value Added Sale are long time weaned and backed up with a health history. Cattle futures have strung together some very positive days this week with some big gains so far for the week which certainly helped Thursday's market. Lots of possible seasonal disruptions are just around the corner but for now the overall outlook is much more optimistic than the last several weeks. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

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 $427.89/cwt on 460 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −54.10 against this barn's trailing median of $481.99.

Average price

$427.89

460 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$64.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.88

vs MO average

−1.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	444.37	2,448	281
Medium 1-2	520	410.00	2,132	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	402.18	2,249	156
Large 1-2	575	380.00	2,185	7thin

One grade step is worth $64.37/cwt here — about $263 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 sale460 hd

427.89

—

MO average19 barns · 4,343 hd

415.01

+12.88

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−1.26

This barn, trailing median1 sales

481.99

−54.10

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

Every lot

61 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	519.82/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,934	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,156	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	453.54/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,905	35
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	516.00/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,203	55
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	443	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,126	8
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	465	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,046	11
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	465	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,000	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	446.59/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,103	101
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,342	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	508	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,489	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	455.90/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,343	86
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	520	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,132	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	409.64/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,200	67
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	438.49/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,491	192
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	396.56/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,284	89
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,675	90
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	399.01/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,502	276
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	378.99/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,384	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	664	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,523	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	388.52/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,623	224
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	366.45/cwt	348.00–380.00	2,474	210
Steers	650–700	Large 1	696	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,471	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	361.75/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,612	130
Steers	700–750	Medium 1-2	732	338.90/cwt	332.00–352.50	2,481	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,567	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	355.33/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,736	194
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	342.74/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,646	16
Steers	750–800	Large 1Fleshy	797	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,614	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,657	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	342.69/cwt	340.00–346.00	2,789	41
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	320.81/cwt	319.00–323.00	2,830	48
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,877	165
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	955	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,970	40
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,168	159
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,056	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	3,126	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	452.28/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,664	33
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	393	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,651	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	411	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,767	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,756	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	449.85/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,966	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	373.52/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,711	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	444.56/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,147	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	402.74/cwt	365.00–435.00	2,082	212
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	367.09/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,913	35
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	528	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,980	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	369.42/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,120	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	347.38/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,015	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	360.24/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,226	175
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	328.00/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,076	30
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	634	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,140	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	340.71/cwt	330.00–352.50	2,273	96
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	330.96/cwt	324.00–342.00	2,241	52
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	323.85/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,303	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,373	10
Heifers	700–750	Large 1Fleshy	723	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,321	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,535	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	312.91/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,459	95
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,440	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,618	10

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 4, 2025

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

Receipts 3,951Last week 5,696Year ago 5,129

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	372	510.00–530.00	519.82
35	400–450	420	440.00–460.00	453.54
101	450–500	471	430.00–460.00	446.59
67	500–550	537	390.00–420.00	409.64
89	550–600	576	380.00–415.00	396.56
39	600–650	629	375.00–380.00	378.99
210	650–700	675	348.00–380.00	366.45
18	700–750	742	346.00	346.00
16	750–800	772	340.00–345.00	342.74
4	800–850	805	330.00	330.00
48	850–900	882	319.00–323.00	320.81
40	950–1000	955	311.00	311.00
60	1050–1100	1,056	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	392	550.00	550.00
55	400–450	427	490.00–540.00	516.00
18	450–500	478	490.00	490.00
86	500–550	514	440.00–470.00	455.90
192	550–600	568	420.00–450.00	438.49
276	600–650	627	390.00–420.00	399.01
224	650–700	675	380.00–402.50	388.52
130	700–750	722	350.00–375.00	361.75
194	750–800	770	345.00–370.00	355.33
41	800–850	814	340.00–346.00	342.69
165	850–900	888	324.00	324.00
159	950–1000	993	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	696	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	465	440.00	440.00
7	550–600	575	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	750–800	797	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	600–650	608	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	664	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	480.00	480.00
11	450–500	465	430.00	430.00
16	500–550	520	410.00	410.00
29	700–750	732	332.00–352.50	338.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	420.00	420.00
21	450–500	458	370.00–375.00	373.52
35	500–550	521	340.00–380.00	367.09
17	550–600	580	342.50–350.00	347.38
30	600–650	633	320.00–335.00	328.00
52	650–700	677	324.00–342.00	330.96
13	700–750	711	322.50–325.00	323.85
95	750–800	786	310.00–322.00	312.91
11	800–850	800	305.00	305.00
10	850–900	864	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	450.00	450.00
33	350–400	368	430.00–480.00	452.28
41	400–450	437	430.00–460.00	449.85
31	450–500	483	430.00–460.00	444.56
212	500–550	517	365.00–435.00	402.74
49	550–600	574	360.00–385.00	369.42
175	600–650	618	350.00–380.00	360.24
96	650–700	667	330.00–352.50	340.71
10	700–750	719	330.00	330.00
25	750–800	780	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	411	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	723	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	634	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	420.00	420.00

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.