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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 3

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Feb 24Mar 3Mar 10 →

Receipts

13,100 head

▲ 7,697 vs last sale 5,403▲ 3,802 vs year ago 9,298 · +40.9%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Nov 4, 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 500 lbs. sold 5.00-15.00 lower. Weights over 500 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. sold steady to 11.00 lower. Heavier weights sold steady to 12.00 higher. Supply was heavy with very good demand. Buyers were aggressively bidding to purchase calves that are weaned and vaccinated along with older cattle that are ready to go. Nine head of fancy 513 lb. steers sold for 405.00/cwt.. The value added cattle, (Purina, MFA, JRS programs), with the required ear tag sold for a premium.

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 $342.18/cwt on 1,020 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −106.66 against this barn's trailing median of $448.84.

Average price

$342.18

1,020 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$77.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.79

vs MO average

−7.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	357.51	1,947	654
Medium and Large 1-2	554	315.65	1,750	357
Medium and Large 2	597	280.00	1,672	9thin

One grade step is worth $77.51/cwt here — about $275 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 sale1,020 hd

342.18

—

MO average19 barns · 3,626 hd

345.97

−3.79

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−7.10

This barn, trailing median33 sales

448.84

−106.66

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

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $368.33, median $448.84 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

86 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	310	452.69/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,403	26
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,282	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	346	413.08/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,429	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	376.71/cwt	360.00–387.00	1,424	26
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	396.69/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,511	79
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	441.19/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,707	55
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	11
Steers	400–450

Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Mon Mar 3, 2025

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

Receipts 13,100Last week 5,403Year ago 9,298

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	310	450.00–460.00	452.69
55	350–400	387	425.00–455.00	441.19
99	400–450	422	395.00–420.00	405.51
226	450–500	474	375.00–420.00	393.10
342	500–550	523	302.00–395.00	366.51
297	550–600	570	325.00–375.00	345.76
834	600–650	625	308.00–338.00	328.00
272	650–700	669	295.00–330.00	310.85
388	700–750	729	276.50–306.00	287.70
367	750–800	772

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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Mar 3

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Feb 24Mar 3Mar 10 →

Receipts

13,100 head

▲ 7,697 vs last sale 5,403▲ 3,802 vs year ago 9,298 · +40.9%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleWed Nov 4, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 8, 2026 Feeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 25, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $342.18/cwt on 1,020 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −106.66 against this barn's trailing median of $448.84.

Average price

$342.18

1,020 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$77.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.79

vs MO average

−7.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	357.51	1,947	654
Medium and Large 1-2	554	315.65	1,750	357
Medium and Large 2	597	280.00	1,672	9thin

One grade step is worth $77.51/cwt here — about $275 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 sale1,020 hd

342.18

—

MO average19 barns · 3,626 hd

345.97

−3.79

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−7.10

This barn, trailing median33 sales

448.84

−106.66

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

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.18, low $368.33, median $448.84 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

86 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	310	452.69/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,403	26
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,282	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	346	413.08/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,429	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	376.71/cwt	360.00–387.00	1,424	26
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	396.69/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,511	79
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	441.19/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,707	55
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	11
Steers	400–450

Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Mon Mar 3, 2025

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

Receipts 13,100Last week 5,403Year ago 9,298

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	310	450.00–460.00	452.69
55	350–400	387	425.00–455.00	441.19
99	400–450	422	395.00–420.00	405.51
226	450–500	474	375.00–420.00	393.10
342	500–550	523	302.00–395.00	366.51
297	550–600	570	325.00–375.00	345.76
834	600–650	625	308.00–338.00	328.00
272	650–700	669	295.00–330.00	310.85
388	700–750	729	276.50–306.00	287.70
367	750–800	772

Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	420.39/cwt	390.00–460.00	1,328	46
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	376.17/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,268	20
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	303.65/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,035	31
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	976	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	382.17/cwt	351.00–410.00	1,429	88
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	343.46/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,319	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	354.89/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,501	139
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	324.60/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,386	131
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	438	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,073	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	311.50/cwt	285.00–329.00	1,470	277
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	338.54/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,601	165
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	286.50/cwt	272.00–295.00	1,364	107
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	317.72/cwt	295.00–335.00	1,652	452
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	283.73/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,490	84
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	534	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,687	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	552	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,628	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	303.02/cwt	286.00–325.00	1,718	383
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	277.29/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,597	224
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	289.27/cwt	271.00–309.00	1,785	370
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	266.11/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,647	262
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	276.19/cwt	256.00–301.00	1,842	289
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	676	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,832	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	252.51/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,709	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	257.93/cwt	244.00–267.00	1,862	359
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	238.68/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,726	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	246.77/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,908	298
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	242.10/cwt	236.00–242.50	1,884	107
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	240.38/cwt	232.00–252.00	1,990	332
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	219.17/cwt	202.00–231.00	1,821	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	233.40/cwt	230.50–244.00	2,063	359
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,004	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	938	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,885	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,036	205.58/cwt	204.50–209.00	2,130	61

Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 2	376	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,278	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,529	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,407	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,652	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,633	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,533	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	292.11/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,513	22
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,752	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	596	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,550	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	284.09/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,793	47
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	10
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	260.01/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,880	18
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	869	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,894	6

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	346	410.00–420.00	413.08
79	350–400	381	370.00–420.00	396.69
94	400–450	430	340.00–395.00	360.86
122	450–500	487	320.00–375.00	353.97
162	500–550	526	300.00–332.00	317.78
195	550–600	578	290.00–327.00	313.88
160	600–650	620	280.00–305.00	293.92
340	650–700	676	277.00–294.00	288.40
184	700–750	724	270.00–277.00	272.91
71	800–850	827	255.00–260.00	257.77
872	850–900	872	247.00–254.50	250.50
101	900–950	926	237.00–252.00	243.66
66	950–1000	973	225.00–237.50	236.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	559	355.00	355.00
11	650–700	657	317.00	317.00
8	700–750	703	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	300–350	316	390.00–460.00	420.39
88	350–400	374	351.00–410.00	382.17
139	400–450	423	345.00–375.00	354.89
165	450–500	473	330.00–347.50	338.54
452	500–550	520	295.00–335.00	317.72
383	550–600	567	286.00–325.00	303.02
370	600–650	617	271.00–309.00	289.27
289	650–700	667	256.00–301.00	276.19
359	700–750	722	244.00–267.00	257.93
298	750–800	773	244.00–255.00	246.77
332	800–850	828	232.00–252.00	240.38
359	850–900	884	230.50–244.00	233.40
7	900–950	907	221.00	221.00
61	1000–1050	1,036	204.50–209.00	205.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	385.00	385.00
26	350–400	378	360.00–387.00	376.71
6	400–450	418	335.00	335.00
71	450–500	479	302.00–330.00	321.00
9	550–600	597	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	395	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	470	335.00	335.00
6	650–700	697	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	513	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	534	316.00	316.00
6	550–600	552	295.00	295.00
12	650–700	676	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	337	360.00–380.00	376.17
19	350–400	384	325.00–350.00	343.46
131	400–450	427	305.00–340.00	324.60
277	450–500	472	285.00–329.00	311.50
84	500–550	525	270.00–295.00	283.73
224	550–600	576	260.00–286.00	277.29
262	600–650	619	250.00–271.00	266.11
73	650–700	677	247.00–258.00	252.51
22	700–750	723	230.00–241.00	238.68
107	750–800	778	236.00–242.50	242.10
16	800–850	831	202.00–231.00	219.17
8	900–950	938	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	341	302.00–315.00	303.65
8	350–400	355	275.00	275.00
107	450–500	476	272.00–295.00	286.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	420	335.00	335.00
7	450–500	464	352.00	352.00
22	500–550	518	285.00–295.00	292.11
7	550–600	580	302.00	302.00
10	650–700	650	275.00	275.00
6	850–900	869	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	392	390.00	390.00
5	450–500	479	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	596	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	429	385.00	385.00
47	600–650	631	270.00–310.00	284.09
18	700–750	723	255.00–265.00	260.01

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Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle · Mon, Mar 3

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot

Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Feeder Cattle

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot

Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

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