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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Sep 8

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Aug 25Sep 8Sep 15 →

Receipts

11,852 head

▲ 1,495 vs last sale 10,357▼ 2,376 vs year ago 14,228 · −16.7%

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 the sale 2 weeks ago feeder steers under 450 lbs. sold 10.00-15.00 lower. Heavier weights sold steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly from 8.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. The largest lot of the day was 240 head of 838 lb. heifers. They crossed the scales at 329.00/cwt.

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 $423.73/cwt on 983 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −31.35 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$423.73

983 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$516

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

$89.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.48

vs MO average

+10.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	440.99	2,453	558
Medium and Large 1-2	557	402.76	2,243	411
Medium and Large 2	551	351.44	1,936	14thin

One grade step is worth $89.55/cwt here — about $516 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 sale983 hd

423.73

—

MO average11 barns · 1,937 hd

430.21

−6.48

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+10.21

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−31.35

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

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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	557.75/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,852	23
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,791	8
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	355	427.17/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,516	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,615	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	521.45/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,919	35
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	552.13/cwt	545.00–575.00	2,142	46
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	509.85/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,126	91
Steers	400–450

Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Mon Sep 8, 2025

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

Receipts 11,852Last week 10,357Year ago 14,228

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	470.00	470.00
13	450–500	470	430.00	430.00
70	500–550	534	370.00–400.00	376.19
18	550–600	570	350.00–370.00	355.65
39	600–650	620	335.00–360.00	350.01
14	650–700	664	340.00–350.00	344.28
16	700–750	739	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	477	380.00	380.00
6	500–550	525	360.00

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Joplin Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Carthage, Missouri · Mon, Sep 8

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1245

joplinstockyards.com(417) 548-2333

← Aug 25Sep 8Sep 15 →

Receipts

11,852 head

▲ 1,495 vs last sale 10,357▼ 2,376 vs year ago 14,228 · −16.7%

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 $423.73/cwt on 983 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −31.35 against this barn's trailing median of $455.08.

Average price

$423.73

983 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$516

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

$89.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.48

vs MO average

+10.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	440.99	2,453	558
Medium and Large 1-2	557	402.76	2,243	411
Medium and Large 2	551	351.44	1,936	14thin

One grade step is worth $89.55/cwt here — about $516 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 sale983 hd

423.73

—

MO average11 barns · 1,937 hd

430.21

−6.48

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+10.21

This barn, trailing median34 sales

455.08

−31.35

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

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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	557.75/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,852	23
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,791	8
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	355	427.17/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,516	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,615	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	521.45/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,919	35
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	552.13/cwt	545.00–575.00	2,142	46
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	509.85/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,126	91
Steers	400–450

Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Carthage, MO

Mon Sep 8, 2025

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

Receipts 11,852Last week 10,357Year ago 14,228

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	470.00	470.00
13	450–500	470	430.00	430.00
70	500–550	534	370.00–400.00	376.19
18	550–600	570	350.00–370.00	355.65
39	600–650	620	335.00–360.00	350.01
14	650–700	664	340.00–350.00	344.28
16	700–750	739	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	477	380.00	380.00
6	500–550	525	360.00

Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	425.19/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,407	37
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,572	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	423.32/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,596	31
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	473.77/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,810	57
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	396	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,525	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	407	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,954	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	443.93/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,865	95
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	390.11/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,689	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	417.72/cwt	395.00–450.00	1,984	185
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	379.43/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,814	213
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	369.05/cwt	340.00–382.00	1,941	156
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	313.81/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,657	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	394.32/cwt	377.00–420.00	2,086	130
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,067	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	370.54/cwt	340.00–382.00	2,119	277
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	396.95/cwt	380.00–455.00	2,298	257
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	379.82/cwt	367.50–395.00	2,370	324
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	357.16/cwt	330.00–367.50	2,247	91
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,004	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	370.65/cwt	350.00–387.50	2,513	468
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	348.03/cwt	325.00–352.00	2,360	146
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	347.71/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,521	242
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	327.47/cwt	300.00–336.00	2,377	58
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	342.11/cwt	337.00–358.00	2,641	419
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	330.26/cwt	305.00–337.50	2,606	50
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	328.88/cwt	324.00–332.50	2,746	333
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	847	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,710	39
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	323.24/cwt	323.00–324.00	2,767	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	866	293.48/cwt	282.50–313.00	2,542	23
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	315.43/cwt	310.00–323.00	2,842	12
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,162	8

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	331	400.00–440.00	425.19
31	350–400	377	410.00–435.00	423.32
53	400–450	433	370.00–415.00	390.11
213	450–500	478	350.00–395.00	379.43
156	500–550	526	340.00–382.00	369.05
277	550–600	572	340.00–382.00	370.54
91	600–650	629	330.00–367.50	357.16
146	650–700	678	325.00–352.00	348.03
58	700–750	726	300.00–336.00	327.47
50	750–800	789	305.00–337.50	330.26
39	800–850	847	320.00	320.00
23	850–900	866	282.50–313.00	293.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	465.00	465.00
57	350–400	382	450.00–500.00	473.77
95	400–450	420	420.00–465.00	443.93
185	450–500	475	395.00–450.00	417.72
130	500–550	529	377.00–420.00	394.32
257	550–600	579	380.00–455.00	396.95
324	600–650	624	367.50–395.00	379.82
468	650–700	678	350.00–387.50	370.65
242	700–750	725	340.00–357.50	347.71
419	750–800	772	337.00–358.00	342.11
333	800–850	835	324.00–332.50	328.88
17	850–900	856	323.00–324.00	323.24
12	900–950	901	310.00–323.00	315.43
8	950–1000	964	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	338	530.00	530.00
35	350–400	368	500.00–530.00	521.45
107	400–450	428	410.00–480.00	449.90
81	450–500	476	410.00–460.00	433.32
176	500–550	533	365.00–427.00	407.69
235	550–600	575	370.00–420.00	399.07
161	600–650	627	350.00–399.00	386.61
85	650–700	682	370.00–388.00	376.33
106	700–750	719	350.00–375.00	365.35
48	750–800	773	336.00–355.00	344.37
451	800–850	833	338.00–355.00	347.56
270	850–900	877	339.00–344.50	341.62
366	900–950	936	321.00–332.00	327.37
122	950–1000	988	317.00–318.00	317.64
5	1000–1050	1,044	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	332	540.00–580.00	557.75
46	350–400	388	545.00–575.00	552.13
91	400–450	417	490.00–520.00	509.85
164	450–500	468	460.00–530.00	491.20
205	500–550	525	430.00–480.00	441.60
332	550–600	575	417.00–465.00	440.63
253	600–650	623	400.00–435.00	417.92
469	650–700	684	388.00–414.00	395.52
292	700–750	728	377.50–405.00	390.30
461	750–800	766	360.00–383.00	368.74
644	800–850	836	355.00–370.00	359.64
319	850–900	867	346.00–367.00	349.84
500	900–950	917	332.50–357.50	348.05
121	950–1000	962	323.50–334.00	326.25
35	1000–1050	1,019	319.00–322.00	320.30
57	1050–1100	1,073	308.00	308.00

Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,941	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium 2	439	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,493	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,021	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,813	21
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	376.19/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,009	70
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	355.65/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,027	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	345.68/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,977	24
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	606	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,000	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	350.01/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,170	39
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,391	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	344.28/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,286	14
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,529	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,439	16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	439	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	655	365.00	365.00
8	700–750	733	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	396	385.00	385.00
13	500–550	528	310.00–320.00	313.81
5	650–700	668	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	537	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	407	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	440.00	440.00
21	400–450	423	370.00–400.00	383.81
10	450–500	482	410.00	410.00
14	550–600	551	340.00–360.00	351.44
10	750–800	799	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	355	420.00–440.00	427.17
5	450–500	460	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	899	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	502	530.00	530.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	588	405.00	405.00

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Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle · Mon, Sep 8

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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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