Joplin Regional Stockyards Feeder Cattle Market Report

Carthage, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 20, 2021

4,412 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $174.39/cwt +8.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,101/hd at 631 lb · 187 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $151.35/cwt -3.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,238/hd at 818 lb · 163 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.76/cwt -1.33 vs last sale · ≈ $937/hd at 675 lb · 159 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,412	6,059	5,679
Feeder cattle	4,412	6,059	5,679

Market comments — USDA reporter

*CLOSE** Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded 2.00 - 4.00 lower. Supply and demand was moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	5	215.00	$215.00	$587	+6.00
300–344	318	22	195.00–220.00	$201.57	$641	—
355–359	358	6	195.00–200.00	$199.17	$713	—
400–431	421	55	175.00–180.00	$175.95	$741	-2.63
467	467	12	184.00	$184.00	$859	—
505–538	515	55	170.00–174.00	$171.48	$883	-0.25
536 thin fleshed	536	69	186.00	$186.00	$997	—
602–633	626	100	161.00–165.00	$164.28	$1,028	-1.66
637 thin fleshed	637	87	186.00	$186.00	$1,185	—
670	670	12	161.00	$161.00	$1,079	—
705–741	720	60	150.00–154.00	$151.41	$1,090	-2.89
751–767	764	24	152.00–155.00	$154.39	$1,180	+0.89
804–836	818	163	147.00–152.25	$151.35	$1,238	-3.15
856–888	886	63	146.00–148.10	$148.00	$1,311	-4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–392	373	10	182.00–190.00	$182.76	$682	+0.76
402–406	404	9	165.00–172.00	$169.65	$685	-1.27
461–491	474	44	165.00–172.00	$169.41	$803	-3.36
508–538	521	52	157.50–167.00	$162.91	$849	-1.34
550–597	574	109	157.00–164.00	$159.74	$917	-2.20
600–647	617	86	151.00–159.00	$153.15	$945	-2.63
654–698	678	99	150.00–157.00	$152.62	$1,035	-6.39
716–747	732	25	141.00–149.00	$146.14	$1,070	+1.25
750–797	770	35	138.00–147.00	$143.47	$1,105	-3.44
801–845	816	78	136.00–143.00	$140.12	$1,143	-8.05
855–865	857	14	137.00–144.00	$140.64	$1,205	-4.21
1005	1005	6	127.00	$127.00	$1,276	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	7	170.00	$170.00	$502	—
350–394	387	35	170.00–177.00	$174.78	$676	-0.17
415–445	432	18	160.00–162.00	$160.64	$694	+1.89
455–497	478	24	155.00–163.00	$160.00	$765	+0.57
500–548	534	84	147.00–155.00	$150.90	$806	-2.67
560–598	578	121	147.00–155.00	$150.02	$867	-2.76
607–645	626	44	140.00–149.00	$142.45	$892	-7.79
654–696	676	49	140.00–148.00	$146.56	$991	+0.63
720–745	730	5	130.00–136.00	$132.45	$967	—
752–790	762	14	129.00–137.00	$132.67	$1,011	—
927	927	5	121.00	$121.00	$1,122	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	8	160.00	$160.00	$509	—
353–375	364	8	160.00	$160.00	$582	-5.97
403–449	428	71	145.00–152.00	$148.66	$636	—
455–491	484	27	147.00–150.00	$149.22	$722	-2.26
514–543	525	18	137.00–145.00	$142.46	$748	+0.38
553–595	580	28	137.00–145.00	$140.03	$812	-5.87
607–642	632	15	135.00–137.00	$136.35	$862	+0.76
1070	1070	11	117.00	$117.00	$1,252	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	5	155.00	$155.00	$555	±0.00
496	496	5	140.00	$140.00	$694	—
529	529	5	133.00	$133.00	$704	+2.00
611	611	6	125.00	$125.00	$764	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	7	137.00	$137.00	$1,171	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
657	657	7	117.00	$117.00	$769	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	330	14	150.00–155.00	$152.55	$503	-7.80
355–390	380	19	150.00–157.00	$153.73	$584	-0.94
408–445	426	14	140.00–145.00	$141.70	$604	-2.24
450–495	477	78	140.00–148.00	$144.62	$690	-0.56
500–547	523	139	135.00–144.00	$140.45	$735	-1.79
550–595	573	152	135.00–147.00	$140.49	$805	-1.05
600–648	625	75	135.00–143.00	$140.25	$877	-0.87
651–695	675	159	135.00–143.00	$138.76	$937	-1.33
702–747	726	99	130.00–142.00	$136.07	$988	-0.20
753–785	762	46	130.00–138.75	$135.30	$1,031	-1.99
836–847	837	137	132.00–132.60	$132.57	$1,110	-0.33
857–882	863	22	130.00–132.50	$131.92	$1,138	-2.58
932–949	944	7	116.00–121.00	$119.59	$1,129	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–346	344	15	145.00	$145.00	$499	—
355–382	371	14	140.00–143.00	$141.54	$525	-2.70
401–449	421	74	130.00–138.00	$135.22	$569	-1.11
450–498	481	96	130.00–139.00	$134.82	$648	-0.80
504–549	535	34	126.00–134.00	$129.98	$695	-0.91
550–598	569	83	125.00–134.00	$129.93	$739	+0.26
603–646	621	28	122.00–130.00	$127.03	$789	-3.45
665–692	682	41	129.00–133.00	$132.14	$901	+2.15
700–730	715	20	122.00–129.00	$126.04	$901	—
755–783	773	5	122.00–127.00	$126.02	$974	+3.19

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–281	274	9	160.00	$160.00	$438	—
365–390	385	26	160.00–167.00	$165.72	$638	+1.01
402–445	426	29	150.00–154.00	$151.29	$644	-4.08
493	493	17	152.00	$152.00	$749	-2.34
564–597	585	64	148.00–151.50	$149.20	$873	-3.30
604–644	626	71	145.00–150.00	$148.48	$929	-5.15
723–747	733	26	140.00–141.00	$140.34	$1,029	-3.95
910–911	910	11	129.00–131.00	$129.91	$1,182	-3.09

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	13	132.50	$132.50	$387	—
460–492	472	19	122.00–129.00	$126.36	$596	—
522–525	525	22	122.00–124.00	$123.82	$650	—
622–635	624	14	120.00–123.00	$122.35	$763	—
679	679	5	123.00	$123.00	$835	+1.92
749	749	11	118.00	$118.00	$884	—
805	805	5	100.00	$100.00	$805	+8.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–381	372	20	120.00–124.00	$122.36	$455	—
536	536	11	110.00	$110.00	$590	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	9	165.00	$165.00	$531	—
367	367	7	150.00	$150.00	$550	—
416–425	419	11	152.00	$152.00	$637	—
460–494	480	10	147.50–152.00	$150.28	$721	+0.48
523–541	533	34	137.00–145.00	$140.63	$750	-2.13
550–575	561	29	137.00–143.00	$140.17	$786	-1.42
601–637	612	14	125.00–137.00	$133.74	$818	+3.74
688	688	5	123.00	$123.00	$846	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	7	162.00	$162.00	$687	+7.00
464	464	11	163.00	$163.00	$756	—
605–608	607	9	139.00–140.00	$139.78	$848	+7.22
715–730	719	20	126.00	$126.00	$906	—
845	845	5	116.00	$116.00	$980	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–445	427	6	135.00–140.00	$138.26	$590	+2.26
510	510	6	135.00	$135.00	$688	+5.54
561–585	567	28	127.00–132.50	$128.63	$729	-6.61

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421–427	424	13	123.00	$123.00	$522	—
473	473	13	132.00	$132.00	$624	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
734	734	5	80.00	$80.00	$587	—
866	866	12	86.00	$86.00	$745	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.