Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-02-21

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.01/cwt on 553 head.

Average price

$178.01

553 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,152

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$13.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.36

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	179.29	1,162	500
Medium and Large 1-2	636	165.96	1,056	53

One grade step is worth $13.33/cwt here — about $106 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 sale553 hd

178.01

—

MO average4 barns · 5,658 hd

167.65

+10.36

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

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · St Joseph Stockyards Feeder Cattle - St Joseph, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	138.40/cwt	132.00–140.50	936	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	148.46/cwt	148.00–149.00	802	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	805	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	835	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	977	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	150.41/cwt	150.00–152.00	889	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	921	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	144.82/cwt	140.00–147.00	972	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	170.20/cwt	169.50–170.50	730	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	646	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	161.41/cwt	155.25–165.00	1,025	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	1,124	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	977	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	169.94/cwt	169.50–170.50	814	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,129	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	173.47/cwt	170.25–175.00	1,223	283
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	151.78/cwt	144.00–155.00	958	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,026	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	208.50/cwt	201.50–213.50	974	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	189.82/cwt	186.50–198.50	1,012	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	167.99/cwt	162.50–172.75	869	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	164.88/cwt	164.00–165.50	1,002	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	183.86/cwt	177.50–185.75	1,079	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	184.70/cwt	178.50–187.00	1,125	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,223	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	157.56/cwt	147.00–160.75	1,041	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	167.47/cwt	167.00–167.75	946	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	159.26/cwt	158.50–160.00	1,014	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	886	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	900	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	901	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,014	5

How this sale compares

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 →

St Joseph Stockyards Feeder Cattle - St Joseph, MO

Wed Feb 21, 2018

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, St Joseph, MO (LS-SJ)

Receipts 1,163Last week 3,442Year ago 2,835

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	737	132.00	132.00
17	—	676	132.00–140.50	138.40
13	—	540	148.00–149.00	148.46
19	—	591	150.00–152.00	150.41
9	—	622	148.00	148.00
6	—	378	165.00	165.00
4	—	805	126.00	126.00
4	—	421	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	429	169.50–170.50	170.20
4	—	369	175.00	175.00
16	—	479	169.50–170.50	169.94
3	—	892	120.00	120.00
33	—	517	162.50–172.75	167.99
22	—	608	164.00–165.50	164.88
60	—	661	147.00–160.75	157.56
54	—	565	167.00–167.75	167.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	155.50	155.50
4	—	835	117.00	117.00
4	—	640	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	671	140.00–147.00	144.82
3	—	390	178.00	178.00
10	—	631	144.00–155.00	151.78
3	—	808	127.00	127.00
3	—	430	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	637	158.50–160.00	159.26
9	—	487	182.00	182.00
8	—	500	180.00	180.00
5	—	901	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	635	155.25–165.00	161.41
15	—	741	151.75	151.75
11	—	497	196.50	196.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	676	167.00	167.00
283	—	705	170.25–175.00	173.47
7	—	364	202.50	202.50
35	—	467	201.50–213.50	208.50
31	—	533	186.50–198.50	189.82
73	—	587	177.50–185.75	183.86
52	—	609	178.50–187.00	184.70
9	—	877	139.50	139.50

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.

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