Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSED*Compared to last week, steer calves sold mostly steady with 550-600 lbs 2.00 higher. Heifers calves sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower, with 650-700 lb steers trading steady to 3.00 higher. Trade active, demand moderate to good for feeders and good for calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.14/cwt on 1,677 head.

Average price

$172.14

1,677 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,121

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$40.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.14

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	173.98	1,142	1,415
Medium and Large 1-2	614	164.92	1,012	236
Small and Medium 1-2	704	142.50	1,002	12thin
Large 1-2	728	133.29	970	14thin

One grade step is worth $40.69/cwt here — about $172 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 sale1,677 hd

172.14

—

MO average5 barns · 7,095 hd

170.00

+2.14

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

83 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	168.85/cwt	168.00–171.00	812	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	997	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	119.01/cwt	116.00–122.00	960	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	162.72/cwt	157.00–169.00	1,186	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	757	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,228	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	659	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,170	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	554	206.25/cwt	206.00–206.50	1,143	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	183.22/cwt	179.50–188.50	980	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	576	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	973	65
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	744	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,049	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	138.33/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,069	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	183.57/cwt	180.00–192.50	877	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	844	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,120	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	198.57/cwt	195.00–200.00	878	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	148.27/cwt	141.00–156.25	1,136	237
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	663	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	955	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	146.72/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,061	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	190.84/cwt	187.00–202.50	616	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	853	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	204.67/cwt	204.00–205.00	905	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	171.73/cwt	165.00–173.50	1,082	29
Steers	Large 1-2	—	694	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	937	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	156.10/cwt	150.00–157.75	1,058	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	189.23/cwt	180.00–200.00	708	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,072	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	131.95/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,160	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	170.61/cwt	167.25–180.00	983	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	167.46/cwt	156.50–173.25	1,140	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	193.82/cwt	181.00–200.00	1,120	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	202.33/cwt	198.50–207.00	949	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	211.51/cwt	206.00–217.50	804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	133.05/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,098	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	136.84/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,123	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	652	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,164	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	201.81/cwt	190.00–209.00	1,064	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	181.35/cwt	175.00–189.00	1,143	271
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	804	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	965	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	166.12/cwt	158.50–173.00	1,030	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	198.69/cwt	194.00–206.50	852	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	171.56/cwt	159.00–178.00	962	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	925	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	582	171.79/cwt	171.00–172.50	1,000	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	901	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	937	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	619	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	851	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	359	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	464	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	847	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	133.89/cwt	130.00–137.25	1,024	39
Bulls	Medium 2	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	135.79/cwt	133.00–137.00	921	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,035	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	583	141.82/cwt	140.00–145.00	827	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	172.65/cwt	165.00–182.00	656	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	667	134.25/cwt	133.00–135.50	895	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	647	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	812	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	177.01/cwt	169.00–181.25	848	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	980	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	157.39/cwt	146.00–163.00	984	223
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	899	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	899	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	166.12/cwt	165.00–170.00	711	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	138.17/cwt	130.50–143.00	868	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	157.41/cwt	150.00–160.50	831	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	145.74/cwt	140.25–155.75	976	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	159.37/cwt	158.00–163.50	773	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	135.03/cwt	131.25–137.00	974	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	188.94/cwt	185.75–194.00	731	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	953	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	512	213.92/cwt	212.50–214.50	1,095	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	178.95/cwt	171.00–182.00	777	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	956	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	156.05/cwt	149.50–167.00	886	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	174.52/cwt	167.00–181.75	916	128

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.

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St Joseph Stockyards Feeder Cattle - St Joseph, MO

Wed Mar 7, 2018

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	481	168.00–171.00	168.85
5	—	954	97.00	97.00
2	—	845	102.00	102.00
3	—	632	135.00	135.00
3	—	755	121.00	121.00
3	—	535	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	536	186.00	186.00
8	—	804	120.00	120.00
28	—	620	158.50–173.00	166.12
5	—	429	194.00–206.50	198.69
3	—	365	211.00	211.00
6	—	561	159.00–178.00	171.56
4	—	460	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	331	207.00	207.00
187	—	729	157.00–169.00	162.72
237	—	766	141.00–156.25	148.27
9	—	442	204.00–205.00	204.67
26	—	879	131.00–134.00	131.95
196	—	681	156.50–173.25	167.46
86	—	578	181.00–200.00	193.82
102	—	469	198.50–207.00	202.33
8	—	380	206.00–217.50	211.51
27	—	821	135.00–140.00	136.84
135	—	527	190.00–209.00	201.81
271	—	630	175.00–189.00	181.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	757	162.25	162.25
14	—	659	177.50	177.50
14	—	554	206.00–206.50	206.25
14	—	512	212.50–214.50	213.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	535	179.50–188.50	183.22
18	—	773	138.00–140.00	138.33
19	—	478	180.00–192.50	183.57
7	—	442	195.00–200.00	198.57
18	—	723	140.00–152.00	146.72
8	—	323	187.00–202.50	190.84
29	—	630	165.00–173.50	171.73
32	—	678	150.00–157.75	156.10
15	—	374	180.00–200.00	189.23
6	—	901	119.00	119.00
50	—	576	167.25–180.00	170.61
18	—	825	131.00–135.00	133.05
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	744	141.00	141.00
6	—	663	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	844	132.75	132.75
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	853	127.00	127.00
11	—	694	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	652	178.50	178.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	807	116.00–122.00	119.01
14	—	678	133.00–137.00	135.79
5	—	873	118.50	118.50
3	—	285	184.00	184.00
23	—	380	165.00–182.00	172.65
4	—	344	160.00	160.00
12	—	563	144.25	144.25
5	—	754	130.00	130.00
14	—	428	165.00–170.00	166.12
18	—	628	130.50–143.00	138.17
46	—	528	150.00–160.50	157.41
22	—	485	158.00–163.50	159.37
7	—	903	105.50	105.50
3	—	718	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	576	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	582	171.00–172.50	171.79
4	—	359	208.00	208.00
5	—	464	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	901	104.00	104.00
7	—	619	137.50	137.50
8	—	583	140.00–145.00	141.82
32	—	667	133.00–135.50	134.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	765	130.00–137.25	133.89
110	—	479	169.00–181.25	177.01
223	—	625	146.00–163.00	157.39
118	—	670	140.25–155.75	145.74
55	—	721	131.25–137.00	135.03
5	—	325	201.50	201.50
16	—	387	185.75–194.00	188.94
30	—	434	171.00–182.00	178.95
9	—	807	118.50	118.50
134	—	568	149.50–167.00	156.05
128	—	525	167.00–181.75	174.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	431	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	899	100.00	100.00

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