Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-03-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.91/cwt on 1,522 head.

Average price

$166.91

1,522 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,141

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$34.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.81

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	699	168.62	1,178	1,167
Medium and Large 1-2	627	163.49	1,026	310
Medium and Large 2	552	161.35	890	15thin
Large 1-2	690	153.00	1,056	6thin
Large 1	836	135.50	1,133	12thin
Medium 1-2	712	133.75	953	12thin

One grade step is worth $34.87/cwt here — about $225 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 sale1,522 hd

166.91

—

MO average4 barns · 5,916 hd

163.10

+3.81

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

89 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	343	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	653	180.60/cwt	180.60–180.60	1,179	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	555	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,163	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	207.66/cwt	200.00–214.00	772	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	690	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,056	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	734	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	991	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	140.95/cwt	135.00–145.50	1,167	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	165.41/cwt	157.00–169.75	1,198	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	199.92/cwt	198.00–201.00	966	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	149.38/cwt	142.00–155.50	1,147	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	204.29/cwt	189.50–210.25	1,087	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	208.42/cwt	198.00–214.25	877	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	132.42/cwt	132.00–132.50	1,196	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	192.90/cwt	182.50–196.00	1,090	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,054	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	187.08/cwt	180.00–192.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	207.24/cwt	200.00–210.50	659	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	182.34/cwt	175.00–190.00	1,131	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	165.19/cwt	158.25–173.75	1,133	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	151.33/cwt	144.50–158.00	1,028	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	169.42/cwt	166.00–172.50	1,079	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	141.22/cwt	138.50–142.00	1,099	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	150.88/cwt	142.00–153.50	1,092	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	181.70/cwt	174.75–190.00	849	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	130.96/cwt	128.00–136.50	1,075	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	164.56/cwt	158.50–173.50	871	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	171.26/cwt	159.25–178.50	985	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	181.82/cwt	164.50–185.00	965	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	722	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	716	146.86/cwt	141.50–153.00	1,052	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	641	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,038	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	680	178.75/cwt	178.75–178.75	1,216	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	807	152.85/cwt	152.85–152.85	1,233	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	971	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,347	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	946	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	696	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,006	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	129.57/cwt	126.50–136.50	942	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	589	151.01/cwt	149.25–156.50	889	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	851	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	1,057	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	662	150.02/cwt	145.50–156.00	993	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	188.77/cwt	184.00–195.00	814	7
Bulls	Large 2	—	463	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	159.00/cwt	157.75–161.00	991	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	138.99/cwt	138.50–139.50	947	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	842	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	782	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	173.15/cwt	171.50–174.50	911	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	140.55/cwt	134.00–142.75	1,101	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,137	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	181.51/cwt	177.00–185.25	1,016	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	652	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	1,087	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	958	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,250	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	711	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,013	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	182.95/cwt	181.00–193.00	712	22
Heifers	Medium 1	—	835	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,006	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	176.93/cwt	173.50–182.00	748	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	136.11/cwt	133.00–142.50	987	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	561	174.35/cwt	172.50–177.00	978	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	162.79/cwt	150.50–165.75	1,008	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	147.91/cwt	143.00–155.00	979	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	169.23/cwt	167.00–179.00	902	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	161.32/cwt	150.50–170.00	923	72
Steers	Large 1	—	836	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,133	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	682	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	140.49/cwt	136.00–142.50	1,249	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	508	158.64/cwt	150.00–163.00	806	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	730	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	707	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	845	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	571	143.13/cwt	140.00–145.00	817	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	974	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,008	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	611	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,191	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	135.13/cwt	127.00–139.50	928	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	156.49/cwt	150.00–164.50	811	122
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	398	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	141.38/cwt	137.00–147.50	810	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	134.07/cwt	128.00–136.00	837	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	687	132.18/cwt	130.25–137.25	908	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	173.28/cwt	167.50–179.00	821	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,006	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	929	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	166.87/cwt	165.00–169.50	736	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	138.66/cwt	132.00–145.00	867	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	131.08/cwt	129.50–132.00	1,063	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	158.36/cwt	152.50–164.00	751	19

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 Mar 14, 2018

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

Receipts 3,074Last week 3,337Year ago 2,174

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	653	180.60	180.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	555	209.50	209.50
67	—	680	178.75	178.75
144	—	807	152.85	152.85
62	—	971	138.75	138.75
4	—	611	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	372	200.00–214.00	207.66
90	—	828	135.00–145.50	140.95
86	—	724	157.00–169.75	165.41
15	—	483	198.00–201.00	199.92
83	—	768	142.00–155.50	149.38
76	—	532	189.50–210.25	204.29
46	—	421	198.00–214.25	208.42
33	—	903	132.00–132.50	132.42
65	—	565	182.50–196.00	192.90
7	—	318	200.00–210.50	207.24
100	—	620	175.00–190.00	182.34
103	—	686	158.25–173.75	165.19
13	—	889	136.00–142.50	140.49
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	690	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	734	135.00	135.00
5	—	682	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	878	120.00	120.00
5	—	419	180.00–192.00	187.08
4	—	389	195.00	195.00
42	—	679	144.50–158.00	151.33
36	—	637	166.00–172.50	169.42
32	—	778	138.50–142.00	141.22
30	—	724	142.00–153.50	150.88
25	—	467	174.75–190.00	181.70
15	—	821	128.00–136.50	130.96
56	—	575	159.25–178.50	171.26
53	—	531	164.50–185.00	181.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	529	158.50–173.50	164.56
3	—	643	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	716	141.50–153.00	146.86
11	—	641	162.00	162.00
9	—	550	172.00	172.00
4	—	696	144.50	144.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	836	135.50	135.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	727	126.50–136.50	129.57
12	—	589	149.25–156.50	151.01
9	—	851	124.25	124.25
7	—	662	145.50–156.00	150.02
7	—	431	184.00–195.00	188.77
21	—	623	157.75–161.00	159.00
23	—	526	171.50–174.50	173.15
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	681	138.50–139.50	138.99
4	—	536	157.00	157.00
3	—	978	80.00	80.00
3	—	467	176.50	176.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	783	134.00–142.75	140.55
22	—	865	131.50	131.50
22	—	389	181.00–193.00	182.95
3	—	345	193.00	193.00
17	—	423	173.50–182.00	176.93
111	—	725	133.00–142.50	136.11
84	—	619	150.50–165.75	162.79
83	—	662	143.00–155.00	147.91
50	—	533	167.00–179.00	169.23
72	—	572	150.50–170.00	161.32
85	—	474	167.50–179.00	173.28
22	—	811	129.50–132.00	131.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	560	177.00–185.25	181.51
78	—	652	166.75	166.75
12	—	958	130.50	130.50
5	—	711	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	835	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	561	172.50–177.00	174.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	508	150.00–163.00	158.64
3	—	707	119.50	119.50
11	—	571	140.00–145.00	143.13
14	—	974	103.50	103.50
20	—	624	128.00–136.00	134.07
30	—	687	130.25–137.25	132.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	730	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	687	127.00–139.50	135.13
122	—	518	150.00–164.50	156.49
27	—	573	137.00–147.50	141.38
3	—	868	118.00	118.00
4	—	711	141.50	141.50
4	—	794	117.00	117.00
13	—	441	165.00–169.50	166.87
27	—	625	132.00–145.00	138.66
19	—	474	152.50–164.00	158.36
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	144.00	144.00

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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