Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-04-04

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.06/cwt on 537 head.

Average price

$137.06

537 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$0.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.99

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	137.15	843	492
Medium and Large 1-2	540	136.18	735	45

One grade step is worth $0.96/cwt here — about $108 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 sale537 hd

137.06

—

MO average5 barns · 3,160 hd

141.06

−3.99

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

45 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 1Fleshy	—	744	122.96/cwt	121.50–123.00	915	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	152.86/cwt	145.00–162.00	870	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	160.38/cwt	153.50–165.00	845	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	176.22/cwt	169.00–180.00	1,026	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	120.10/cwt	120.10–120.10	1,005	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	833	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	181.39/cwt	178.00–184.00	608	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	875	115.10/cwt	115.10–115.10	1,007	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	840	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	924	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	182.45/cwt	180.50–184.00	794	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,044	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	160.01/cwt	157.00–169.00	776	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	141.69/cwt	137.25–143.75	934	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	129.79/cwt	128.75–133.00	990	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	647	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	303	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	559	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	139.60/cwt	130.00–147.00	885	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	791	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	148.98/cwt	147.00–151.00	781	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	430	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	839	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,038	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	184.02/cwt	179.00–191.00	677	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	169.67/cwt	165.00–178.00	811	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	166.64/cwt	156.00–176.00	1,030	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	164.37/cwt	154.00–168.00	526	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	166.15/cwt	155.00–173.00	643	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	144.63/cwt	138.50–155.00	739	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	143.53/cwt	140.25–146.25	827	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	140.05/cwt	134.00–144.25	867	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	900	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	134.85/cwt	134.00–135.25	961	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	935	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	155.21/cwt	149.50–160.50	655	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	147.45/cwt	143.50–153.00	712	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	140.74/cwt	140.00–144.00	580	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	775	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	907	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	822	110.85/cwt	110.85–110.85	911	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	127.79/cwt	125.00–128.25	878	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	139.22/cwt	133.00–142.25	723	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	914	10

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 Apr 4, 2018

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

Receipts 969Last week 1,621Year ago 806

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	744	121.50–123.00	122.96
3	—	647	126.00	126.00
4	—	775	117.00	117.00
33	—	822	110.85	110.85
34	—	695	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	303	184.50	184.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	320	154.00–168.00	164.37
26	—	387	155.00–173.00	166.15
26	—	511	138.50–155.00	144.63
67	—	576	140.25–146.25	143.53
68	—	619	134.00–144.25	140.05
13	—	667	135.00	135.00
13	—	713	134.00–135.25	134.85
28	—	781	119.75	119.75
29	—	422	149.50–160.50	155.21
39	—	483	143.50–153.00	147.45
10	—	800	114.25	114.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	142.50	142.50
11	—	412	140.00–144.00	140.74
14	—	687	125.00–128.25	127.79
18	—	519	133.00–142.25	139.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	569	145.00–162.00	152.86
19	—	527	153.50–165.00	160.38
10	—	971	107.50	107.50
3	—	725	126.00	126.00
2	—	448	165.00	165.00
17	—	485	157.00–169.00	160.01
16	—	659	137.25–143.75	141.69
12	—	763	128.75–133.00	129.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	582	169.00–180.00	176.22
20	—	837	120.10	120.10
11	—	500	166.50	166.50
6	—	335	178.00–184.00	181.39
11	—	435	180.50–184.00	182.45
6	—	683	152.00	152.00
11	—	368	179.00–191.00	184.02
51	—	478	165.00–178.00	169.67
106	—	618	156.00–176.00	166.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	875	115.10	115.10
4	—	840	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	430	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	130.00–147.00	139.60
5	—	585	135.25	135.25
4	—	524	147.00–151.00	148.98
3	—	662	135.00	135.00

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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