Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-04-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.92/cwt on 940 head.

Average price

$166.92

940 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$16.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.33

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	603	170.39	1,028	678
Medium and Large 1-2	599	158.08	947	253
Medium and Large 2	524	154.25	808	9thin

One grade step is worth $16.14/cwt here — about $219 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 sale940 hd

166.92

—

MO average4 barns · 4,559 hd

155.59

+11.33

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

85 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 1-2Fleshy	—	648	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	810	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	766	126.18/cwt	125.00–127.50	967	26
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	372	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	565	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	684	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	828	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	480	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	188.17/cwt	187.50–188.50	805	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	169.21/cwt	163.50–170.00	1,193	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	177.89/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,002	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	163.27/cwt	155.00–172.25	1,094	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	146.78/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,130	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	190.97/cwt	186.25–199.50	726	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	184.80/cwt	178.00–187.00	902	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,125	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,255	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,153	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	870	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	172.01/cwt	170.50–175.00	552	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	147.83/cwt	141.00–155.00	999	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	180.26/cwt	170.00–188.00	936	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	145.00/cwt	140.00–151.25	1,056	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	153.65/cwt	145.00–157.00	973	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	173.71/cwt	166.00–183.00	822	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	901	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,138	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	171.51/cwt	168.00–181.50	665	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	139.53/cwt	136.50–142.00	1,065	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	808	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	164.42/cwt	163.00–169.00	952	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	173.45/cwt	170.00–184.00	728	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	705	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,022	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	662	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	933	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	820	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	1,011	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	595	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	940	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	755	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,076	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	492	167.89/cwt	162.00–170.00	826	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,096	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	139.18/cwt	136.00–145.00	792	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	926	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	789	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	153.88/cwt	145.50–158.50	800	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	749	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	173.00/cwt	171.00–174.00	713	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	839	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	965	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	922	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	139.02/cwt	130.00–143.00	879	21
Cows	Medium 2	—	393	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	550	4
Cows	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	514	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	738	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	154.35/cwt	153.00–155.00	892	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	175.86/cwt	175.00–180.00	677	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	903	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	526	143.14/cwt	138.25–148.00	753	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	569	139.75/cwt	134.50–145.00	795	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	491	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	687	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	713	130.35/cwt	121.00–133.50	929	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	673	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	925	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	613	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	148.37/cwt	143.00–151.00	920	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	148.84/cwt	148.50–149.00	1,087	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	140.01/cwt	135.00–143.50	808	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	169.59/cwt	161.00–176.50	712	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	150.47/cwt	145.00–159.50	855	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	617	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,007	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	237	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	145.49/cwt	139.00–150.25	697	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	139.11/cwt	135.50–143.00	868	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	135.48/cwt	134.25–138.00	902	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	166.70/cwt	166.00–169.00	652	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	158.71/cwt	151.00–164.00	740	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	143.90/cwt	134.25–146.50	744	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	149.38/cwt	142.00–159.00	630	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	133.11/cwt	133.00–133.50	934	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	986	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	167.62/cwt	160.00–175.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	177.79/cwt	175.00–182.00	581	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	970	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	138.43/cwt	134.25–149.25	955	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	152.82/cwt	150.00–155.00	787	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	177.55/cwt	170.00–183.00	648	25
Heifers	Medium 1	—	458	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	164.23/cwt	158.00–177.75	1,033	140

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 Apr 18, 2018

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

Receipts 2,398Last week 2,362Year ago 2,283

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	648	125.00	125.00
4	—	684	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	766	125.00–127.50	126.18
26	—	526	138.25–148.00	143.14
14	—	569	134.50–145.00	139.75
9	—	491	140.00	140.00
8	—	713	121.00–133.50	130.35
4	—	673	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	372	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	613	138.25	138.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	620	143.00–151.00	148.37
107	—	730	148.50–149.00	148.84
85	—	420	161.00–176.50	169.59
66	—	568	145.00–159.50	150.47
49	—	466	151.00–164.00	158.71
10	—	327	175.00–182.00	177.79
8	—	761	127.50	127.50
7	—	690	134.25–149.25	138.43
58	—	515	150.00–155.00	152.82
25	—	365	170.00–183.00	177.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	577	135.00–143.50	140.01
3	—	237	189.00	189.00
85	—	479	139.00–150.25	145.49
36	—	624	135.50–143.00	139.11
12	—	666	134.25–138.00	135.48
11	—	391	166.00–169.00	166.70
53	—	517	134.25–146.50	143.90
44	—	422	142.00–159.00	149.38
9	—	702	133.00–133.50	133.11
8	—	808	122.00	122.00
4	—	313	160.00–175.00	167.62
3	—	273	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	617	163.25	163.25
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	428	187.50–188.50	188.17
85	—	705	163.50–170.00	169.21
68	—	563	170.00–187.00	177.89
65	—	670	155.00–172.25	163.27
14	—	770	145.00–150.00	146.78
11	—	380	186.25–199.50	190.97
47	—	488	178.00–187.00	184.80
28	—	815	154.00	154.00
128	—	519	170.00–188.00	180.26
140	—	629	158.00–177.75	164.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	808	139.25	139.25
8	—	959	120.25	120.25
7	—	512	170.00	170.00
6	—	321	170.50–175.00	172.01
4	—	859	125.75	125.75
31	—	676	141.00–155.00	147.83
25	—	728	140.00–151.25	145.00
22	—	633	145.00–157.00	153.65
16	—	473	166.00–183.00	173.71
11	—	388	168.00–181.50	171.51
9	—	763	136.50–142.00	139.53
74	—	579	163.00–169.00	164.42
31	—	420	170.00–184.00	173.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	901	126.25	126.25
9	—	705	145.00	145.00
6	—	662	141.00	141.00
5	—	820	123.25	123.25
5	—	595	158.00	158.00
4	—	755	142.50	142.50
3	—	620	151.00	151.00
11	—	492	162.00–170.00	167.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	524	154.25	154.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	344	177.00	177.00
3	—	863	127.00	127.00
11	—	569	136.00–145.00	139.18
6	—	699	132.50	132.50
6	—	520	151.75	151.75
4	—	381	162.00	162.00
5	—	499	150.00	150.00
3	—	722	125.00	125.00
3	—	628	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	520	145.50–158.50	153.88
6	—	412	171.00–174.00	173.00
5	—	839	115.00	115.00
3	—	673	137.00	137.00
21	—	632	130.00–143.00	139.02
18	—	578	153.00–155.00	154.35
11	—	385	175.00–180.00	175.86
Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	393	140.00	140.00
Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	514	143.50	143.50

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