Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-05-16

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.61/cwt on 694 head.

Average price

$149.61

694 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$957

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$125

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

$3.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.55

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	152.93	849	103
Medium and Large 1	654	149.03	975	591

One grade step is worth $3.90/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale694 hd

149.61

—

MO average4 barns · 4,120 hd

157.16

−7.55

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

48 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 1-2	—	430	170.75/cwt	165.00–176.00	734	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	134.31/cwt	134.00–134.50	927	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,054	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	141.58/cwt	139.00–145.50	951	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	163.35/cwt	158.50–166.75	925	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	899	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	135.52/cwt	135.00–137.50	992	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,086	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	151.73/cwt	150.25–154.50	886	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	141.50/cwt	140.50–142.50	877	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	159.49/cwt	158.00–160.50	775	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	176.53/cwt	171.00–179.50	660	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	170.86/cwt	165.50–179.50	887	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	172.53/cwt	168.00–179.75	833	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	148.72/cwt	145.00–155.25	927	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	186.21/cwt	182.00–190.50	803	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	711	122.20/cwt	121.00–124.00	869	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	790	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	909	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	153.74/cwt	152.75–155.50	726	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	539	145.08/cwt	145.00–145.25	782	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	382	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	651	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	598	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	807	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	921	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,024	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	494	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	815	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	669	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	910	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	637	144.20/cwt	144.00–144.50	919	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	155.06/cwt	154.50–156.00	915	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	151.89/cwt	147.50–157.50	636	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	135.73/cwt	131.50–138.50	916	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	151.28/cwt	146.50–157.25	710	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	142.37/cwt	137.50–146.25	739	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	863	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	173.51/cwt	171.50–176.00	581	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	826	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	615	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	166.97/cwt	163.00–171.00	639	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	961	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	138.18/cwt	130.00–140.00	652	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	112.83/cwt	110.00–114.50	865	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	136.00/cwt	135.00–137.00	851	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	153.21/cwt	150.00–158.50	575	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	142.38/cwt	140.00–148.00	896	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	142.22/cwt	139.25–148.00	822	102

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 May 16, 2018

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

Receipts 1,652Last week 1,844Year ago 2,044

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	430	165.00–176.00	170.75
13	—	690	134.00–134.50	134.31
4	—	749	120.00	120.00
4	—	549	161.00	161.00
28	—	584	150.25–154.50	151.73
18	—	620	140.50–142.50	141.50
10	—	486	158.00–160.50	159.49
9	—	374	171.00–179.50	176.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	825	127.75	127.75
3	—	290	195.00	195.00
82	—	672	139.00–145.50	141.58
82	—	566	158.50–166.75	163.35
110	—	732	135.00–137.50	135.52
84	—	905	120.00	120.00
77	—	519	165.50–179.50	170.86
39	—	483	168.00–179.75	172.53
25	—	623	145.00–155.25	148.72
25	—	431	182.00–190.50	186.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	494	165.00	165.00
7	—	669	136.00	136.00
10	—	637	144.00–144.50	144.20
24	—	590	154.50–156.00	155.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	711	121.00–124.00	122.20
5	—	790	115.00	115.00
65	—	690	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	715	128.75	128.75
12	—	875	117.00	117.00
30	—	419	147.50–157.50	151.89
39	—	675	131.50–138.50	135.73
54	—	469	146.50–157.25	151.28
57	—	519	137.50–146.25	142.37
11	—	335	171.50–176.00	173.51
18	—	383	163.00–171.00	166.97
24	—	789	121.75	121.75
74	—	629	140.00–148.00	142.38
102	—	578	139.25–148.00	142.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	132.00	132.00
5	—	555	134.50	134.50
6	—	688	120.00	120.00
10	—	439	140.00	140.00
23	—	472	130.00–140.00	138.18
24	—	767	110.00–114.50	112.83
10	—	626	135.00–137.00	136.00
13	—	375	150.00–158.50	153.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	472	152.75–155.50	153.74
9	—	539	145.00–145.25	145.08
7	—	382	170.50	170.50
4	—	598	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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