Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-05-23

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.13/cwt on 559 head.

Average price

$145.13

559 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$11.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.40

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	146.40	828	497
Medium and Large 1-2	555	134.98	749	62

One grade step is worth $11.43/cwt here — about $79 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 sale559 hd

145.13

—

MO average7 barns · 5,193 hd

141.74

+3.40

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

46 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	—	738	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	886	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	880	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	159.63/cwt	152.50–162.00	828	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	130.82/cwt	127.00–133.00	890	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	137.31/cwt	129.00–145.00	839	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	795	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	126.00/cwt	121.00–134.50	1,033	15
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	996	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	797	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	581	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	930	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	631	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	931	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	167.20/cwt	165.50–169.00	694	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	135.23/cwt	128.00–137.00	937	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	141.86/cwt	133.00–146.50	997	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	179.64/cwt	172.50–183.50	851	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	146.30/cwt	140.00–151.50	1,001	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	176.23/cwt	170.00–183.50	932	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	174.29/cwt	166.50–182.50	664	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	155.99/cwt	152.00–159.00	895	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	126.10/cwt	126.10–126.10	1,221	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	156.90/cwt	154.00–164.00	967	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	168.87/cwt	162.00–175.00	956	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	177.59/cwt	175.00–181.50	767	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	152.75/cwt	147.00–159.50	732	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	168.28/cwt	164.00–172.00	626	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	725	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	950	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	621	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	925	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	742	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	965	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,009	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	890	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	121.45/cwt	121.00–121.75	911	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	143.59/cwt	137.00–145.25	834	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	134.14/cwt	132.00–136.50	769	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	136.76/cwt	133.00–139.50	700	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	159.52/cwt	151.50–161.00	672	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	149.77/cwt	140.00–156.50	795	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	144.04/cwt	138.00–147.00	874	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	134.15/cwt	130.00–139.00	900	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	587	148.50/cwt	140.00–151.00	872	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	151.01/cwt	145.00–157.00	707	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	637	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	858	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	781	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,070	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	730	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,027	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	511	158.75/cwt	158.75–158.75	811	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 May 23, 2018

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

Receipts 1,390Last week 1,652Year ago 976

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	738	120.00	120.00
6	—	1,060	83.00	83.00
8	—	519	152.50–162.00	159.63
8	—	680	127.00–133.00	130.82
9	—	611	129.00–145.00	137.31
11	—	457	174.00	174.00
24	—	587	140.00–151.00	148.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	468	145.00–157.00	151.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	820	121.00–134.50	126.00
26	—	703	133.00–146.50	141.86
32	—	474	172.50–183.50	179.64
69	—	684	140.00–151.50	146.30
85	—	529	170.00–183.50	176.23
50	—	968	126.10	126.10
61	—	616	154.00–164.00	156.90
88	—	566	162.00–175.00	168.87
16	—	432	175.00–181.50	177.59
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	996	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	581	160.00	160.00
5	—	631	147.50	147.50
6	—	742	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	415	165.50–169.00	167.20
10	—	693	128.00–137.00	135.23
15	—	381	166.50–182.50	174.29
16	—	574	152.00–159.00	155.99
4	—	870	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	725	131.00	131.00
10	—	621	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	479	147.00–159.50	152.75
15	—	372	164.00–172.00	168.28
9	—	709	125.50	125.50
10	—	750	121.00–121.75	121.45
55	—	581	137.00–145.25	143.59
47	—	421	151.50–161.00	159.52
74	—	531	140.00–156.50	149.77
74	—	607	138.00–147.00	144.04
43	—	671	130.00–139.00	134.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	141.00	141.00
3	—	608	132.00	132.00
40	—	573	132.00–136.50	134.14
17	—	512	133.00–139.50	136.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	637	134.75	134.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	781	137.00	137.00
21	—	730	140.75	140.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	511	158.75	158.75

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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