Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-05-30

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.52/cwt on 380 head.

Average price

$138.52

380 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$16.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.57

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	141.60	776	292
Medium and Large 1-2	606	128.48	778	84
Medium and Large 2	536	125.00	670	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.60/cwt here — about $106 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 sale380 hd

138.52

—

MO average4 barns · 1,516 hd

144.10

−5.57

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

49 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	—	521	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	846	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	317	175.87/cwt	170.00–177.50	558	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	607	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	847	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	128.10/cwt	128.00–128.25	988	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	153.82/cwt	150.00–156.00	898	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	897	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	533	162.22/cwt	160.00–167.00	865	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	165.42/cwt	160.00–170.50	715	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	134.37/cwt	133.25–135.50	976	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	172.63/cwt	166.00–175.00	972	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	147.30/cwt	144.00–150.00	921	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	180.71/cwt	171.50–185.00	866	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	176.65/cwt	169.00–184.00	927	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	674	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	544	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	680	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	174.25/cwt	172.00–175.00	761	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	144.79/cwt	141.25–153.50	986	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	158.25/cwt	154.00–163.00	967	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	705	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	438	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	558	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	749	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	594	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	145.09/cwt	142.00–147.50	840	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	883	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	133.62/cwt	131.00–135.25	834	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	142.30/cwt	138.50–145.00	827	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	468	139.08/cwt	130.00–145.50	651	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	666	129.60/cwt	129.60–129.60	863	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	626	130.80/cwt	126.75–135.00	819	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	151.37/cwt	150.00–154.00	587	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	149.98/cwt	140.00–153.25	795	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	136.25/cwt	132.00–138.50	852	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	151.58/cwt	147.50–156.00	703	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	130.78/cwt	130.00–135.00	740	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	862	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	114.38/cwt	109.50–117.50	877	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	113.98/cwt	111.00–115.00	829	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	135.74/cwt	135.00–137.50	709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	138.63/cwt	136.50–139.50	653	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,002	3

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 30, 2018

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

Receipts 950Last week 1,390Year ago 1,417

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	159.00	159.00
4	—	564	150.00	150.00
5	—	317	170.00–177.50	175.87
9	—	607	139.50	139.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	439	158.50	158.50
5	—	612	150.00	150.00
11	—	369	161.00	161.00
7	—	579	142.00–147.50	145.09
6	—	803	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	771	128.00–128.25	128.10
25	—	584	150.00–156.00	153.82
2	—	453	160.00	160.00
2	—	538	159.00	159.00
16	—	432	160.00–170.50	165.42
15	—	625	144.00–150.00	147.30
3	—	835	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	575	156.00	156.00
13	—	695	130.00	130.00
24	—	533	160.00–167.00	162.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	726	133.25–135.50	134.37
26	—	563	166.00–175.00	172.63
45	—	479	171.50–185.00	180.71
64	—	525	169.00–184.00	176.65
8	—	437	172.00–175.00	174.25
69	—	681	141.25–153.50	144.79
38	—	611	154.00–163.00	158.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	674	120.00	120.00
9	—	544	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	520	135.50	135.50
2	—	438	135.00	135.00
9	—	558	134.25	134.25
49	—	468	130.00–145.50	139.08
27	—	666	129.60	129.60
23	—	626	126.75–135.00	130.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	156.00	156.00
29	—	581	138.50–145.00	142.30
68	—	530	140.00–153.25	149.98
41	—	625	132.00–138.50	136.25
31	—	464	147.50–156.00	151.58
4	—	444	158.50	158.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	624	131.00–135.25	133.62
6	—	388	150.00–154.00	151.37
13	—	566	130.00–135.00	130.78
14	—	663	130.00	130.00
11	—	767	109.50–117.50	114.38
8	—	727	111.00–115.00	113.98
7	—	522	135.00–137.50	135.74
7	—	471	136.50–139.50	138.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	125.00	125.00

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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