Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-08-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.15/cwt on 602 head.

Average price

$170.15

602 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$14.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.25

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	170.93	1,010	569
Medium and Large 1-2	554	156.70	869	33

One grade step is worth $14.23/cwt here — about $141 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 sale602 hd

170.15

—

MO average6 barns · 4,063 hd

159.90

+10.25

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	361	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	729	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	676	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	946	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	729	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	197.40/cwt	195.00–200.00	622	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	164.34/cwt	163.50–165.00	795	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	359	186.84/cwt	182.00–196.00	671	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	772	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,143	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	173.81/cwt	166.00–177.50	487	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	446	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	528	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	792	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	138.40/cwt	138.00–140.50	940	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	152.72/cwt	150.50–155.00	725	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	150.13/cwt	149.50–150.50	662	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	147.69/cwt	144.00–156.00	533	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,019	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	165.25/cwt	160.00–172.00	628	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	163.92/cwt	155.00–171.00	695	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,230	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	150.08/cwt	144.00–153.25	935	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	153.59/cwt	153.50–154.00	782	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	135.64/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,114	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	150.06/cwt	144.00–152.75	843	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	168.41/cwt	165.00–172.00	568	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	146.73/cwt	143.50–151.00	977	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	138.22/cwt	137.50–138.50	1,055	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	768	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,256	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	693	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,081	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	611	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	947	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	161.10/cwt	155.00–167.50	1,010	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,124	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	527	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	848	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	152.24/cwt	147.00–152.50	1,239	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	296	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,254	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	931	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	842	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	177.98/cwt	165.00–182.50	924	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	202.77/cwt	192.00–208.00	771	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	169.82/cwt	163.50–172.50	959	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	180.67/cwt	171.00–186.00	846	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	191.72/cwt	186.00–200.00	799	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,261	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	210.42/cwt	207.00–212.00	694	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	162.52/cwt	155.00–167.25	1,092	38
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	860	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	808	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	824	84.25/cwt	84.25–84.25	694	19

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 Aug 22, 2018

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

Receipts 1,401Last week 965Year ago 722

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	361	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	676	140.00	140.00
5	—	429	170.00	170.00
6	—	315	195.00–200.00	197.40
9	—	484	163.50–165.00	164.34
29	—	359	182.00–196.00	186.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	772	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	280	166.00–177.50	173.81
67	—	475	150.50–155.00	152.72
21	—	728	140.00	140.00
60	—	380	160.00–172.00	165.25
67	—	424	155.00–171.00	163.92
8	—	948	129.75	129.75
78	—	623	144.00–153.25	150.08
17	—	509	153.50–154.00	153.59
19	—	821	135.00–137.00	135.64
20	—	562	144.00–152.75	150.06
23	—	337	165.00–172.00	168.41
25	—	666	143.50–151.00	146.73
32	—	763	137.50–138.50	138.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	446	153.25	153.25
11	—	528	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	679	138.00–140.50	138.40
8	—	441	149.50–150.50	150.13
22	—	361	144.00–156.00	147.69
4	—	619	142.00	142.00
6	—	514	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	768	163.50	163.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	693	156.00	156.00
4	—	611	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	627	155.00–167.50	161.10
51	—	749	150.00	150.00
65	—	814	147.00–152.50	152.24
6	—	296	208.00	208.00
10	—	856	146.50	146.50
43	—	519	165.00–182.50	177.98
42	—	380	192.00–208.00	202.77
58	—	565	163.50–172.50	169.82
62	—	468	171.00–186.00	180.67
65	—	417	186.00–200.00	191.72
10	—	907	139.00	139.00
12	—	330	207.00–212.00	210.42
38	—	672	155.00–167.25	162.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	527	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	642	145.00	145.00
14	—	526	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	860	94.00	94.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	824	84.25	84.25

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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