Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-09-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.92/cwt on 423 head.

Average price

$178.92

423 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$15.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.30

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	181.14	1,025	364
Medium and Large 1-2	494	165.22	816	59

One grade step is worth $15.91/cwt here — about $209 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 sale423 hd

178.92

—

MO average5 barns · 2,302 hd

165.62

+13.30

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

31 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	—	526	157.67/cwt	155.50–160.00	829	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	641	144.99/cwt	140.00–150.00	929	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	798	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,037	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	490	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	165.62/cwt	165.50–166.00	656	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	824	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	150.16/cwt	146.50–154.50	722	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	892	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	603	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	161.25/cwt	154.50–164.50	672	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	144.81/cwt	143.25–150.00	779	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,012	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	144.64/cwt	140.50–146.00	1,105	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	811	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,115	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	783	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,151	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	162.54/cwt	162.00–163.00	855	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	189.14/cwt	177.50–198.00	893	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	158.75/cwt	158.75–158.75	1,137	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	192.39/cwt	191.00–192.50	995	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	174.49/cwt	172.50–175.50	759	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	165.03/cwt	160.00–170.00	647	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	991	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,211	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	203.58/cwt	192.00–214.00	776	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	172.70/cwt	168.00–174.50	1,067	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,241	4

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 Sep 5, 2018

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

Receipts 771Last week 1,401Year ago 2,185

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	526	155.50–160.00	157.67
6	—	641	140.00–150.00	144.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	798	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	272	180.00	180.00
12	—	396	165.50–166.00	165.62
16	—	554	148.75	148.75
32	—	481	146.50–154.50	150.16
18	—	417	154.50–164.50	161.25
26	—	538	143.25–150.00	144.81
48	—	694	145.75	145.75
49	—	764	140.50–146.00	144.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	845	107.50	107.50
6	—	409	147.50	147.50
4	—	531	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	433	206.00	206.00
5	—	333	214.00	214.00
4	—	565	160.50	160.50
50	—	472	177.50–198.00	189.14
58	—	716	158.75	158.75
99	—	517	191.00–192.50	192.39
5	—	265	230.00	230.00
6	—	652	152.00	152.00
12	—	868	139.50	139.50
21	—	381	192.00–214.00	203.58
31	—	618	168.00–174.50	172.70
4	—	916	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	811	137.50	137.50
18	—	783	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	526	162.00–163.00	162.54
12	—	435	172.50–175.50	174.49
6	—	392	160.00–170.00	165.03

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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