Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-10-03

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.16/cwt on 315 head.

Average price

$167.16

315 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$13.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.16

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	168.82	1,014	277
Medium and Large 1-2	521	155.06	807	38

One grade step is worth $13.76/cwt here — about $206 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 sale315 hd

167.16

—

MO average6 barns · 2,999 hd

166.00

+1.16

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

38 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	—	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	893	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	893	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,005	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	602	149.62/cwt	149.50–150.00	901	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,216	18
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	1,090	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	785	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	160.71/cwt	154.50–165.00	657	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	192.20/cwt	183.00–202.50	801	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	163.33/cwt	160.00–166.50	756	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	170.54/cwt	163.00–176.00	894	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	162.12/cwt	160.50–165.50	1,021	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	196.43/cwt	184.00–202.50	774	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	140.39/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,224	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	152.44/cwt	149.50–157.50	1,183	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	163.85/cwt	156.00–164.75	1,088	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	113.63/cwt	112.50–117.00	994	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	490	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	978	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	160.50/cwt	156.00–170.00	924	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	150.56/cwt	150.00–151.00	873	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	184.59/cwt	177.00–190.00	880	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	858	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,045	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	135.71/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,000	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	145.10/cwt	136.00–147.50	903	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	145.53/cwt	140.00–148.75	767	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	147.26/cwt	145.00–149.50	707	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	156.82/cwt	155.50–161.00	597	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	151.84/cwt	151.50–153.00	735	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	155.24/cwt	146.50–161.00	682	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,140	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	128.67/cwt	126.50–130.00	678	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	137.70/cwt	135.50–140.00	653	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 Oct 3, 2018

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

Receipts 686Last week 2,072Year ago 1,362

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	170.00	170.00
8	—	595	150.00	150.00
10	—	548	163.00	163.00
11	—	708	142.00	142.00
13	—	602	149.50–150.00	149.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	120.00	120.00
9	—	484	151.50–153.00	151.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	735	165.50	165.50
16	—	417	183.00–202.50	192.20
50	—	524	163.00–176.00	170.54
10	—	630	160.50–165.50	162.12
13	—	394	184.00–202.50	196.43
18	—	872	140.00–141.00	140.39
32	—	776	149.50–157.50	152.44
47	—	664	156.00–164.75	163.85
22	—	576	156.00–170.00	160.50
48	—	477	177.00–190.00	184.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	409	154.50–165.00	160.71
3	—	510	150.00	150.00
6	—	463	160.00–166.50	163.33
5	—	654	149.50	149.50
14	—	580	150.00–151.00	150.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,090	72.00	72.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	875	112.50–117.00	113.63
6	—	443	140.00	140.00
8	—	527	126.50–130.00	128.67
2	—	588	131.00	131.00
4	—	474	135.50–140.00	137.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	587	146.25	146.25
11	—	771	135.50	135.50
23	—	737	130.00–141.00	135.71
26	—	622	136.00–147.50	145.10
37	—	527	140.00–148.75	145.53
12	—	480	145.00–149.50	147.26
15	—	381	155.50–161.00	156.82
24	—	439	146.50–161.00	155.24
4	—	950	120.00	120.00

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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