Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-10-24

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.35/cwt on 307 head.

Average price

$163.35

307 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$15.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.54

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	164.97	948	275
Medium and Large 1-2	550	149.48	823	32

One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about $125 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 sale307 hd

163.35

—

MO average6 barns · 3,473 hd

158.81

+4.54

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 1-2Fleshy	—	543	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	657	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	788	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	628	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	801	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	191.14/cwt	185.00–195.00	709	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	178.99/cwt	175.00–186.00	770	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	847	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	166.21/cwt	156.00–173.50	961	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	165.71/cwt	155.00–177.25	883	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	157.28/cwt	149.50–165.50	994	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,095	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	165.85/cwt	163.00–167.00	738	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	136.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	913	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	152.03/cwt	140.00–160.00	737	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	152.72/cwt	145.00–154.25	1,000	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	135.35/cwt	131.50–139.75	827	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	630	153.40/cwt	151.50–154.00	966	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	507	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	976	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	194.31/cwt	184.50–202.50	818	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	210.75/cwt	207.50–212.50	759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	176.74/cwt	171.50–182.00	841	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	150.03/cwt	148.00–156.00	555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	148.92/cwt	147.00–150.00	630	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	146.29/cwt	134.50–156.50	774	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	149.73/cwt	144.00–158.00	726	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	136.92/cwt	133.00–139.00	650	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	512	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	551	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	609	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	134.81/cwt	130.00–139.00	782	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	651	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	147.73/cwt	145.00–149.00	848	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	530	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	143.65/cwt	140.00–146.00	697	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	738	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	891	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	600	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	798	21

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 24, 2018

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

Receipts 830Last week 1,947Year ago 1,224

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	138.00	138.00
3	—	657	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	628	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	371	185.00–195.00	191.14
8	—	430	175.00–186.00	178.99
22	—	548	154.50	154.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	574	145.00–149.00	147.73
3	—	312	170.00	170.00
5	—	485	140.00–146.00	143.65
5	—	509	145.00	145.00
7	—	713	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	578	156.00–173.50	166.21
66	—	533	155.00–177.25	165.71
90	—	632	149.50–165.50	157.28
18	—	655	145.00–154.25	152.72
16	—	421	184.50–202.50	194.31
6	—	360	207.50–212.50	210.75
9	—	476	171.50–182.00	176.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	842	130.00	130.00
7	—	445	163.00–167.00	165.85
7	—	671	130.00–140.00	136.00
15	—	485	140.00–160.00	152.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	630	151.50–154.00	153.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	507	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	611	131.50–139.75	135.35
2	—	668	137.00	137.00
7	—	370	148.00–156.00	150.03
14	—	423	147.00–150.00	148.92
44	—	529	134.50–156.50	146.29
63	—	485	144.00–158.00	149.73
43	—	580	130.00–139.00	134.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	475	133.00–139.00	136.92
2	—	400	139.00	139.00
9	—	501	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	730	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	117.50	117.50
5	—	551	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	600	133.00	133.00

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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