Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-10-31

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.00/cwt on 1,133 head.

Average price

$160.00

1,133 head · 732 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,171

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$382

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

$20.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.45

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	755	162.82	1,229	975
Medium and Large 1-2	594	142.54	846	158

One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about $382 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 sale1,133 hd

160.00

—

MO average7 barns · 5,379 hd

159.55

+0.45

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,468	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	150.19/cwt	149.50–153.00	1,320	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	157.03/cwt	153.75–163.00	834	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	168.52/cwt	167.50–169.00	1,314	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	173.68/cwt	173.00–174.50	1,171	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,434	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	165.83/cwt	165.00–167.00	769	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	160.45/cwt	159.50–162.75	1,348	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	154.43/cwt	151.00–166.50	1,095	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	176.62/cwt	164.00–179.50	1,104	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	155.17/cwt	150.00–165.50	892	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,434	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	836	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	143.15/cwt	140.00–143.75	731	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	146.48/cwt	141.00–151.00	914	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,112	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	135.43/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,116	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	610	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	149.34/cwt	144.00–158.00	777	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	666	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	869	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	601	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	895	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	803	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	552	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	857	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	483	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	393	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	712	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,226	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	136.81/cwt	135.00–138.00	848	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	142.59/cwt	136.50–149.00	607	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	964	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,162	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	783	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,018	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	144.79/cwt	138.00–146.50	1,074	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	152.90/cwt	141.00–159.50	1,034	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	137.50/cwt	132.00–145.50	642	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,219	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	140.16/cwt	139.50–144.50	726	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	135.52/cwt	131.00–140.75	785	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	182.75/cwt	178.00–187.50	826	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	606	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	954	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	712	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,246	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	850	167.10/cwt	167.10–167.10	1,420	118

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 31, 2018

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

Receipts 1,800Last week 830Year ago 2,358

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,045	140.50	140.50
35	—	879	149.50–153.00	150.19
34	—	531	153.75–163.00	157.03
27	—	780	167.50–169.00	168.52
24	—	674	173.00–174.50	173.68
17	—	1,070	134.00	134.00
151	—	840	159.50–162.75	160.45
139	—	709	151.00–166.50	154.43
104	—	625	164.00–179.50	176.62
72	—	575	150.00–165.50	155.17
45	—	921	155.75	155.75
6	—	452	178.00–187.50	182.75
5	—	382	189.00	189.00
2	—	408	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	464	165.00–167.00	165.83
77	—	597	140.00	140.00
40	—	511	140.00–143.75	143.15
13	—	624	141.00–151.00	146.48
11	—	767	145.00	145.00
7	—	824	129.00–140.00	135.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	606	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	712	175.00	175.00
118	—	850	167.10	167.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	520	144.00–158.00	149.34
5	—	666	130.50	130.50
4	—	601	149.00	149.00
3	—	725	120.00	120.00
3	—	578	139.00	139.00
3	—	492	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	340	142.00	142.00
6	—	393	141.50	141.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	491	136.00	136.00
4	—	593	120.00	120.00
4	—	366	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	552	155.25	155.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	895	137.00	137.00
19	—	620	135.00–138.00	136.81
14	—	426	136.50–149.00	142.59
3	—	932	137.00	137.00
66	—	742	138.00–146.50	144.79
43	—	676	141.00–159.50	152.90
39	—	467	132.00–145.50	137.50
32	—	793	153.75	153.75
29	—	518	139.50–144.50	140.16
25	—	579	131.00–140.75	135.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	964	120.50	120.50
8	—	783	130.00	130.00

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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