Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-11-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.98/cwt on 449 head.

Average price

$155.98

449 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$902

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$9.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.07

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	158.72	943	320
Medium and Large 1-2	538	149.19	803	129

One grade step is worth $9.53/cwt here — about $140 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 sale449 hd

155.98

—

MO average6 barns · 5,342 hd

156.05

−0.07

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

42 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	—	434	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	714	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	914	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	842	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	856	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	984	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	955	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	142.44/cwt	140.00–144.50	890	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	152.09/cwt	140.00–158.00	792	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	157.07/cwt	153.00–161.00	752	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	142.82/cwt	135.50–150.00	817	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	148.57/cwt	140.00–157.75	988	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	174.35/cwt	170.00–180.00	833	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	158.83/cwt	152.00–163.00	994	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	159.42/cwt	155.00–165.00	917	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	167.20/cwt	159.50–176.00	874	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	523	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	582	153.68/cwt	153.00–154.00	894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	906	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,087	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	159.79/cwt	159.00–161.00	673	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,213	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	181.09/cwt	170.00–187.00	762	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	148.49/cwt	148.00–149.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	121.13/cwt	115.00–126.00	688	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	134.86/cwt	129.00–139.25	770	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	133.06/cwt	131.25–140.00	649	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	642	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	912	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	678	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	936	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	137.67/cwt	130.00–144.00	724	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	969	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	122.57/cwt	122.00–124.00	762	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	121.86/cwt	121.50–122.00	835	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	123.83/cwt	120.00–125.00	635	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	101.06/cwt	98.00–103.00	887	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	462	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	785	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	597	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	138.20/cwt	129.50–141.25	909	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	147.65/cwt	142.50–159.00	690	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	142.66/cwt	130.00–147.00	917	52

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 Nov 7, 2018

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

Receipts 1,062Last week 1,800Year ago 1,345

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	434	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	714	128.00	128.00
5	—	573	147.00	147.00
6	—	856	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	158.00	158.00
3	—	570	137.00	137.00
5	—	878	98.00–103.00	101.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	663	144.00	144.00
13	—	625	140.00–144.50	142.44
19	—	521	140.00–158.00	152.09
33	—	479	153.00–161.00	157.07
34	—	572	135.50–150.00	142.82
5	—	758	123.00	123.00
6	—	323	162.00	162.00
9	—	421	159.00–161.00	159.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	665	140.00–157.75	148.57
38	—	478	170.00–180.00	174.35
53	—	626	152.00–163.00	158.83
61	—	575	155.00–165.00	159.42
65	—	523	159.50–176.00	167.20
5	—	769	130.00	130.00
10	—	959	126.50	126.50
13	—	421	170.00–187.00	181.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	153.00–154.00	153.68
6	—	906	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	642	142.00	142.00
8	—	678	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	148.00–149.00	148.49
80	—	571	129.00–139.25	134.86
77	—	526	130.00–144.00	137.67
10	—	362	165.00	165.00
20	—	658	129.50–141.25	138.20
31	—	467	142.50–159.00	147.65
52	—	643	130.00–147.00	142.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	568	115.00–126.00	121.13
14	—	488	131.25–140.00	133.06
3	—	447	138.00	138.00
6	—	873	111.00	111.00
7	—	622	122.00–124.00	122.57
10	—	685	121.50–122.00	121.86
11	—	513	120.00–125.00	123.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	462	170.00	170.00

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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