Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-02-27

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.65/cwt on 1,254 head.

Average price

$153.65

1,254 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

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

$14.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	680	154.40	1,049	1,039
Medium and Large 1-2	572	150.32	859	205
Medium and Large 2	488	150.00	732	5thin
Medium 1-2	486	140.00	680	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.40/cwt here — about $369 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 sale1,254 hd

153.65

—

MO average6 barns · 8,983 hd

154.20

−0.55

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

80 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	130.62/cwt	130.00–131.00	444	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	133.73/cwt	123.00–137.25	642	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	139.00/cwt	135.00–140.25	609	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	453	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	530	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	860	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	130.20/cwt	122.50–136.00	672	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	124.09/cwt	120.00–126.00	843	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	913	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	112.88/cwt	109.75–117.00	926	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	117.33/cwt	115.00–124.00	718	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	124.31/cwt	121.50–127.00	704	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	129.74/cwt	124.00–135.00	872	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	146.14/cwt	139.00–160.00	677	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	147.35/cwt	141.00–156.00	629	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	485	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	965	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	142.93/cwt	142.00–144.00	445	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	386	124.20/cwt	120.00–126.50	479	20
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	670	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	142.23/cwt	130.00–147.25	880	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	140.60/cwt	135.00–150.50	815	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	141.53/cwt	135.50–151.00	749	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	664	122.87/cwt	121.00–126.50	816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	433	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	566	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	152.43/cwt	140.50–165.00	572	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,022	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	997	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	552	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,032	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	711	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,107	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	833	127.59/cwt	127.25–128.00	1,063	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	794	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	993	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	644	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	816	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	732	117.09/cwt	114.50–118.75	857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	134.91/cwt	130.50–141.00	900	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	176.54/cwt	160.00–179.50	681	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	129.67/cwt	127.50–131.00	1,001	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	732	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	133.35/cwt	130.00–135.00	987	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	479	197.75/cwt	197.75–197.75	947	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	184.63/cwt	184.00–185.00	595	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	972	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	164.07/cwt	153.00–170.00	778	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	140.55/cwt	140.00–144.00	873	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	148.64/cwt	141.00–151.00	870	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	140.57/cwt	133.00–148.25	1,085	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	159.55/cwt	148.50–166.50	999	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	174.55/cwt	162.50–185.00	995	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	145.37/cwt	138.00–153.25	1,042	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	158.29/cwt	150.00–163.50	822	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	158.14/cwt	155.00–160.00	674	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	486	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	152.47/cwt	143.00–158.00	1,017	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	134.98/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,105	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	176.74/cwt	169.00–185.00	937	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	186.42/cwt	180.00–187.00	848	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	186.11/cwt	179.50–196.00	769	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	749	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	401	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	889	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,129	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	108.01/cwt	105.50–110.00	940	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	142.59/cwt	136.00–145.00	816	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	157.14/cwt	150.50–160.50	790	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	715	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	580	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	406	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	487	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	498	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	399	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	616	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	461	166.23/cwt	162.50–170.00	766	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	425	163.51/cwt	160.00–165.50	695	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	668	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	970	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	442	166.73/cwt	166.00–167.75	737	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	491	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	143.53/cwt	140.00–153.00	754	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	148.47/cwt	134.50–165.00	705	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	128.04/cwt	127.50–128.50	918	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	135.50/cwt	124.50–142.50	839	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	128.06/cwt	118.50–138.00	873	14

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 Feb 27, 2019

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

Receipts 2,735Last week 1,452Year ago 3,458

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	340	130.00–131.00	130.62
17	—	480	123.00–137.25	133.73
55	—	438	135.00–140.25	139.00
22	—	516	122.50–136.00	130.20
17	—	679	120.00–126.00	124.09
14	—	820	109.75–117.00	112.88
8	—	612	115.00–124.00	117.33
8	—	566	121.50–127.00	124.31
5	—	373	130.00	130.00
3	—	902	107.00	107.00
3	—	713	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	167.50	167.50
38	—	530	162.25	162.25
24	—	442	166.00–167.75	166.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	708	129.00	129.00
78	—	672	124.00–135.00	129.74
50	—	463	139.00–160.00	146.14
34	—	427	141.00–156.00	147.35
9	—	311	142.00–144.00	142.93
178	—	619	130.00–147.25	142.23
121	—	580	135.00–150.50	140.60
99	—	529	135.50–151.00	141.53
34	—	375	140.50–165.00	152.43
20	—	831	123.00	123.00
16	—	773	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	386	120.00–126.50	124.20
2	—	670	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	121.00–126.50	122.87
5	—	433	132.50	132.50
4	—	566	135.00	135.00
9	—	644	126.75	126.75
7	—	732	114.50–118.75	117.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	461	162.50–170.00	166.23
3	—	553	160.00	160.00
11	—	425	160.00–165.50	163.51
16	—	668	145.25	145.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	552	187.00	187.00
61	—	711	155.75	155.75
26	—	479	197.75	197.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	833	127.25–128.00	127.59
6	—	794	125.00	125.00
26	—	889	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	667	130.50–141.00	134.91
19	—	386	160.00–179.50	176.54
17	—	772	127.50–131.00	129.67
15	—	740	130.00–135.00	133.35
5	—	322	184.00–185.00	184.63
4	—	953	102.00	102.00
40	—	474	153.00–170.00	164.07
30	—	621	140.00–144.00	140.55
29	—	585	141.00–151.00	148.64
16	—	519	150.00–163.50	158.29
11	—	426	155.00–160.00	158.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	488	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	300	192.50	192.50
214	—	772	133.00–148.25	140.57
203	—	626	148.50–166.50	159.55
121	—	570	162.50–185.00	174.55
120	—	717	138.00–153.25	145.37
79	—	667	143.00–158.00	152.47
78	—	819	130.00–137.00	134.98
44	—	530	169.00–185.00	176.74
12	—	455	180.00–187.00	186.42
12	—	413	179.50–196.00	186.11
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	749	53.50	53.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	870	105.50–110.00	108.01
9	—	572	136.00–145.00	142.59
16	—	399	154.50	154.50
22	—	525	140.00–153.00	143.53
46	—	475	134.50–165.00	148.47
13	—	717	127.50–128.50	128.04
14	—	619	124.50–142.50	135.50
14	—	682	118.50–138.00	128.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	503	150.50–160.50	157.14
7	—	411	174.00	174.00
3	—	318	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	406	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	351	140.00	140.00

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