Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-13

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.12/cwt on 458 head.

Average price

$136.12

458 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$809

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$525

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

$28.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.75

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	143.57	920	299
Medium and Large 1-2	514	122.39	629	153
Medium and Large 2	343	115.00	394	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.57/cwt here — about $525 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 sale458 hd

136.12

—

MO average5 barns · 6,373 hd

138.88

−2.75

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

45 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	—	725	156.44/cwt	150.25–157.75	1,134	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	135.29/cwt	132.00–137.50	1,143	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	164.08/cwt	163.00–164.75	1,055	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	154.63/cwt	140.00–157.25	1,172	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	143.93/cwt	140.00–150.00	665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	148.00/cwt	145.00–150.00	808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	483	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	528	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	971	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	911	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	864	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,002	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	135.11/cwt	130.00–143.50	827	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	790	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	863	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	447	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	117.14/cwt	115.00–120.00	932	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	611	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	120.00/cwt	115.00–120.75	796	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	141.63/cwt	140.00–144.50	759	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	125.67/cwt	121.50–132.50	745	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	130.98/cwt	130.00–138.00	567	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	623	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	733	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	394	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	170.25/cwt	161.75–175.00	964	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	154.48/cwt	144.00–160.00	511	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	625	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	149.71/cwt	149.50–150.00	928	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	138.56/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,000	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	143.79/cwt	134.00–148.75	822	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	143.58/cwt	136.50–145.25	768	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	143.67/cwt	139.25–148.50	971	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	123.27/cwt	120.00–125.50	396	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	552	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	941	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	120.37/cwt	115.00–127.00	615	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	120.26/cwt	112.00–130.00	514	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	118.46/cwt	115.00–132.00	674	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	129.43/cwt	112.00–131.50	800	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	126.67/cwt	125.00–130.00	484	28

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 Mar 13, 2019

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

Receipts 1,069Last week 2,373Year ago 3,074

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	725	150.25–157.75	156.44
30	—	845	132.00–137.50	135.29
63	—	643	163.00–164.75	164.08
152	—	758	140.00–157.25	154.63
23	—	566	161.75–175.00	170.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	140.00–150.00	143.93
5	—	546	145.00–150.00	148.00
6	—	283	170.50	170.50
7	—	342	154.50	154.50
7	—	809	120.00	120.00
8	—	675	135.00	135.00
10	—	596	145.00	145.00
11	—	765	131.00	131.00
18	—	612	130.00–143.50	135.11
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	562	140.50	140.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	740	115.00	115.00
4	—	854	101.00	101.00
5	—	306	146.00	146.00
7	—	796	115.00–120.00	117.14
8	—	489	125.00	125.00
8	—	663	115.00–120.75	120.00
10	—	536	140.00–144.50	141.63
19	—	593	121.50–132.50	125.67
29	—	433	130.00–138.00	130.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	110.00	110.00
7	—	663	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	343	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	331	144.00–160.00	154.48
11	—	451	138.50	138.50
19	—	620	149.50–150.00	149.71
19	—	722	130.00–142.00	138.56
21	—	572	134.00–148.75	143.79
25	—	535	136.50–145.25	143.58
194	—	676	139.25–148.50	143.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	115.00	115.00
3	—	800	110.00	110.00
8	—	321	120.00–125.50	123.27
10	—	480	115.00	115.00
10	—	765	123.00	123.00
19	—	511	115.00–127.00	120.37
24	—	427	112.00–130.00	120.26
24	—	569	115.00–132.00	118.46
25	—	618	112.00–131.50	129.43
28	—	382	125.00–130.00	126.67

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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