Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-03-27

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Mar 27
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
2,681 head
836 vs last sale 1,845 1,060 vs year ago 1,621 · +65.4%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, feeder steers weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady, with 500-650 lb steers selling 2.00-5.00 higher, 650-800 lbs sold steady to firm and 800-850 lbs trading steady to 3.00 lower with several consignments carrying more flesh than last week. Feeder heifers weighing 400-750 lbs sold firm to 5.00 higher with spots 7.00 higher on the 400-550 lb heifers. Demand was good with supply moderate to heavy. A very active market on steer calves weighing 500-650 lbs and heifers weighing 400-650 lbs going to grass and many selling with good weighing conditions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.07/cwt on 1,265 head.
Average price
$160.07
1,265 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,078
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$527
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$50.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.24
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690160.951,1101,037
Medium and Large 1-2603157.31948222
Medium 2530110.005836thin
One grade step is worth $50.95/cwt here — about $527 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 sale1,265 hd
160.07
MO average6 barns · 7,238 hd
160.31
−0.24
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

70 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2438173.00/cwt173.00–173.007585
BullsMedium and Large 1529163.78/cwt163.00–165.0086610
BullsMedium and Large 1660145.00/cwt145.00–145.0095711
BullsMedium and Large 1734131.00/cwt131.00–131.0096215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy638125.00/cwt125.00–125.007983
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy628130.00/cwt130.00–130.0081610
HeifersMedium and Large 1303178.00/cwt178.00–178.005396
HeifersMedium and Large 1431163.98/cwt160.50–169.0070723
HeifersMedium and Large 1508159.56/cwt154.25–163.0081127
BullsMedium and Large 1-2693132.01/cwt129.00–132.7591515
BullsMedium and Large 1571159.00/cwt159.00–159.009084
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2317159.16/cwt157.50–161.005056
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2736124.25/cwt124.25–124.259146
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515147.24/cwt145.00–150.5075810
HeifersMedium and Large 1474156.81/cwt154.00–158.0074328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy671126.62/cwt125.00–127.0085032
HeifersMedium 1-2Fleshy587120.00/cwt120.00–120.0070412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672132.04/cwt130.00–139.0088758
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624133.05/cwt130.00–140.0083072
HeifersMedium and Large 1713140.62/cwt133.00–145.501,003108
HeifersMedium and Large 1555154.11/cwt148.50–159.25855110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy818115.87/cwt110.00–118.2594849
HeifersMedium 1Fleshy535137.50/cwt137.50–137.507365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584143.55/cwt142.25–145.0083827
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423148.50/cwt148.50–148.506283
HeifersMedium and Large 2619125.00/cwt125.00–125.007747
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450145.00/cwt145.00–145.006533
HeifersMedium and Large 1623148.67/cwt146.00–154.0092645
HeifersMedium and Large 1779128.37/cwt126.85–129.001,00066
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed521168.75/cwt168.00–169.5087926
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy556197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0955
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy633180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,13921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy750135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,01314
HeifersMedium and Large 1666149.97/cwt145.00–150.75999128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369158.70/cwt150.50–162.0058616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy725135.00/cwt135.00–135.009799
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy843132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,11760
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy779137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,06727
SteersMedium and Large 1525187.75/cwt182.00–195.0098644
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed424172.50/cwt172.50–172.5073111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450172.00/cwt172.00–172.0077413
SteersMedium and Large 1821137.04/cwt134.60–144.751,125198
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681151.87/cwt151.25–153.001,03411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2369170.00/cwt170.00–170.0062712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633159.89/cwt159.25–161.001,01214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy522155.00/cwt155.00–155.008093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy845120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2818130.97/cwt127.25–132.001,07130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590165.89/cwt165.25–170.0097933
SteersMedium and Large 1406195.00/cwt195.00–195.007928
SteersMedium and Large 1364204.06/cwt203.00–205.0074315
SteersMedium and Large 1630170.81/cwt165.00–176.001,076115
SteersMedium and Large 1722156.21/cwt150.00–161.001,128196
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed485208.60/cwt206.00–209.001,01230
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523202.62/cwt198.00–208.001,06050
SteersMedium and Large 1480189.96/cwt183.00–199.0091246
SteersMedium and Large 1662161.16/cwt158.75–163.501,06783
SteersMedium 2530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721146.70/cwt140.00–149.001,05821
SteersMedium and Large 1793145.71/cwt142.00–152.251,155101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2462173.37/cwt170.00–185.0080157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2323175.00/cwt175.00–175.005654
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430185.69/cwt185.50–186.0079810
SteersMedium and Large 1574179.18/cwt176.00–184.001,02822
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed554190.50/cwt189.00–192.001,05516
BullsMedium and Large 1-2548157.00/cwt157.00–157.008603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2721124.00/cwt124.00–124.0089410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2577147.73/cwt146.00–150.008529
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468154.97/cwt153.00–157.007258
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned459132.00/cwt132.00–132.006064

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.