Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. More new crop unweaned calves in the offering today. Demand was best for calves suitable for grass weighing under 600 lbs with several quality sets of calves on offer today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.52/cwt on 1,044 head.

Average price

$170.52

1,044 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,019

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$57.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.27

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	172.87	1,053	805
Medium and Large 1-2	581	164.74	957	183
Medium and Large 2	453	158.78	720	52
Large 1	885	115.00	1,018	4thin

One grade step is worth $57.87/cwt here — about $36 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 sale1,044 hd

170.52

—

MO average13 barns · 9,247 hd

164.25

+6.27

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

107 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 1Fleshy	—	423	152.78/cwt	148.00–153.50	646	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	762	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	968	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	661	127.98/cwt	126.00–130.50	846	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,053	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,018	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	169.68/cwt	164.50–184.00	650	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	153.64/cwt	147.50–162.50	805	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	165.46/cwt	158.00–170.00	700	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	145.41/cwt	137.00–155.00	904	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	145.64/cwt	137.00–147.50	998	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	157.72/cwt	151.50–163.00	735	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	150.97/cwt	147.75–154.50	868	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	730	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	7,665	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	406	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	553	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	379	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	550	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	144.92/cwt	140.50–149.00	691	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	588	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	803	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	927	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	628	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	816	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	146.86/cwt	141.50–150.50	696	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	152.47/cwt	150.00–165.00	524	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	622	135.05/cwt	134.50–135.50	840	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	558	139.81/cwt	132.00–142.00	780	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	509	135.61/cwt	130.00–145.00	690	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	823	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	485	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	825	15
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	639	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	767	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	653	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	816	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	755	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	154.24/cwt	140.00–159.50	725	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	131.53/cwt	131.00–132.50	944	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	146.78/cwt	136.00–150.00	894	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	146.27/cwt	140.00–150.00	780	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	626	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	152.78/cwt	150.00–155.00	668	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	944	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	136.47/cwt	134.00–140.00	903	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	503	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	767	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	365	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	732	132.39/cwt	132.00–132.50	969	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	369	184.63/cwt	183.00–186.00	681	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	180.07/cwt	176.00–189.00	747	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	461	177.07/cwt	172.50–185.00	816	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	170.04/cwt	167.50–172.50	918	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	746	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	171.87/cwt	170.00–177.50	593	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	810	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	712	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	403	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	176.74/cwt	170.00–180.00	903	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	181.34/cwt	163.00–185.50	794	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	158.44/cwt	153.50–165.00	993	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	172.60/cwt	167.50–174.75	963	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	839	127.75/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,072	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,002	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	180.51/cwt	178.00–185.00	859	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,054	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,100	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	790	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	165.12/cwt	160.00–169.00	872	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	634	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	907	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	937	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	368	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	155.72/cwt	148.50–157.25	1,127	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	199.52/cwt	187.00–204.00	960	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	168.06/cwt	167.00–175.00	1,054	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	198.96/cwt	190.00–207.00	842	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	151.80/cwt	148.00–154.50	1,167	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	188.59/cwt	186.00–194.00	975	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	128.17/cwt	120.00–131.00	781	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	127.10/cwt	125.00–128.75	872	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	150.62/cwt	142.00–156.50	657	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	150.65/cwt	140.00–156.50	571	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	143.94/cwt	140.00–147.50	748	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	144.73/cwt	142.00–147.50	831	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	337	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	472	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	431	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	560	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	523	135.41/cwt	130.00–138.50	708	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	563	126.47/cwt	120.00–135.50	712	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	511	9
Steers	Large 1	—	885	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,018	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	406	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	853	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	948	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	533	204.81/cwt	201.00–206.00	1,092	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	627	188.34/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,181	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	708	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	526	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	942	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	487	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	889	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	783	137.42/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,076	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	829	131.30/cwt	129.25–133.00	1,088	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	957	124.02/cwt	117.50–124.75	1,187	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	202.51/cwt	199.00–206.00	642	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	203.53/cwt	200.00–207.00	743	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	186.24/cwt	180.00–190.50	1,073	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	163.05/cwt	157.00–169.75	1,107	30

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 →

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Receipts 2,326Last week 2,364Year ago 2,362

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	423	148.00–153.50	152.78
17	—	762	127.00	127.00
44	—	661	126.00–130.50	127.98
11	—	622	134.50–135.50	135.05
9	—	558	132.00–142.00	139.81
8	—	509	130.00–145.00	135.61
3	—	823	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	300	170.00	170.00
9	—	756	139.25	139.25
12	—	739	137.75	137.75
23	—	383	164.50–184.00	169.68
47	—	524	147.50–162.50	153.64
54	—	423	158.00–170.00	165.46
62	—	622	137.00–155.00	145.41
73	—	685	137.00–147.50	145.64
79	—	466	151.50–163.00	157.72
82	—	575	147.75–154.50	150.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	730	1,050.00	1,050.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	124.00	124.00
5	—	406	149.50	149.50
7	—	553	120.00	120.00
8	—	379	145.00	145.00
30	—	477	140.50–149.00	144.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	121.00	121.00
10	—	803	115.50	115.50
22	—	628	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	717	123.00	123.00
3	—	855	111.00	111.00
11	—	474	141.50–150.50	146.86
12	—	344	150.00–165.00	152.47
12	—	609	120.00–131.00	128.17
18	—	686	125.00–128.75	127.10
27	—	436	142.00–156.50	150.62
33	—	379	140.00–156.50	150.65
35	—	520	140.00–147.50	143.94
39	—	574	142.00–147.50	144.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	485	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	639	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	653	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	337	140.00	140.00
8	—	431	130.00	130.00
11	—	523	130.00–138.50	135.41
12	—	563	120.00–135.50	126.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	134.50	134.50
9	—	336	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	561	134.50	134.50
4	—	428	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	470	140.00–159.50	154.24
18	—	718	131.00–132.50	131.53
17	—	609	136.00–150.00	146.78
11	—	533	140.00–150.00	146.27
10	—	326	192.00	192.00
9	—	437	150.00–155.00	152.78
6	—	803	117.50	117.50
5	—	662	134.00–140.00	136.47
2	—	375	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	503	152.50	152.50
4	—	443	154.00	154.00
3	—	365	178.00	178.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	732	132.00–132.50	132.39
14	—	369	183.00–186.00	184.63
13	—	415	176.00–189.00	180.07
8	—	461	172.50–185.00	177.07
6	—	540	167.50–172.50	170.04
3	—	318	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	486	153.50	153.50
16	—	345	170.00–177.50	171.87
6	—	506	160.00	160.00
3	—	712	135.00	135.00
3	—	403	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	511	170.00–180.00	176.74
28	—	438	163.00–185.50	181.34
26	—	627	153.50–165.00	158.44
21	—	558	167.50–174.75	172.60
16	—	839	127.00–128.00	127.75
13	—	771	130.00	130.00
13	—	476	178.00–185.00	180.51
4	—	732	144.00	144.00
3	—	935	115.00	115.00
3	—	853	129.00	129.00
3	—	327	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	434	182.00	182.00
21	—	528	160.00–169.00	165.12
12	—	634	143.00	143.00
9	—	558	168.00	168.00
3	—	368	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	724	148.50–157.25	155.72
109	—	481	187.00–204.00	199.52
94	—	627	167.00–175.00	168.06
62	—	423	190.00–207.00	198.96
40	—	769	148.00–154.50	151.80
40	—	517	186.00–194.00	188.59
10	—	317	199.00–206.00	202.51
10	—	365	200.00–207.00	203.53
26	—	576	180.00–190.50	186.24
30	—	679	157.00–169.75	163.05
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	885	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	406	210.00	210.00
11	—	460	206.00	206.00
21	—	533	201.00–206.00	204.81
27	—	627	180.00–190.00	188.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	708	135.00	135.00
8	—	526	179.00	179.00
10	—	487	182.50	182.50
12	—	783	137.00–138.00	137.42
31	—	829	129.25–133.00	131.30
40	—	957	117.50–124.75	124.02

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