Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Not enough on offer this week for an adequate price comparison, however a lower undertone noted. A considerable amount of rain in the area since the weekend left fields and roads flooded, hampering livestock movement.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.20/cwt on 160 head.

Average price

$133.20

160 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$25.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.04

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	142.45	809	102
Medium and Large 1-2	688	116.93	804	58

One grade step is worth $25.51/cwt here — about $4 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 sale160 hd

133.20

—

MO average17 barns · 8,584 hd

139.24

−6.04

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

41 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	—	480	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	144.87/cwt	144.00–146.00	810	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	857	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	171.78/cwt	170.00–177.00	910	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	864	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	470	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	138.08/cwt	136.25–138.75	920	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	116.92/cwt	116.75–117.50	829	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	763	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	598	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	431	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	148.01/cwt	145.00–149.00	694	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	141.66/cwt	139.00–149.00	552	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	548	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	1,021	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	169.27/cwt	167.50–170.50	953	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	517	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	143.53/cwt	140.00–147.00	609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	138.19/cwt	135.50–141.25	869	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	718	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	847	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,114	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	136.61/cwt	135.00–138.25	966	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	634	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	919	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	140.75/cwt	140.00–141.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	151.32/cwt	149.00–154.00	784	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	533	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	752	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	909	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	155.79/cwt	150.00–160.00	969	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	134.54/cwt	131.00–136.00	761	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	797	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	923	5

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 May 22, 2019

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

Receipts 402Last week 2,678Year ago 1,390

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	138.00	138.00
4	—	718	118.00	118.00
6	—	533	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	559	144.00–146.00	144.87
11	—	666	136.25–138.75	138.08
8	—	469	145.00–149.00	148.01
18	—	629	135.50–141.25	138.19
27	—	518	149.00–154.00	151.32
3	—	378	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	131.00	131.00
18	—	1,014	84.50	84.50
9	—	709	116.75–117.50	116.92
9	—	390	139.00–149.00	141.66
4	—	424	140.00–147.00	143.53
4	—	473	140.00–141.00	140.75
7	—	566	131.00–136.00	134.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	116.00	116.00
2	—	645	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	630	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	530	170.00–177.00	171.78
4	—	652	140.00	140.00
2	—	443	177.00	177.00
13	—	563	167.50–170.50	169.27
18	—	707	135.00–138.25	136.61
35	—	622	150.00–160.00	155.79
2	—	300	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	690	125.25	125.25
3	—	480	159.00	159.00
3	—	832	122.75	122.75
5	—	969	115.00	115.00
9	—	627	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	517	165.00	165.00
6	—	634	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	158.50	158.50
4	—	509	162.00	162.00
5	—	353	170.50	170.50
5	—	771	119.75	119.75
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	598	72.00	72.00

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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