Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-08-14

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Aug 14
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
430 head
124 vs last sale 554 430 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold on a weaker undertone after the early week collapse in cattle futures. However, this morning's limit up movement (+6.750) in nearby August Feeder Cattle seems to have renewed interest in owning stock. The sale highlight this week was a big load of 941 lbs steers selling at 132.75.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.74/cwt on 227 head.
Average price
$143.74
227 head · 745 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$68
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$26.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.98
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552154.0085013thin
Medium and Large 1761144.831,102193
Medium and Large 2721127.2991821
One grade step is worth $26.71/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale227 hd
143.74
MO average15 barns · 4,437 hd
142.76
+0.98
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

28 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
SteersMedium and Large 1793130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728126.00/cwt126.00–126.009173
HeifersMedium and Large 1736132.00/cwt132.00–132.0097210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645131.00/cwt131.00–131.008452
SteersMedium and Large 1443180.00/cwt180.00–180.007974
SteersMedium and Large 1941132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,24981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625129.90/cwt127.00–139.008124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480135.00/cwt135.00–135.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 1554141.25/cwt141.25–141.2578314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663124.50/cwt124.50–124.508254
SteersMedium and Large 1643145.00/cwt145.00–145.009323
SteersMedium and Large 1657148.39/cwt140.00–160.5097537
SteersMedium and Large 2742125.00/cwt125.00–125.0092818
BullsMedium and Large 1-2653125.50/cwt125.50–125.508203
HeifersMedium and Large 1504140.82/cwt137.50–141.2571037
HeifersMedium and Large 2576120.72/cwt115.50–122.506958
SteersMedium and Large 1561165.79/cwt159.50–169.0093024
SteersMedium and Large 2597141.00/cwt141.00–141.008423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2527138.00/cwt138.00–138.007273
HeifersMedium and Large 1633138.49/cwt138.25–139.5087731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518131.54/cwt130.00–135.5068116
SteersMedium and Large 1490170.25/cwt170.25–170.2583420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524161.33/cwt161.00–162.008456
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720114.00/cwt114.00–114.008212
HeifersMedium and Large 1436149.69/cwt149.50–150.5065316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2871118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,0325
SteersMedium and Large 1811133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,07917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2461164.00/cwt164.00–164.007564

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.