Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steers and heifers selling steady to 3.00 higher on a light test. Demand moderate on a light run due to harvest.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.87/cwt on 170 head.

Average price

$134.87

170 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$34.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.01

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	140.58	708	88
Medium and Large 1-2	590	132.49	781	58
Medium and Large 2	583	120.93	705	22
Medium 1-2	598	106.00	634	2thin

One grade step is worth $34.58/cwt here — about $74 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 sale170 hd

134.87

—

MO average17 barns · 7,730 hd

133.86

+1.01

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

59 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	132.68/cwt	132.00–134.00	820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	137.52/cwt	128.50–143.00	655	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	143.27/cwt	137.50–145.50	835	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	115.56/cwt	115.00–120.00	859	18
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	618	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	794	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	147.30/cwt	141.50–157.00	860	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	659	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	857	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	167.95/cwt	164.50–173.50	890	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	689	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	670	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	791	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	151.41/cwt	139.50–155.00	709	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	673	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	835	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	149.00/cwt	148.00–150.00	602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	136.13/cwt	133.00–137.25	932	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	943	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	136.60/cwt	135.50–137.50	917	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	140.49/cwt	138.50–144.50	889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	147.64/cwt	145.00–148.50	898	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	939	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	777	123.76/cwt	117.50–125.00	962	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	135.60/cwt	135.50–136.00	662	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	544	132.51/cwt	130.50–133.50	721	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	345	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	567	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	598	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	140.37/cwt	138.00–149.00	800	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	850	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	3
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	647	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	353	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	137.87/cwt	137.00–138.50	998	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	884	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	177.48/cwt	169.00–184.00	740	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	174.12/cwt	168.00–180.00	818	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	894	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	128.06/cwt	123.50–130.25	935	15

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 Oct 16, 2019

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

Receipts 483Last week 1,832Year ago 1,947

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steers and heifers selling steady to 3.00 higher on a light test. Demand moderate on a light run due to harvest.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	156.00	156.00
3	—	618	132.00–134.00	132.68
18	—	743	115.00–120.00	115.56
4	—	404	148.00–150.00	149.00
2	—	500	151.00	151.00
6	—	570	138.00–149.00	140.37
3	—	465	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	110.00	110.00
3	—	680	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	171.00	171.00
3	—	512	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	136.50	136.50
3	—	603	119.50	119.50
9	—	589	134.25	134.25
4	—	391	147.00	147.00
2	—	313	140.00	140.00
10	—	488	135.50–136.00	135.60
4	—	763	120.50	120.50
3	—	445	146.00	146.00
15	—	730	123.50–130.25	128.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	476	128.50–143.00	137.52
2	—	415	130.00	130.00
5	—	560	133.00	133.00
6	—	544	130.50–133.50	132.51
2	—	345	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	583	137.50–145.50	143.27
17	—	468	139.50–155.00	151.41
9	—	368	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	125.00	125.00
7	—	673	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	574	120.00	120.00
3	—	428	126.50	126.50
3	—	688	120.00	120.00
2	—	628	116.00	116.00
4	—	549	120.00	120.00
2	—	718	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	598	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	567	140.00	140.00
3	—	500	145.00	145.00
11	—	685	133.00–137.25	136.13
3	—	720	131.00	131.00
3	—	865	124.50	124.50
2	—	618	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	584	141.50–157.00	147.30
11	—	671	135.50–137.50	136.60
6	—	633	138.50–144.50	140.49
7	—	724	137.00–138.50	137.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	659	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	530	164.50–173.50	167.95
6	—	566	159.00	159.00
10	—	626	150.00	150.00
13	—	417	169.00–184.00	177.48
5	—	470	168.00–180.00	174.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	608	145.00–148.50	147.64
10	—	536	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	777	117.50–125.00	123.76
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	647	54.50	54.50

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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