Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steer calves under 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower while steer calves over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. No recent price comparison on yearling steers and heifers. Demand moderate as the supply is calves that are carrying a wide variation of flesh so far. Bulk of the supply today was calves weighing 450-650 lbs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.91/cwt on 971 head.

Average price

$147.91

971 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$948

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$451

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

$29.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.23

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	151.90	997	683
Medium and Large 1-2	611	141.42	864	241
Medium 1-2	609	123.60	752	35
Large 1-2	447	122.00	545	12thin

One grade step is worth $29.90/cwt here — about $451 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 sale971 hd

147.91

—

MO average20 barns · 14,443 hd

148.15

−0.23

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

93 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	171.24/cwt	169.00–175.00	635	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	158.07/cwt	154.00–159.50	751	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	140.23/cwt	135.00–142.75	811	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	871	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	187.37/cwt	183.00–188.50	688	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	163.45/cwt	155.00–171.00	852	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	147.70/cwt	143.00–147.75	1,235	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	883	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	690	124.75/cwt	121.00–128.50	861	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	137.93/cwt	125.00–143.00	854	39
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	629	122.07/cwt	121.00–125.00	768	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	582	132.76/cwt	129.50–138.50	773	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	154.16/cwt	153.00–155.00	631	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	145.28/cwt	135.00–153.00	739	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	528	141.73/cwt	131.25–153.00	748	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,316	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	182.91/cwt	170.00–187.00	759	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	172.21/cwt	169.00–173.50	813	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	151.23/cwt	144.50–154.00	954	122
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	842	12
Steers	Large 1-2	—	447	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	545	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	124.51/cwt	120.00–139.50	522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	568	123.68/cwt	115.00–127.25	703	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	591	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	493	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	140.81/cwt	134.50–154.50	611	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	870	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	145.06/cwt	141.00–149.00	471	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	611	121.65/cwt	115.00–125.00	743	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	662	127.01/cwt	125.00–129.75	841	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	843	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,054	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	453	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	489	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	873	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	834	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	134.00/cwt	129.50–141.00	769	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	148.47/cwt	141.00–155.00	705	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	872	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	454	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	788	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	719	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	759	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	117.30/cwt	110.00–130.00	728	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	137.36/cwt	127.00–150.00	710	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	107.75/cwt	105.00–112.00	792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	169.50/cwt	163.00–174.00	736	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	140.69/cwt	129.50–141.50	1,076	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	146.09/cwt	141.00–150.00	837	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	593	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	836	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	825	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	144.31/cwt	140.00–145.00	986	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	147.39/cwt	147.00–148.00	1,142	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,073	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	621	136.12/cwt	132.50–139.00	845	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	671	132.98/cwt	130.00–136.00	892	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	130.12/cwt	125.00–131.00	920	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,148	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	527	129.73/cwt	129.00–130.00	684	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	491	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	137.24/cwt	134.00–139.25	914	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	477	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	492	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	128.95/cwt	121.00–135.25	623	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	133.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	446	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	974	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,018	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	807	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	122.35/cwt	122.00–122.50	754	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	145.40/cwt	140.00–152.50	555	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	164.34/cwt	155.00–177.50	675	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	565	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	106.66/cwt	105.00–110.00	893	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	126.68/cwt	122.00–129.00	676	33
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	653	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	355	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	371	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	858	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,051	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	949	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,144	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	481	127.57/cwt	123.00–132.50	614	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	132.98/cwt	132.25–133.25	689	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	132.34/cwt	131.00–139.00	942	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	147.97/cwt	145.00–149.25	993	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	663	118.09/cwt	114.00–125.00	783	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	121.98/cwt	120.00–128.00	778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	123.12/cwt	122.00–123.50	696	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	130.02/cwt	121.00–140.00	480	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	486	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	612	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	508	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	370	130.67/cwt	130.00–132.00	483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	122.84/cwt	120.00–125.00	639	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	566	126.06/cwt	123.50–128.25	713	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	136.39/cwt	135.00–138.50	640	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	130.14/cwt	130.00–130.25	739	36

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	159.00	159.00
23	—	578	135.00–142.75	140.23
19	—	528	131.25–153.00	141.73
27	—	621	132.50–139.00	136.12
10	—	671	130.00–136.00	132.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	170.00	170.00
11	—	371	169.00–175.00	171.24
16	—	475	154.00–159.50	158.07
39	—	619	125.00–143.00	137.93
6	—	409	153.00–155.00	154.16
15	—	509	135.00–153.00	145.28
41	—	765	129.50–141.50	140.69
26	—	573	141.00–150.00	146.09
14	—	707	125.00–131.00	130.12
3	—	883	130.00	130.00
26	—	666	134.00–139.25	137.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	574	151.75	151.75
28	—	367	183.00–188.50	187.37
65	—	521	155.00–171.00	163.45
170	—	836	143.00–147.75	147.70
6	—	920	143.00	143.00
17	—	415	170.00–187.00	182.91
36	—	472	169.00–173.50	172.21
122	—	631	144.50–154.00	151.23
65	—	683	140.00–145.00	144.31
34	—	775	147.00–148.00	147.39
13	—	725	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	677	130.50	130.50
17	—	593	141.00	141.00
5	—	611	135.00	135.00
7	—	492	165.50	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	690	121.00–128.50	124.75
27	—	582	129.50–138.50	132.76
3	—	477	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	629	121.00–125.00	122.07
7	—	527	129.00–130.00	129.73
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	447	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	491	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	153.00	153.00
12	—	798	105.50	105.50
28	—	574	129.50–141.00	134.00
16	—	475	141.00–155.00	148.47
2	—	823	106.00	106.00
38	—	621	110.00–130.00	117.30
17	—	517	127.00–150.00	137.36
5	—	735	105.00–112.00	107.75
22	—	411	155.00–177.50	164.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	167.00	167.00
7	—	454	173.50	173.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	873	95.50	95.50
5	—	719	105.50	105.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	434	163.00–174.00	169.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	419	120.00–139.50	124.51
60	—	483	121.00–135.25	128.95
13	—	334	130.00–135.00	133.54
7	—	974	104.50	104.50
2	—	690	117.00	117.00
9	—	837	105.00–110.00	106.66
33	—	534	122.00–129.00	126.68
4	—	638	120.00–128.00	121.98
8	—	565	122.00–123.50	123.12
13	—	369	121.00–140.00	130.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	568	115.00–127.25	123.68
8	—	663	114.00–125.00	118.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	591	125.50	125.50
4	—	493	126.50	126.50
13	—	616	122.00–122.50	122.35
4	—	511	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	434	134.50–154.50	140.81
30	—	600	145.00	145.00
4	—	325	141.00–149.00	145.06
48	—	382	140.00–152.50	145.40
27	—	518	132.25–133.25	132.98
42	—	712	131.00–139.00	132.34
89	—	671	145.00–149.25	147.97
17	—	469	135.00–138.50	136.39
36	—	568	130.00–130.25	130.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	611	115.00–125.00	121.65
14	—	662	125.00–129.75	127.01
4	—	843	125.00	125.00
7	—	858	122.50	122.50
19	—	949	120.50	120.50
63	—	481	123.00–132.50	127.57
6	—	370	130.00–132.00	130.67
17	—	520	120.00–125.00	122.84
31	—	566	123.50–128.25	126.06
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	108.00	108.00
2	—	653	100.00	100.00
6	—	355	104.50	104.50
3	—	508	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	664	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	126.00	126.00

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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