Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to two weeks ago, steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 higher. Yearlings not well tested. Bulk of supply weighed from 450-700 lbs. Demand moderate to good on all classes today with the best demand shown on 400-500 lb steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.75/cwt on 1,076 head.

Average price

$149.75

1,076 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$627

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$72.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.84

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	152.52	961	836
Medium and Large 1-2	567	145.18	823	162
Medium 1-2	542	135.52	734	40
Medium 1	577	135.50	781	12thin
Large 1-2	638	124.36	793	22
Medium 2-3	418	80.00	334	4thin

One grade step is worth $72.52/cwt here — about $627 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 sale1,076 hd

149.75

—

MO average16 barns · 15,543 hd

147.91

+1.84

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

92 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 1-2Unweaned	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	745	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	872	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	556	115.25/cwt	110.00–120.00	641	18
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	385	127.71/cwt	125.00–132.00	492	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	443	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	532	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	618	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	164.65/cwt	164.00–165.00	519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	566	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	770	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	743	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	910	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	770	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	944	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	559	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	451	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	166.96/cwt	157.00–174.50	887	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	148.16/cwt	140.00–150.50	1,138	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	144.87/cwt	140.25–150.00	965	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	145.61/cwt	139.00–150.00	910	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	159.86/cwt	150.00–164.00	897	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	139.10/cwt	139.10–139.10	1,116	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	176.91/cwt	167.00–182.00	826	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	175.40/cwt	169.00–184.00	733	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	178.67/cwt	175.00–182.00	686	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	178.72/cwt	177.50–179.00	583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	678	135.43/cwt	131.00–140.00	918	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	585	147.95/cwt	145.00–152.00	866	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	764	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,041	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	726	133.05/cwt	130.00–135.00	966	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	619	136.59/cwt	130.00–140.00	845	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	892	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,070	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	785	2
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	418	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	334	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	516	145.61/cwt	145.00–146.00	751	13
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	591	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	827	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	483	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	657	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	681	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	749	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	315	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	457	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	805	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	805	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	448	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	654	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	609	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	776	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	350	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	560	4
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	771	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	917	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	618	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	745	12
Steers	Large 1-2	—	661	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	853	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	665	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	160.40/cwt	158.00–164.00	760	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	130.17/cwt	119.50–136.50	940	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	166.21/cwt	160.00–170.00	632	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	142.51/cwt	140.00–155.00	829	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	146.22/cwt	145.00–151.00	785	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	161.54/cwt	158.50–169.00	695	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	132.75/cwt	127.00–135.50	884	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	137.52/cwt	134.50–141.00	873	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	127.89/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,046	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	126.75/cwt	120.00–129.50	731	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	778	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	128.96/cwt	127.00–131.50	676	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	130.81/cwt	128.00–132.00	570	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	125.75/cwt	122.00–129.50	604	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	122.22/cwt	112.50–125.00	825	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	903	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	117.25/cwt	115.00–119.00	787	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	143.02/cwt	142.00–144.00	808	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	657	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	592	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	836	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	899	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	110.90/cwt	110.00–115.00	682	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	132.96/cwt	120.00–137.50	638	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	503	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	133.06/cwt	128.50–140.00	762	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	133.34/cwt	129.00–138.00	693	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	146.43/cwt	139.00–155.50	615	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	142.27/cwt	139.00–153.00	660	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,004	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	969	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	148.65/cwt	147.00–152.00	572	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	154.57/cwt	151.00–158.00	482	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	922	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	491	130.91/cwt	130.00–132.50	643	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	664	128.09/cwt	125.00–130.00	851	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	128.21/cwt	127.50–129.50	800	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	127.70/cwt	119.00–129.50	724	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	543	126.30/cwt	120.00–129.50	686	12

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 Dec 4, 2019

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

Receipts 2,127Last week 2,219Year ago 3,675

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	400	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	117.00	117.00
33	—	491	130.00–132.50	130.91
30	—	664	125.00–130.00	128.09
25	—	624	127.50–129.50	128.21
18	—	567	119.00–129.50	127.70
12	—	543	120.00–129.50	126.30
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	556	110.00–120.00	115.25
5	—	490	120.00	120.00
5	—	385	125.00–132.00	127.71
3	—	443	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	127.00	127.00
2	—	523	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	577	120.00–129.50	126.75
33	—	607	128.25	128.25
16	—	524	127.00–131.50	128.96
14	—	436	128.00–132.00	130.81
13	—	480	122.00–129.50	125.75
11	—	675	112.50–125.00	122.22
3	—	737	122.50	122.50
3	—	335	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	836	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	615	110.00–115.00	110.90
8	—	480	120.00–137.50	132.96
3	—	503	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	573	128.50–140.00	133.06
66	—	520	129.00–138.00	133.34
44	—	420	139.00–155.50	146.43
42	—	464	139.00–153.00	142.27
29	—	711	141.25	141.25
28	—	692	140.00	140.00
22	—	385	147.00–152.00	148.65
12	—	312	151.00–158.00	154.57
9	—	645	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	164.00–165.00	164.65
23	—	474	158.00–164.00	160.40
21	—	722	119.50–136.50	130.17
19	—	380	160.00–170.00	166.21
17	—	582	140.00–155.00	142.51
15	—	537	145.00–151.00	146.22
15	—	430	158.50–169.00	161.54
12	—	666	127.00–135.50	132.75
8	—	635	134.50–141.00	137.52
7	—	818	125.00–130.00	127.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	566	136.00	136.00
5	—	743	122.50	122.50
3	—	770	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	140.00	140.00
5	—	638	148.00	148.00
4	—	559	159.00	159.00
4	—	451	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	531	157.00–174.50	166.96
111	—	768	140.00–150.50	148.16
102	—	666	140.25–150.00	144.87
101	—	625	139.00–150.00	145.61
98	—	561	150.00–164.00	159.86
81	—	802	139.10	139.10
54	—	467	167.00–182.00	176.91
30	—	418	169.00–184.00	175.40
7	—	384	175.00–182.00	178.67
5	—	326	177.50–179.00	178.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	678	131.00–140.00	135.43
27	—	585	145.00–152.00	147.95
23	—	764	136.25	136.25
13	—	726	130.00–135.00	133.05
13	—	619	130.00–140.00	136.59
3	—	892	120.00	120.00
2	—	520	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	516	145.00–146.00	145.61
5	—	591	140.00	140.00
5	—	483	136.00	136.00
4	—	681	110.00	110.00
4	—	315	145.00	145.00
3	—	805	100.00	100.00
3	—	615	130.00	130.00
3	—	448	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	609	127.50	127.50
4	—	350	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	771	119.00	119.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	618	120.50	120.50
10	—	661	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	671	115.00–119.00	117.25
6	—	565	142.00–144.00	143.02
6	—	453	145.00	145.00
5	—	408	145.00	145.00
3	—	638	119.50	119.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	550	155.00	155.00
4	—	485	163.00	163.00

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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