Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand was good to very good on heavy supply this first non-holiday week of the New Year. Another good run of calves this week with very few yearling in the mix. Bulk of supply weighing from 500-750 lbs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.86/cwt on 1,846 head.

Average price

$156.86

1,846 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$41.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.38

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	158.50	988	1,460
Medium and Large 1-2	531	152.55	810	337
Medium 1	446	150.23	670	13thin
Medium and Large 2	517	141.43	731	14thin
Medium 1-2	413	136.00	562	4thin
Large 1-2	590	130.00	767	12thin
Medium 2	603	117.50	709	6thin

One grade step is worth $41.00/cwt here — about $279 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 sale1,846 hd

156.86

—

MO average22 barns · 31,052 hd

153.48

+3.38

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

99 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 1	—	566	136.10/cwt	131.50–147.25	770	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	427	124.14/cwt	120.00–130.00	530	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	484	127.87/cwt	125.00–129.00	619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	794	118.71/cwt	118.50–119.00	943	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	122.02/cwt	119.00–124.50	815	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	577	126.13/cwt	120.00–135.75	728	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	534	128.53/cwt	122.50–135.50	686	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	136.45/cwt	132.25–141.00	911	70
Steers	Large 1-2	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	324	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	421	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	587	124.99/cwt	123.00–126.25	734	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	419	112.85/cwt	110.00–121.00	473	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	530	121.28/cwt	100.00–127.75	643	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	565	151.64/cwt	149.50–153.25	857	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	651	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	898	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	829	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	653	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	133.03/cwt	125.00–141.50	637	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	864	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	968	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	173.67/cwt	161.00–180.00	919	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	154.60/cwt	145.00–161.50	971	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	153.30/cwt	145.00–162.00	1,030	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	148.99/cwt	145.00–157.75	1,089	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	131.37/cwt	130.25–134.75	1,033	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	161.66/cwt	154.00–167.00	618	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	157.74/cwt	156.00–159.00	502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	976	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	592	127.26/cwt	126.50–129.50	753	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	832	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	139.70/cwt	128.50–149.00	866	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	143.78/cwt	139.00–147.25	749	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	148.71/cwt	140.00–158.00	711	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	159.12/cwt	142.00–162.25	673	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	129.89/cwt	125.00–132.00	829	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	147.99/cwt	141.00–152.00	477	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	929	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	893	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	126.35/cwt	123.25–132.00	720	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	131.27/cwt	129.00–134.50	683	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	146.10/cwt	140.00–150.00	541	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	137.35/cwt	130.00–141.00	927	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	164.03/cwt	159.00–170.00	763	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	136.18/cwt	130.00–144.00	976	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	168.64/cwt	155.00–176.50	558	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	153.37/cwt	145.00–161.00	894	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,117	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	639	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	138.97/cwt	129.50–145.00	862	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	152.81/cwt	140.00–164.00	796	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	168.65/cwt	157.00–174.00	686	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	167.78/cwt	160.00–172.50	621	33
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	769	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	469	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,016	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	457	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	468	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	751	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	575	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	821	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	446	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	758	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	168.86/cwt	166.50–170.00	805	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	382	142.37/cwt	140.00–146.00	544	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	558	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	393	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	126.35/cwt	125.00–129.00	793	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	142.46/cwt	127.00–150.00	739	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	694	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	851	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	429	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	560	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	413	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	562	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	435	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	653	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	348	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	574	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	628	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	791	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	120.67/cwt	116.50–128.00	815	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	135.00/cwt	126.00–140.00	776	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	538	154.90/cwt	150.00–156.00	833	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	556	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	806	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	500	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	915	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	449	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	867	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	992	13
Steers	Medium 2	—	603	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	709	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	635	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	773	135.36/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,046	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	679	134.56/cwt	125.00–141.00	914	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	616	141.50/cwt	140.00–145.00	872	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	804	132.91/cwt	130.00–136.25	1,069	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	479	162.78/cwt	156.00–166.00	780	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	164.66/cwt	149.00–174.50	930	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	177.36/cwt	170.00–185.00	834	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,125	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	187.24/cwt	186.00–190.00	820	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	189.90/cwt	183.00–194.00	739	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,117	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	657	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	876	4

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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Receipts 3,784Last week 2,296Year ago 3,437

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	566	131.50–147.25	136.10
70	—	668	132.25–141.00	136.45
58	—	786	130.25–134.75	131.37
37	—	382	154.00–167.00	161.66
7	—	318	156.00–159.00	157.74
6	—	728	134.00	134.00
288	—	620	128.50–149.00	139.70
151	—	521	139.00–147.25	143.78
102	—	478	140.00–158.00	148.71
98	—	423	142.00–162.25	159.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	427	120.00–130.00	124.14
7	—	484	125.00–129.00	127.87
7	—	794	118.50–119.00	118.71
17	—	668	119.00–124.50	122.02
29	—	577	120.00–135.75	126.13
44	—	534	122.50–135.50	128.53
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	130.00	130.00
10	—	587	123.00–126.25	124.99
12	—	419	110.00–121.00	112.85
17	—	530	100.00–127.75	121.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	565	149.50–153.25	151.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	479	125.00–141.50	133.03
8	—	638	125.00–132.00	129.89
8	—	322	141.00–152.00	147.99
3	—	755	123.00	123.00
3	—	735	121.50	121.50
3	—	655	130.00	130.00
47	—	570	123.25–132.00	126.35
27	—	520	129.00–134.50	131.27
26	—	370	140.00–150.00	146.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	864	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	592	126.50–129.50	127.26
15	—	668	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	595	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	590	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	511	166.00	166.00
8	—	651	138.00	138.00
10	—	568	146.00	146.00
6	—	466	141.00	141.00
4	—	621	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	529	161.00–180.00	173.67
204	—	628	145.00–161.50	154.60
264	—	672	145.00–162.00	153.30
286	—	731	145.00–157.75	148.99
4	—	345	184.00	184.00
165	—	565	149.00–174.50	164.66
83	—	470	170.00–185.00	177.36
25	—	759	148.25	148.25
16	—	438	186.00–190.00	187.24
11	—	389	183.00–194.00	189.90
6	—	801	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	675	130.00–141.00	137.35
27	—	465	159.00–170.00	164.03
25	—	717	130.00–144.00	136.18
25	—	331	155.00–176.50	168.64
13	—	583	145.00–161.00	153.37
9	—	821	136.00	136.00
61	—	620	129.50–145.00	138.97
58	—	521	140.00–164.00	152.81
48	—	407	157.00–174.00	168.65
33	—	370	160.00–172.50	167.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	150.00	150.00
4	—	751	120.00	120.00
4	—	383	150.00	150.00
3	—	463	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	639	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	413	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	150.00	150.00
5	—	348	165.00	165.00
3	—	628	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	538	150.00–156.00	154.90
7	—	556	145.00	145.00
38	—	773	129.00–139.00	135.36
18	—	679	125.00–141.00	134.56
17	—	616	140.00–145.00	141.50
15	—	804	130.00–136.25	132.91
12	—	479	156.00–166.00	162.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	500	183.00	183.00
15	—	449	193.00	193.00
13	—	562	176.50	176.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	603	117.50	117.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	769	61.00	61.00
5	—	1,016	45.00	45.00
4	—	468	67.00	67.00
16	—	558	70.50	70.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	527	155.75	155.75
13	—	446	170.00	170.00
12	—	477	166.50–170.00	168.86
2	—	378	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	382	140.00–146.00	142.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	125.00–129.00	126.35
6	—	519	127.00–150.00	142.46
5	—	445	156.00	156.00
4	—	734	116.00	116.00
67	—	675	116.50–128.00	120.67
18	—	575	126.00–140.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	670	116.00	116.00
5	—	429	130.50	130.50

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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