Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 500 lbs not well tested, however a lower undertone noted; 500-650 lbs steady to 1.00 lower; 650-700 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower; over 700 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher; 550-700 sold steady to 3.00 lower; over 700 lbs now well tested sharply lower undertone noted. Supply moderate to heavy as demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.14/cwt on 1,389 head.

Average price

$154.14

1,389 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$7.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.38

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	155.08	991	1,215
Medium and Large 1-2	552	147.57	815	174

One grade step is worth $7.51/cwt here — about $176 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 sale1,389 hd

154.14

—

MO average17 barns · 9,636 hd

151.76

+2.38

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

63 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 1Fancy	—	472	159.46/cwt	159.25–160.00	753	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	141.03/cwt	140.25–147.50	829	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	623	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	464	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	691	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	763	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	992	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	131.06/cwt	120.00–141.50	630	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	127.14/cwt	120.00–130.00	666	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	138.83/cwt	130.00–143.50	501	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	148.22/cwt	139.00–156.00	713	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	130.40/cwt	124.50–133.50	922	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	154.24/cwt	150.00–160.00	662	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	153.90/cwt	150.00–157.00	819	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	132.28/cwt	132.00–132.50	934	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	150.14/cwt	139.00–154.75	1,009	394
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	170.57/cwt	159.00–179.00	885	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	173.91/cwt	169.00–176.50	823	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	152.06/cwt	147.50–156.00	493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	638	127.76/cwt	122.00–129.50	815	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	591	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	898	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	361	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	523	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	145.33/cwt	143.50–147.50	766	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	150.06/cwt	139.00–156.00	615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,187	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	663	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	895	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	124.18/cwt	119.50–130.50	704	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	126.03/cwt	122.00–128.50	776	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	126.10/cwt	121.00–128.50	859	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	142.56/cwt	130.50–155.00	751	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	133.51/cwt	129.00–138.50	889	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	147.94/cwt	146.00–150.00	627	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	139.94/cwt	133.00–147.00	882	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	131.02/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,010	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	161.11/cwt	152.00–164.00	926	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	143.35/cwt	142.50–144.50	1,104	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	181.33/cwt	177.00–182.00	742	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	415	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	550	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	513	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	644	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	536	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	816	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	129.75/cwt	127.00–130.25	871	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	122.50/cwt	115.00–127.00	782	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	896	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	745	128.08/cwt	125.00–130.00	954	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	681	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	746	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	120.18/cwt	118.50–121.00	943	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	122.82/cwt	121.50–125.50	909	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	133.23/cwt	130.00–134.50	574	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	137.70/cwt	129.50–140.00	845	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	137.30/cwt	130.25–148.25	785	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	146.77/cwt	142.50–153.00	543	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	136.79/cwt	131.00–141.00	923	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	157.75/cwt	150.00–162.00	751	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	171.43/cwt	170.00–175.00	634	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	157.65/cwt	145.00–164.75	981	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	151.46/cwt	147.75–152.50	1,098	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,111	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	126.54/cwt	119.00–129.00	854	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	584	127.90/cwt	122.00–130.25	747	7

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 29, 2020

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

Receipts 2,638Last week 1,796Year ago 2,176

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	472	159.25–160.00	159.46
62	—	591	152.00	152.00
29	—	536	152.25	152.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	481	120.00–141.50	131.06
22	—	524	120.00–130.00	127.14
14	—	361	130.00–143.50	138.83
2	—	323	140.00	140.00
58	—	567	119.50–130.50	124.18
26	—	616	122.00–128.50	126.03
15	—	681	121.00–128.50	126.10
29	—	785	118.50–121.00	120.18
15	—	740	121.50–125.50	122.82
9	—	431	130.00–134.50	133.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	481	139.00–156.00	148.22
32	—	707	124.50–133.50	130.40
5	—	324	147.50–156.00	152.06
95	—	527	130.50–155.00	142.56
56	—	666	129.00–138.50	133.51
24	—	424	146.00–150.00	147.94
101	—	614	129.50–140.00	137.70
61	—	572	130.25–148.25	137.30
27	—	370	142.50–153.00	146.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	638	122.00–129.50	127.76
13	—	415	132.50	132.50
4	—	513	125.50	125.50
18	—	675	119.00–129.00	126.54
7	—	584	122.00–130.25	127.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	681	109.50	109.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	588	140.25–147.50	141.03
13	—	394	158.00	158.00
5	—	300	154.50	154.50
22	—	527	143.50–147.50	145.33
6	—	410	139.00–156.00	150.06
3	—	857	108.00	108.00
25	—	671	127.00–130.25	129.75
8	—	638	115.00–127.00	122.50
4	—	786	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	419	165.00	165.00
3	—	465	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	361	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	763	130.00	130.00
3	—	475	140.00	140.00
6	—	663	135.00	135.00
13	—	745	125.00–130.00	128.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	429	150.00–160.00	154.24
24	—	532	150.00–157.00	153.90
9	—	706	132.00–132.50	132.28
26	—	630	133.00–147.00	139.94
9	—	771	129.00–132.00	131.02
2	—	333	172.50	172.50
33	—	675	131.00–141.00	136.79
13	—	476	150.00–162.00	157.75
7	—	370	170.00–175.00	171.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
394	—	672	139.00–154.75	150.14
127	—	519	159.00–179.00	170.57
36	—	473	169.00–176.50	173.91
3	—	913	130.00	130.00
189	—	575	152.00–164.00	161.11
54	—	770	142.50–144.50	143.35
8	—	409	177.00–182.00	181.33
224	—	622	145.00–164.75	157.65
115	—	725	147.75–152.50	151.46
24	—	829	134.00	134.00

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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