Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, not enough comparable sales on steers under 500 lbs however a sharply lower undertone noted. Steers over 500 lbs and all weights of heifers sold 2.00-7.00 lower. Demand was moderate on light to moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.31/cwt on 772 head.

Average price

$142.31

772 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$16.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.89

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	142.97	807	741
Medium and Large 1-2	615	126.53	779	31

One grade step is worth $16.43/cwt here — about $29 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 sale772 hd

142.31

—

MO average17 barns · 6,928 hd

135.42

+6.89

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

44 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	—	411	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	662	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	935	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	634	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	929	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	599	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,078	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	617	121.19/cwt	120.00–123.00	748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	709	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	851	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	588	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	764	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	638	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	788	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	894	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,073	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	138.32/cwt	135.00–139.75	1,054	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	826	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	181.57/cwt	179.00–185.00	681	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	172.21/cwt	167.00–174.00	882	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	163.90/cwt	156.00–172.00	949	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	151.74/cwt	148.50–163.00	951	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	140.97/cwt	139.50–142.25	1,025	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	634	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	993	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,063	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	169.88/cwt	162.00–181.50	737	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	140.66/cwt	133.25–145.10	820	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	135.61/cwt	133.00–141.00	692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	929	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	791	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	167.35/cwt	165.00–171.00	798	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	145.64/cwt	135.00–151.25	986	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	129.47/cwt	126.00–132.50	805	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	128.79/cwt	120.00–133.75	922	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	154.12/cwt	146.50–165.50	641	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	134.10/cwt	130.00–140.00	621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	152.46/cwt	150.00–160.00	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	146.71/cwt	142.25–164.50	744	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	152.33/cwt	146.00–159.50	722	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	131.03/cwt	129.25–132.25	887	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	902	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	156.13/cwt	154.00–160.00	492	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	804	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	818	14

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 Mar 11, 2020

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

Receipts 1,526Last week 1,120Year ago 1,069

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	411	170.50	170.50
39	—	662	141.25	141.25
88	—	634	146.50	146.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	617	120.00–123.00	121.19
8	—	709	120.00	120.00
20	—	588	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	583	133.25–145.10	140.66
18	—	622	126.00–132.50	129.47
27	—	716	120.00–133.75	128.79
73	—	416	146.50–165.50	154.12
4	—	386	150.00–160.00	152.46
142	—	507	142.25–164.50	146.71
51	—	474	146.00–159.50	152.33
51	—	677	129.25–132.25	131.03
6	—	805	112.00	112.00
9	—	315	154.00–160.00	156.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	133.00–141.00	135.61
5	—	463	130.00–140.00	134.10
9	—	586	137.25	137.25
14	—	711	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	599	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	145.00	145.00
11	—	581	142.25	142.25
8	—	743	125.00	125.00
17	—	527	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	762	135.00–139.75	138.32
12	—	375	179.00–185.00	181.57
30	—	512	167.00–174.00	172.21
95	—	579	156.00–172.00	163.90
136	—	627	148.50–163.00	151.74
80	—	727	139.50–142.25	140.97
6	—	341	186.00	186.00
13	—	807	123.00	123.00
4	—	893	119.00	119.00
29	—	434	162.00–181.50	169.88
35	—	477	165.00–171.00	167.35
74	—	677	135.00–151.25	145.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	152.50	152.50
4	—	456	140.00	140.00
7	—	525	150.00	150.00
12	—	717	124.75	124.75
13	—	902	119.00	119.00
2	—	675	115.00	115.00

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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