Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 17.00 lower. Demand moderate to good as buyers did want to procure cattle but at much lower prices from last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.00/cwt on 1,108 head.

Average price

$153.00

1,108 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$46.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.96

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	156.24	907	892
Medium 1	466	153.50	715	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	141.66	797	179
Medium and Large 2	591	129.21	764	29
Large 1-2	690	110.00	759	4thin

One grade step is worth $46.24/cwt here — about $148 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 sale1,108 hd

153.00

—

MO average16 barns · 10,352 hd

144.04

+8.96

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

74 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	Large 1-2	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	127.60/cwt	121.00–137.00	739	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	131.82/cwt	128.50–134.00	700	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	148.48/cwt	139.00–152.75	684	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	142.25/cwt	139.50–146.50	826	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	109.38/cwt	105.00–110.50	770	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	708	103.81/cwt	100.00–107.00	735	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	562	126.83/cwt	125.25–130.00	713	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	107.24/cwt	106.50–109.00	740	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	756	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	351	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	642	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	828	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	112.58/cwt	108.50–113.00	914	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	133.14/cwt	129.00–138.00	832	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	119.87/cwt	116.50–122.00	849	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	769	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	884	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	163.74/cwt	150.00–171.00	940	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	138.43/cwt	135.00–141.25	939	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	953	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	681	125.76/cwt	120.00–130.00	856	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	582	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	873	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	466	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	715	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	138.03/cwt	135.00–142.50	520	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	139.78/cwt	137.00–142.50	583	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	735	99.91/cwt	99.00–100.00	734	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	147.66/cwt	135.50–154.25	777	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	145.84/cwt	140.00–154.50	624	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	610	108.26/cwt	105.00–110.00	660	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	317	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	398	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	651	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	117.40/cwt	117.00–118.00	741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	805	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	161.14/cwt	160.00–169.00	612	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	154.88/cwt	150.00–160.00	737	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	164.38/cwt	155.00–177.00	549	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	139.24/cwt	138.00–140.00	731	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	148.90/cwt	135.00–160.00	923	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	132.36/cwt	125.00–136.75	944	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	162.97/cwt	153.00–170.00	860	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	188.90/cwt	186.00–193.00	625	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	852	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	458	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	852	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	120.65/cwt	107.00–131.00	753	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	131.93/cwt	121.00–144.00	627	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	755	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	150.21/cwt	143.50–155.75	562	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	128.76/cwt	124.00–130.00	802	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	155.19/cwt	152.00–156.00	518	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	659	110.47/cwt	107.00–113.00	728	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	459	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	636	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	543	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	652	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	151.06/cwt	149.00–154.00	799	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	775	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	494	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	496	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	794	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	149.63/cwt	145.50–161.00	847	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	154.95/cwt	151.00–160.50	659	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	935	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	832	99.75/cwt	99.75–99.75	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	177.57/cwt	161.25–184.50	765	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	174.27/cwt	155.00–179.00	814	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	182.48/cwt	175.00–190.00	701	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	626	128.65/cwt	127.00–130.00	805	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	537	174.41/cwt	174.00–176.00	937	28

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 Apr 1, 2020

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

Receipts 2,161Last week 1,459Year ago 2,364

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 17.00 lower. Demand moderate to good as buyers did want to procure cattle but at much lower prices from last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	690	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	517	140.00	140.00
2	—	828	100.00	100.00
5	—	631	117.00–118.00	117.40
4	—	671	120.00	120.00
8	—	574	135.00	135.00
5	—	494	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	812	108.50–113.00	112.58
15	—	625	129.00–138.00	133.14
9	—	708	116.50–122.00	119.87
39	—	380	160.00–169.00	161.14
20	—	476	150.00–160.00	154.88
10	—	334	155.00–177.00	164.38
5	—	525	138.00–140.00	139.24
20	—	566	145.50–161.00	149.63
10	—	425	151.00–160.50	154.95
8	—	766	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	769	115.00	115.00
5	—	832	99.75	99.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	574	150.00–171.00	163.74
82	—	678	135.00–141.25	138.43
27	—	750	127.00	127.00
193	—	620	135.00–160.00	148.90
84	—	713	125.00–136.75	132.36
60	—	528	153.00–170.00	162.97
5	—	331	186.00–193.00	188.90
95	—	431	161.25–184.50	177.57
82	—	467	155.00–179.00	174.27
15	—	384	175.00–190.00	182.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	681	120.00–130.00	125.76
3	—	582	150.00	150.00
3	—	852	99.00	99.00
9	—	626	127.00–130.00	128.65
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	458	186.00	186.00
28	—	537	174.00–176.00	174.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	496	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	120.00	120.00
3	—	395	120.00	120.00
9	—	473	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	579	121.00–137.00	127.60
11	—	531	128.50–134.00	131.82
28	—	377	135.00–142.50	138.03
16	—	417	137.00–142.50	139.78
43	—	624	107.00–131.00	120.65
16	—	475	121.00–144.00	131.93
6	—	651	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	461	139.00–152.75	148.48
69	—	581	139.50–146.50	142.25
18	—	704	105.00–110.50	109.38
74	—	526	135.50–154.25	147.66
31	—	428	140.00–154.50	145.84
2	—	683	127.00	127.00
93	—	374	143.50–155.75	150.21
43	—	623	124.00–130.00	128.76
9	—	334	152.00–156.00	155.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	708	100.00–107.00	103.81
12	—	562	125.25–130.00	126.83
14	—	610	105.00–110.00	108.26
20	—	659	107.00–113.00	110.47
5	—	459	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	120.00	120.00
6	—	317	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	735	99.00–100.00	99.91
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	543	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	690	106.50–109.00	107.24
7	—	717	105.50	105.50
8	—	408	159.50	159.50
2	—	618	119.00	119.00
8	—	755	110.00	110.00
7	—	529	149.00–154.00	151.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	351	183.00	183.00
3	—	478	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	140.00	140.00

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