Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower with the exception of light 4 weight steers sold steady. Heifers under 450 lbs. sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher; 450 to 650 lbs. sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower and over 650 lbs., not well tested. Demand moderate to good on moderate supply. The highlight of the sale was a load of steers weighing 711 lbs. at 138.50.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.54/cwt on 990 head.

Average price

$149.54

990 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$32.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.32

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	152.21	855	698
Medium and Large 1-2	503	144.16	724	280
Medium and Large 2	495	120.00	594	12thin

One grade step is worth $32.21/cwt here — about $261 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 sale990 hd

149.54

—

MO average18 barns · 13,108 hd

140.22

+9.32

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

72 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	138.68/cwt	130.00–150.00	574	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	124.24/cwt	115.00–130.00	728	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	844	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	129.92/cwt	124.00–135.00	681	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	469	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	484	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	171.67/cwt	169.00–180.50	549	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	402	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	704	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	648	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	594	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	472	153.83/cwt	149.00–159.50	726	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	422	153.01/cwt	151.00–155.00	646	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	580	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	147.75/cwt	140.00–157.00	619	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	142.58/cwt	130.00–149.00	834	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	155.56/cwt	153.00–160.00	524	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	135.22/cwt	130.00–145.00	698	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	147.06/cwt	140.00–154.00	697	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	144.10/cwt	143.75–145.00	883	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	152.88/cwt	150.00–155.00	549	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	113.03/cwt	110.50–114.00	857	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	125.22/cwt	125.00–126.00	899	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	138.32/cwt	136.00–139.00	925	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	751	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	456	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	766	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	833	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	367	168.70/cwt	160.00–175.00	619	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	735	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	157.14/cwt	150.00–163.00	820	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	136.91/cwt	132.00–138.50	973	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	172.48/cwt	164.50–185.00	738	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	157.23/cwt	153.00–161.00	753	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	144.61/cwt	141.50–149.00	889	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	152.65/cwt	148.25–160.00	872	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	169.07/cwt	162.50–178.00	622	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	128.04/cwt	122.00–129.25	1,006	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	142.50/cwt	139.00–144.00	949	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	170.35/cwt	160.00–176.00	581	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	93.69/cwt	93.00–96.00	861	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	904	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	483	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	130.00/cwt	123.50–138.50	625	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	139.77/cwt	136.50–146.00	616	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	124.41/cwt	118.00–131.25	662	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	122.60/cwt	110.00–129.75	707	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	145.28/cwt	144.00–149.00	549	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	111.94/cwt	105.00–126.00	691	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	100.87/cwt	100.00–104.50	728	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	487	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	144.69/cwt	140.00–146.00	420	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	579	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	301	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	500	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	270	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	749	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	816	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	138.47/cwt	136.00–144.00	665	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	157.42/cwt	150.00–163.00	592	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	134.07/cwt	130.50–138.00	696	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	125.09/cwt	121.00–128.50	764	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	150.09/cwt	148.50–153.00	627	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	129.58/cwt	127.00–131.00	737	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	156.81/cwt	153.50–160.00	524	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	90.30/cwt	87.50–94.00	848	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	569	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	704	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	385	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	160.29/cwt	155.00–163.00	595	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	137.37/cwt	134.00–140.00	651	20

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 29, 2020

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

Receipts 1,948Last week 1,979Year ago 1,165

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	414	130.00–150.00	138.68
12	—	586	115.00–130.00	124.24
6	—	662	127.50	127.50
6	—	524	124.00–135.00	129.92
6	—	295	159.00	159.00
5	—	337	143.50	143.50
2	—	765	101.00	101.00
2	—	633	119.00	119.00
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
28	—	371	155.00–163.00	160.29
20	—	474	134.00–140.00	137.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	320	169.00–180.50	171.67
8	—	402	175.00	175.00
6	—	381	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	495	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	472	149.00–159.50	153.83
4	—	422	151.00–155.00	153.01
3	—	580	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	419	140.00–157.00	147.75
39	—	585	130.00–149.00	142.58
26	—	337	153.00–160.00	155.56
24	—	516	130.00–145.00	135.22
24	—	474	140.00–154.00	147.06
22	—	613	143.75–145.00	144.10
12	—	359	150.00–155.00	152.88
11	—	758	110.50–114.00	113.03
9	—	718	125.00–126.00	125.22
9	—	669	136.00–139.00	138.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	590	127.25	127.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	456	168.00	168.00
18	—	529	157.50	157.50
7	—	367	160.00–175.00	168.70
6	—	420	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	522	150.00–163.00	157.14
112	—	711	132.00–138.50	136.91
79	—	428	164.50–185.00	172.48
67	—	479	153.00–161.00	157.23
63	—	615	141.50–149.00	144.61
60	—	571	148.25–160.00	152.65
43	—	368	162.50–178.00	169.07
41	—	786	122.00–129.25	128.04
17	—	666	139.00–144.00	142.50
10	—	341	160.00–176.00	170.35
9	—	919	93.00–96.00	93.69
7	—	861	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	481	123.50–138.50	130.00
28	—	441	136.50–146.00	139.77
26	—	532	118.00–131.25	124.41
25	—	577	110.00–129.75	122.60
20	—	378	144.00–149.00	145.28
19	—	617	105.00–126.00	111.94
10	—	722	100.00–104.50	100.87
9	—	330	147.50	147.50
9	—	290	140.00–146.00	144.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	378	153.25	153.25
6	—	301	166.00	166.00
2	—	565	120.00	120.00
1	—	270	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	749	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	480	136.00–144.00	138.47
57	—	376	150.00–163.00	157.42
43	—	519	130.50–138.00	134.07
39	—	611	121.00–128.50	125.09
37	—	418	148.50–153.00	150.09
25	—	569	127.00–131.00	129.58
10	—	334	153.50–160.00	156.81
7	—	939	87.50–94.00	90.30
7	—	700	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	569	123.75	123.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	403	161.00	161.00

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