Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 400 to 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, steers 500 lbs and higher sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers 300 to 550 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, heifers 550 to 700 sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifers over 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.36/cwt on 782 head.

Average price

$150.36

782 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$10.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.31

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	152.52	976	617
Medium and Large 1-2	590	142.30	840	165

One grade step is worth $10.21/cwt here — about $135 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 sale782 hd

150.36

—

MO average18 barns · 13,780 hd

143.05

+7.31

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	351	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	581	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	787	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,007	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,136	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	556	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	134.44/cwt	128.50–136.00	1,123	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	166.08/cwt	160.00–172.50	782	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	148.58/cwt	145.00–154.00	993	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	178.16/cwt	168.00–184.00	673	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,127	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,167	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	151.27/cwt	145.50–155.00	663	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	135.02/cwt	129.00–143.00	914	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	153.73/cwt	147.00–159.00	970	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,131	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	164.04/cwt	158.75–169.00	871	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	156.22/cwt	150.00–164.75	890	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	139.45/cwt	126.00–146.00	891	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	144.32/cwt	135.00–150.00	830	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,080	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	168.41/cwt	164.50–170.50	734	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	153.45/cwt	147.50–158.50	577	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	144.76/cwt	136.25–150.00	845	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	831	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	138.87/cwt	135.00–140.00	978	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	145.77/cwt	140.00–150.50	673	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	148.46/cwt	140.00–150.25	1,067	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	124.60/cwt	118.00–133.00	730	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	140.85/cwt	132.75–144.25	872	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	142.44/cwt	134.50–145.50	745	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	125.06/cwt	117.50–133.00	840	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	936	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	144.34/cwt	136.50–148.50	615	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	143.67/cwt	138.25–150.00	681	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	137.56/cwt	131.00–139.00	913	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	127.17/cwt	123.00–130.00	768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	126.06/cwt	125.00–128.50	653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	414	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	664	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	133.72/cwt	130.00–136.25	646	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	141.32/cwt	135.00–144.50	465	6

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 Jun 17, 2020

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

Receipts 1,447Last week 1,787Year ago 882

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	171.00	171.00
10	—	351	165.50	165.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	142.50	142.50
2	—	565	137.00	137.00
6	—	772	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	895	112.50	112.50
23	—	376	147.50–158.50	153.45
49	—	584	136.25–150.00	144.76
103	—	619	132.75–144.25	140.85
120	—	523	134.50–145.50	142.44
11	—	737	127.00	127.00
18	—	426	136.50–148.50	144.34
45	—	474	138.25–150.00	143.67
46	—	664	131.00–139.00	137.56
6	—	329	135.00–144.50	141.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	586	118.00–133.00	124.60
11	—	672	117.50–133.00	125.06
5	—	604	123.00–130.00	127.17
7	—	518	125.00–128.50	126.06
20	—	483	130.00–136.25	133.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	414	160.50	160.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	967	117.50	117.50
19	—	835	128.50–136.00	134.44
56	—	471	160.00–172.50	166.08
58	—	668	145.00–154.00	148.58
8	—	378	168.00–184.00	178.16
38	—	772	146.00	146.00
51	—	919	127.00	127.00
59	—	631	147.00–159.00	153.73
5	—	857	132.00	132.00
87	—	531	158.75–169.00	164.04
129	—	570	150.00–164.75	156.22
21	—	436	164.50–170.50	168.41
77	—	719	140.00–150.25	148.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	155.00	155.00
5	—	359	155.00	155.00
15	—	438	145.50–155.00	151.27
24	—	677	129.00–143.00	135.02
32	—	639	126.00–146.00	139.45
51	—	575	135.00–150.00	144.32
6	—	943	114.50	114.50
9	—	543	153.00	153.00
9	—	704	135.00–140.00	138.87
12	—	462	140.00–150.50	145.77

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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