Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 350 to 400 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower; steers 400 to 450 lbs sold steady; steers 450 to 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower; steers 550 to 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower; steers 600 lbs and higher sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers 300 to 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher; heifers 500 lbs and higher sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.38/cwt on 306 head.

Average price

$147.38

306 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$5.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.63

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	148.31	890	252
Medium and Large 1-2	561	143.06	802	54

One grade step is worth $5.26/cwt here — about $88 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 sale306 hd

147.38

—

MO average16 barns · 9,803 hd

143.75

+3.63

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

41 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	—	634	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	921	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	105.25/cwt	105.25–105.25	817	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	847	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	926	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	510	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	834	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	127.41/cwt	126.75–128.50	791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	101.22/cwt	95.00–105.50	719	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	108.83/cwt	107.00–110.00	735	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	119.01/cwt	116.00–122.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	135.67/cwt	130.00–140.00	710	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	129.97/cwt	127.50–131.75	792	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	124.46/cwt	112.00–125.25	825	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	146.60/cwt	142.50–150.00	690	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	131.35/cwt	127.00–135.00	762	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	152.91/cwt	151.00–156.00	572	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	153.13/cwt	151.50–156.50	626	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	135.73/cwt	131.00–138.50	646	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	145.04/cwt	143.50–147.50	912	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	164.97/cwt	160.00–176.00	732	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	146.62/cwt	136.00–149.50	783	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	141.37/cwt	135.00–146.50	823	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	140.45/cwt	140.00–141.00	872	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	162.35/cwt	160.00–167.00	628	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,071	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	153.48/cwt	150.00–160.50	801	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	144.33/cwt	139.50–145.50	980	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	155.48/cwt	150.00–160.00	732	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	990	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	153.62/cwt	152.00–155.50	882	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,078	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,141	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,141	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	80.70/cwt	75.00–84.50	750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	914	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	656	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	838	2

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.

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St Joseph Stockyards Feeder Cattle - St Joseph, MO

Wed Jun 24, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	634	145.25	145.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	776	105.25	105.25
7	—	834	101.50	101.50
4	—	921	100.50	100.50
3	—	708	117.00	117.00
2	—	338	151.00	151.00
8	—	621	126.75–128.50	127.41
38	—	523	130.00–140.00	135.67
38	—	663	112.00–125.25	124.46
35	—	471	142.50–150.00	146.60
30	—	580	127.00–135.00	131.35
20	—	374	151.00–156.00	152.91
12	—	409	151.50–156.50	153.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	710	95.00–105.50	101.22
6	—	675	107.00–110.00	108.83
4	—	574	116.00–122.00	119.01
15	—	609	127.50–131.75	129.97
29	—	476	131.00–138.50	135.73
3	—	365	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	348	158.00	158.00
11	—	964	86.50	86.50
5	—	929	75.00–84.50	80.70
4	—	714	128.00	128.00
4	—	486	135.00	135.00
3	—	575	133.00	133.00
2	—	508	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	629	143.50–147.50	145.04
15	—	444	160.00–176.00	164.97
6	—	387	160.00–167.00	162.35
3	—	837	128.00	128.00
49	—	522	150.00–160.50	153.48
47	—	679	139.50–145.50	144.33
44	—	471	150.00–160.00	155.48
3	—	707	140.00	140.00
20	—	574	152.00–155.50	153.62
18	—	793	136.00	136.00
8	—	1,141	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	534	136.00–149.50	146.62
18	—	582	135.00–146.50	141.37
9	—	621	140.00–141.00	140.45
4	—	485	136.00	136.00

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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