Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers 450 lbs and under sold steady to 2.00 lower; steers 450 lbs and higher sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower; heifers over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.45/cwt on 305 head.

Average price

$140.45

305 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$295

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.93

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	720	143.16	1,030	226
Medium and Large 1-2	548	136.60	748	67
Large 1	1,197	110.75	1,326	12thin

One grade step is worth $32.41/cwt here — about −$295 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 sale305 hd

140.45

—

MO average9 barns · 6,831 hd

139.51

+0.93

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

36 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 1	—	1,098	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,005	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	986	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	998	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	908	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	134.12/cwt	130.50–135.50	840	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,017	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	136.79/cwt	136.50–138.50	728	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	157.05/cwt	154.25–163.50	817	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	152.00/cwt	150.00–152.50	888	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	145.14/cwt	144.50–145.50	1,026	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	156.53/cwt	155.25–159.00	692	16
Steers	Large 1	—	1,197	110.75/cwt	110.75–110.75	1,326	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	590	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	148.72/cwt	145.50–150.25	986	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	130.85/cwt	130.85–130.85	1,188	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	138.12/cwt	133.00–143.50	860	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	148.15/cwt	145.00–150.50	953	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	154.10/cwt	150.00–159.50	717	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	132.20/cwt	129.00–134.75	761	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	122.28/cwt	121.00–124.00	872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	132.31/cwt	126.50–139.50	883	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	144.94/cwt	136.50–147.00	617	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	135.22/cwt	130.00–139.25	1,098	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,122	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	141.05/cwt	140.00–143.50	657	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	134.99/cwt	134.75–135.25	772	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	142.71/cwt	136.25–144.35	968	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	129.46/cwt	125.00–134.00	996	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	142.49/cwt	140.00–147.00	524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	131.17/cwt	130.00–133.50	623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	724	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	120.58/cwt	120.00–121.00	758	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	136.28/cwt	130.00–138.25	756	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	150.33/cwt	149.00–150.50	631	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	153.26/cwt	148.50–154.50	581	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 Jul 8, 2020

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

Receipts 752Last week 734Year ago 642

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,098	91.50	91.50
8	—	736	134.00	134.00
8	—	998	91.00	91.00
11	—	626	130.50–135.50	134.12
11	—	775	131.25	131.25
14	—	532	136.50–138.50	136.79
24	—	466	140.00–143.50	141.05
32	—	572	134.75–135.25	134.99
101	—	678	136.25–144.35	142.71
18	—	420	149.00–150.50	150.33
20	—	379	148.50–154.50	153.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	715	100.00	100.00
6	—	475	130.00–133.50	131.17
8	—	524	138.25	138.25
12	—	629	120.00–121.00	120.58
17	—	555	130.00–138.25	136.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	520	154.25–163.50	157.05
10	—	584	150.00–152.50	152.00
11	—	707	144.50–145.50	145.14
16	—	442	155.25–159.00	156.53
3	—	372	158.50	158.50
48	—	663	145.50–150.25	148.72
50	—	908	130.85	130.85
7	—	643	145.00–150.50	148.15
9	—	465	150.00–159.50	154.10
29	—	812	130.00–139.25	135.22
33	—	794	141.25	141.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,197	110.75	110.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	344	140.00–141.00	140.50
4	—	623	133.00–143.50	138.12
7	—	576	129.00–134.75	132.20
7	—	713	121.00–124.00	122.28
15	—	667	126.50–139.50	132.31
20	—	426	136.50–147.00	144.94
4	—	769	125.00–134.00	129.46
6	—	368	140.00–147.00	142.49

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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