Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher on a light test. Supply light and demand moderate to good with a few sets of weaned calves in the offering were met with the best demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.08/cwt on 247 head.

Average price

$161.08

247 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$12.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.70

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	163.11	970	207
Medium and Large 1-2	614	150.57	925	40

One grade step is worth $12.54/cwt here — about $45 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 sale247 hd

161.08

—

MO average16 barns · 10,016 hd

145.37

+15.70

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 1-2	—	591	135.88/cwt	135.00–138.00	803	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	154.52/cwt	142.00–168.00	833	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	590	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	841	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	168.08/cwt	168.00–169.00	965	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	196.50/cwt	196.00–197.50	731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	158.42/cwt	157.50–160.00	912	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	513	166.41/cwt	153.50–169.00	854	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	157.28/cwt	155.00–157.75	956	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	184.59/cwt	179.00–185.00	890	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	147.98/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,081	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	141.12/cwt	140.50–141.25	1,143	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	151.30/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,012	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	912	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	489	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	831	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	192.07/cwt	188.00–192.50	787	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	992	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	680	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,013	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	172.52/cwt	167.00–180.00	890	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	691	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	137.04/cwt	135.00–144.50	785	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	573	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	153.59/cwt	149.50–155.25	745	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	157.14/cwt	155.00–158.50	655	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	153.48/cwt	150.00–157.00	588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	885	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	999	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,008	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	131.62/cwt	124.50–135.25	744	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	146.98/cwt	142.50–148.50	758	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	136.00/cwt	135.75–136.50	900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,014	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	829	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	742	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	904	9

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 Sep 23, 2020

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

Receipts 505Last week 783Year ago 805

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	591	135.00–138.00	135.88
2	—	755	128.00	128.00
3	—	500	138.00	138.00
3	—	648	128.00	128.00
5	—	479	155.00	155.00
9	—	747	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	539	142.00–168.00	154.52
13	—	576	157.50–160.00	158.42
2	—	705	130.00	130.00
3	—	868	124.50	124.50
4	—	629	145.00	145.00
7	—	661	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	590	142.50	142.50
19	—	513	153.50–169.00	166.41
7	—	489	170.00	170.00
7	—	680	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	574	168.00–169.00	168.08
3	—	372	196.00–197.50	196.50
27	—	608	155.00–157.75	157.28
4	—	325	203.00	203.00
28	—	482	179.00–185.00	184.59
4	—	710	145.00–151.00	147.98
40	—	810	140.50–141.25	141.12
6	—	669	148.00–156.00	151.30
11	—	410	188.00–192.50	192.07
12	—	516	167.00–180.00	172.52
2	—	758	143.50	143.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	515	134.25	134.25
2	—	473	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	573	135.00–144.50	137.04
14	—	485	149.50–155.25	153.59
2	—	343	164.00	164.00
18	—	417	155.00–158.50	157.14
2	—	383	150.00–157.00	153.48
26	—	739	135.25	135.25
5	—	810	124.50	124.50
41	—	516	142.50–148.50	146.98
6	—	662	135.75–136.50	136.00
7	—	780	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	129.00	129.00
4	—	634	130.50	130.50
6	—	794	111.50	111.50
9	—	565	124.50–135.25	131.62

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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