Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two week ago, Feeder Steers 450 - 650 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 650 - 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower and above 700 lbs a weak undertone noted. Feeder Heifers 450 - 700 lbs sold 1.00 - 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.56/cwt on 837 head.

Average price

$132.56

837 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$26.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.27

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	138.10	802	660
Medium and Large 1-2	685	111.90	766	177

One grade step is worth $26.20/cwt here — about $36 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 sale837 hd

132.56

—

MO average15 barns · 12,194 hd

132.29

+0.27

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

59 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	—	322	164.35/cwt	158.00–169.00	529	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	879	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	161.05/cwt	154.00–167.00	702	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	804	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	175.95/cwt	166.00–185.00	841	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	171.50/cwt	165.00–175.00	887	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	116.90/cwt	116.00–119.00	784	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	999	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	791	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	791	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	135.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	990	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	159.94/cwt	155.50–172.00	598	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	134.69/cwt	132.50–138.00	707	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	751	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	177.37/cwt	175.00–179.00	692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	461	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	154.29/cwt	148.00–160.00	943	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	913	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	183.45/cwt	175.00–190.00	774	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	145.83/cwt	138.50–152.00	986	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	133.20/cwt	130.00–138.00	766	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	446	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	672	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	502	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	392	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	598	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	144.49/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,091	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	687	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	841	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	607	129.45/cwt	129.00–129.75	786	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	878	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	994	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	979	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	116.96/cwt	114.00–119.00	715	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	150.77/cwt	147.50–153.00	882	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	121.29/cwt	120.00–128.00	694	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	134.57/cwt	130.00–140.00	829	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	126.58/cwt	120.00–130.00	657	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	856	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	160.98/cwt	156.00–171.00	922	77
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	557	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	836	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	837	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	130.47/cwt	126.00–134.25	869	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	753	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	866	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	161.78/cwt	160.00–166.00	699	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	643	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	804	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	941	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	136.32/cwt	135.00–139.50	643	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	894	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	682	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	470	116.49/cwt	116.00–117.00	548	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	115.32/cwt	113.00–120.00	844	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	434	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	733	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	139.06/cwt	133.00–144.75	733	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	148.71/cwt	146.00–150.50	680	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	343	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	133.22/cwt	130.00–134.25	835	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	752	108.25/cwt	108.25–108.25	814	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	671	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	133.54/cwt	126.00–138.25	876	44

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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Receipts 2,150Last week 2,732Year ago 2,127

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	322	158.00–169.00	164.35
28	—	436	154.00–167.00	161.05
83	—	729	137.00	137.00
30	—	374	155.50–172.00	159.94
108	—	575	130.00–138.00	133.20
102	—	527	133.00–144.75	139.06
10	—	457	146.00–150.50	148.71
130	—	627	130.00–134.25	133.22
44	—	656	126.00–138.25	133.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	566	142.00	142.00
18	—	525	132.50–138.00	134.69
6	—	626	120.00	120.00
22	—	446	150.75	150.75
10	—	392	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	671	116.00–119.00	116.90
10	—	611	114.00–119.00	116.96
27	—	572	120.00–128.00	121.29
9	—	519	120.00–130.00	126.58
22	—	869	98.50	98.50
6	—	834	97.50	97.50
18	—	472	135.00–139.50	136.32
7	—	774	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	791	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	687	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	684	123.00	123.00
10	—	607	129.00–129.75	129.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	470	116.00–117.00	116.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	752	108.25	108.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	568	154.75	154.75
4	—	461	151.50	151.50
11	—	616	148.25	148.25
5	—	502	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	478	166.00–185.00	175.95
31	—	517	165.00–175.00	171.50
48	—	733	130.00–140.00	135.07
5	—	390	175.00–179.00	177.37
116	—	611	148.00–160.00	154.29
9	—	422	175.00–190.00	183.45
143	—	676	138.50–152.00	145.83
55	—	755	144.00–147.00	144.49
77	—	573	156.00–171.00	160.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	154.00	154.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	994	98.50	98.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	585	147.50–153.00	150.77
11	—	616	130.00–140.00	134.57
31	—	666	126.00–134.25	130.47
14	—	432	160.00–166.00	161.78
31	—	852	110.50	110.50
14	—	487	140.00	140.00
65	—	732	113.00–120.00	115.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	313	175.00	175.00
7	—	599	139.75	139.75
4	—	416	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	557	150.00	150.00
5	—	753	115.00	115.00
10	—	643	125.00	125.00
10	—	434	169.00	169.00
9	—	343	160.00	160.00
6	—	671	128.50	128.50

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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