Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers 450-600 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower, 600-700 lbs sold steady and 700-750 lbs sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder Heifers 400-600 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, all other weights not enough comparison for an accurate market trend, weak undertone noted. Demand moderate to good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.40/cwt on 706 head.

Average price

$151.40

706 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$12.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.91

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	153.09	941	607
Medium and Large 1-2	595	141.08	840	99

One grade step is worth $12.00/cwt here — about $101 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 sale706 hd

151.40

—

MO average17 barns · 11,268 hd

147.49

+3.91

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	580	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	972	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	586	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	129.39/cwt	129.00–129.50	818	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	790	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	176.14/cwt	173.50–180.00	835	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	132.46/cwt	130.00–137.50	680	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	942	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	144.79/cwt	140.00–151.50	699	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	156.34/cwt	154.00–158.50	658	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	411	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	836	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	563	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	760	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	155.35/cwt	151.25–162.00	912	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	134.57/cwt	130.00–139.50	974	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	138.80/cwt	135.00–145.50	948	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	173.27/cwt	165.00–179.00	899	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	154.10/cwt	150.00–159.00	949	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	136.33/cwt	133.25–142.50	792	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	926	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	839	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	155.95/cwt	154.00–158.00	650	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	851	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	125.07/cwt	125.00–125.25	658	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	126.55/cwt	120.00–135.00	614	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	585	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	813	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	460	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	149.09/cwt	144.00–154.00	807	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	131.72/cwt	130.00–134.00	904	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	890	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	812	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	671	109.03/cwt	108.50–110.00	732	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	620	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	767	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	501	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	113.85/cwt	110.00–117.50	730	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	110.25/cwt	110.00–110.50	859	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	840	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	738	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	826	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,039	5

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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 1,528Last week 2,255Year ago 1,090

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	580	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	449	176.00	176.00
25	—	474	173.50–180.00	176.14
117	—	587	151.25–162.00	155.35
118	—	724	130.00–139.50	134.57
79	—	683	135.00–145.50	138.80
97	—	519	165.00–179.00	173.27
131	—	616	150.00–159.00	154.10
5	—	804	129.25	129.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	606	155.50	155.50
6	—	411	173.50	173.50
5	—	508	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	380	169.00	169.00
24	—	541	144.00–154.00	149.09
23	—	686	130.00–134.00	131.72
20	—	636	140.00	140.00
10	—	586	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	620	123.75	123.75
7	—	501	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	586	147.25	147.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	632	129.00–129.50	129.39
59	—	513	130.00–137.50	132.46
41	—	483	140.00–151.50	144.79
62	—	581	133.25–142.50	136.33
21	—	750	123.50	123.50
3	—	382	168.00	168.00
11	—	653	128.50	128.50
32	—	417	154.00–158.00	155.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	421	154.00–158.50	156.34
12	—	563	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	110.00	110.00
7	—	727	117.00	117.00
14	—	526	125.00–125.25	125.07
6	—	310	147.00	147.00
27	—	485	120.00–135.00	126.55
32	—	641	110.00–117.50	113.85
10	—	779	110.00–110.50	110.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	671	108.50–110.00	109.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	585	139.00	139.00
4	—	460	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	672	125.00	125.00
5	—	738	100.00	100.00
4	—	834	99.00	99.00
4	—	540	150.00	150.00

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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