Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2021-02-10

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Feb 10
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
419 head
2,054 vs last sale 2,473 1,690 vs year ago 2,109 · 80.1%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough on offer for a trend this week, however a firm undertone noted on the 6-weight heifers and 7-weight steers. Demand was moderate to good. Supply was light with a few attractive groups in the mix. Bitter cold gripped the region starting late last week and expected to be in the area for another week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.60/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$136.60
231 head · 631 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.02
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639137.90881216
Medium and Large 1-2425136.505804thin
Medium and Large 2540111.0059911thin
One grade step is worth $26.90/cwt here — about $282 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 sale231 hd
136.60
MO average11 barns · 4,423 hd
134.58
+2.02
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

23 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1689134.61/cwt132.50–139.0092780
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy599149.00/cwt149.00–149.0089337
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy592130.00/cwt130.00–130.007703
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy858100.00/cwt100.00–100.008583
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy869117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,01718
HeifersMedium and Large 1625133.00/cwt133.00–133.008315
HeifersMedium and Large 1556138.25/cwt138.25–138.2576910
SteersMedium and Large 1628149.49/cwt149.00–150.2593910
HeifersMedium and Large 1709132.75/cwt132.75–132.7594136
SteersMedium and Large 1516157.50/cwt157.50–157.508134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520147.00/cwt147.00–147.007645
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565148.30/cwt145.00–150.508385
SteersMedium and Large 1690137.54/cwt137.00–140.0094916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2653127.00/cwt127.00–127.008295
HeifersMedium and Large 1528142.59/cwt132.00–146.7575342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2605147.00/cwt147.00–147.008892
SteersMedium and Large 1580152.75/cwt152.75–152.7588617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705127.00/cwt127.00–127.008956
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380143.00/cwt143.00–143.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 2540111.00/cwt111.00–111.0059911
SteersMedium and Large 1728140.93/cwt136.50–145.001,02674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800121.00/cwt121.00–121.009684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006112

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.