Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison as the last tested market was three weeks ago., however a sharply higher undertone was noted. The immediate trading area has come out of the deep freeze from the past two weeks. Demand was good to very good as buyers were ready to get back to business after two weeks of limited sales. The highlight of the sale today was a load of 725 lb steers selling at 157.25 and their sisters; a package of replacement quality 716 lb heifers selling at 146.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.97/cwt on 1,209 head.

Average price

$152.97

1,209 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$992

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$28.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.47

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	155.28	1,009	978
Medium and Large 1-2	644	145.00	934	194
Medium 1-2	587	142.81	838	16thin
Medium and Large 2	680	126.38	860	21

One grade step is worth $28.90/cwt here — about $149 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 sale1,209 hd

152.97

—

MO average15 barns · 13,472 hd

149.49

+3.47

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

76 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 1Fleshy	—	707	129.92/cwt	129.50–130.00	919	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	134.78/cwt	133.25–139.00	911	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	285	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	469	137.12/cwt	130.00–142.00	643	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	943	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	943	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	122.61/cwt	114.00–130.00	830	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	141.36/cwt	134.25–150.75	804	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	136.79/cwt	129.00–139.00	978	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	153.99/cwt	151.50–157.50	718	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	150.44/cwt	142.50–156.00	782	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	165.39/cwt	155.00–173.00	640	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	140.33/cwt	137.00–144.50	890	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	134.17/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,114	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	174.36/cwt	162.00–183.00	921	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	143.75/cwt	138.00–152.00	963	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	155.85/cwt	151.00–160.00	670	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	975	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	175.24/cwt	171.00–179.00	580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	514	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	694	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	508	159.64/cwt	158.00–161.50	811	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	178.94/cwt	170.00–190.00	854	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	713	141.81/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,011	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	147.21/cwt	141.50–152.25	1,079	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	162.37/cwt	155.00–173.50	927	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	519	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	996	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	155.59/cwt	149.00–160.25	960	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	712	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	620	144.85/cwt	144.50–146.00	898	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	179.56/cwt	173.00–190.00	770	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	143.22/cwt	137.25–148.75	1,094	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	559	154.46/cwt	152.25–158.50	863	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	725	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,140	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	626	163.82/cwt	163.00–164.00	1,026	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	557	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,003	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	611	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	855	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	568	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	824	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	696	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	905	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	743	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	126.69/cwt	121.25–131.00	854	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	581	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	867	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	134.52/cwt	133.50–135.25	764	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	170.87/cwt	165.00–174.50	728	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	971	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	629	145.87/cwt	145.50–146.25	918	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	525	157.97/cwt	155.25–160.75	829	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	160.49/cwt	154.00–167.75	827	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	141.59/cwt	129.00–149.75	1,025	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	139.40/cwt	131.00–145.50	934	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	849	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	119.22/cwt	115.00–121.00	860	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	160.91/cwt	160.00–167.75	787	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	126.29/cwt	122.00–128.50	1,037	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	153.90/cwt	150.00–157.00	903	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	140.04/cwt	136.50–148.00	895	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	864	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	130.97/cwt	129.00–131.25	826	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	149.38/cwt	145.50–150.75	838	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	149.63/cwt	140.00–156.00	771	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	759	127.67/cwt	124.00–129.00	969	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	848	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	975	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	867	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,110	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	676	128.37/cwt	127.00–130.00	868	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	430	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	702	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	488	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	803	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	729	119.42/cwt	118.00–122.50	871	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	780	120.39/cwt	116.00–122.00	939	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	581	128.60/cwt	120.00–134.00	747	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	784	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	980	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	125.73/cwt	124.00–128.00	791	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	155.35/cwt	155.00–155.50	895	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	818	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	990	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.

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Receipts 2,217Last week 419Year ago 884

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	707	129.50–130.00	129.92
11	—	867	128.00	128.00
11	—	676	127.00–130.00	128.37
5	—	784	125.00	125.00
10	—	576	155.00–155.50	155.35
5	—	818	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	830	133.00–135.00	134.17
84	—	528	162.00–183.00	174.36
83	—	670	138.00–152.00	143.75
47	—	477	170.00–190.00	178.94
203	—	733	141.50–152.25	147.21
65	—	571	155.00–173.50	162.37
181	—	617	149.00–160.25	155.59
4	—	374	190.50	190.50
2	—	318	205.00	205.00
26	—	429	173.00–190.00	179.56
78	—	764	137.25–148.75	143.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	519	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	725	157.25	157.25
33	—	626	163.00–164.00	163.82
14	—	557	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	611	140.00	140.00
9	—	568	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	696	130.00	130.00
8	—	559	133.00	133.00
5	—	849	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	426	165.00–174.50	170.87
34	—	515	154.00–167.75	160.49
41	—	724	129.00–149.75	141.59
41	—	670	131.00–145.50	139.40
16	—	489	160.00–167.75	160.91
12	—	821	122.00–128.50	126.29
9	—	587	150.00–157.00	153.90
13	—	639	136.50–148.00	140.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	759	124.00–129.00	127.67
5	—	848	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	676	133.25–139.00	134.78
96	—	569	134.25–150.75	141.36
61	—	715	129.00–139.00	136.79
32	—	466	151.50–157.50	153.99
30	—	520	142.50–156.00	150.44
14	—	387	155.00–173.00	165.39
60	—	634	137.00–144.50	140.33
32	—	430	151.00–160.00	155.85
9	—	771	126.50	126.50
4	—	331	171.00–179.00	175.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	469	130.00–142.00	137.12
8	—	943	100.00	100.00
8	—	677	114.00–130.00	122.61
13	—	729	118.00–122.50	119.42
11	—	780	116.00–122.00	120.39
24	—	581	120.00–134.00	128.60
15	—	629	124.00–128.00	125.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	514	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	508	158.00–161.50	159.64
21	—	620	144.50–146.00	144.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	713	140.00–146.00	141.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	559	152.25–158.50	154.46
43	—	629	145.50–146.25	145.87
27	—	525	155.25–160.75	157.97
12	—	430	163.25	163.25
7	—	488	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	674	121.25–131.00	126.69
22	—	568	133.50–135.25	134.52
4	—	883	110.00	110.00
3	—	427	151.00	151.00
7	—	721	115.00–121.00	119.22
28	—	631	129.00–131.25	130.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	581	149.25	149.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	285	200.00	200.00
2	—	418	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	707	123.00	123.00
4	—	624	138.50	138.50
14	—	561	145.50–150.75	149.38
5	—	515	140.00–156.00	149.63
3	—	427	167.00	167.00

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