Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2021-03-17

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Mar 17
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
440 head
1,555 vs last sale 1,995 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough steers and heifers on offer this week for a price comparison, however a lower undertone noted. Several inches of rainfall in the immediate trade area since the weekend limited receipts today. Demand was moderate on very light supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.71/cwt on 233 head.
Average price
$137.71
233 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.07
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635139.73887170
Medium and Large 1-2555132.2673563
One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about $152 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 sale233 hd
137.71
MO average16 barns · 8,720 hd
136.65
+1.07
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

33 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 1-2483141.25/cwt141.25–141.2568211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2389151.50/cwt151.50–151.505897
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy711108.50/cwt108.50–108.507715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned425139.50/cwt139.50–139.505933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned483137.50/cwt137.50–137.506643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518135.00/cwt135.00–135.0069910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677122.25/cwt114.00–128.0082812
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned533149.46/cwt149.25–150.0079710
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned469135.50/cwt135.50–135.506357
SteersMedium and Large 1-2835116.00/cwt116.00–116.009692
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned663143.00/cwt143.00–143.009485
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned440170.00/cwt170.00–170.007484
SteersMedium and Large 1729142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,03975
SteersMedium and Large 1515167.50/cwt167.50–167.508633
SteersMedium and Large 1315184.00/cwt184.00–184.005801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590150.25/cwt150.25–150.2588613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned613136.50/cwt136.50–136.508378
SteersMedium and Large 1-2398178.00/cwt178.00–178.007086
HeifersMedium and Large 1594143.00/cwt143.00–143.0084983
BullsMedium and Large 1-2712115.00/cwt115.00–115.008193
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2883110.00/cwt110.00–110.009715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2723113.01/cwt112.00–116.008178
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680137.00/cwt137.00–137.0093212
HeifersMedium and Large 1623130.00/cwt130.00–130.008102
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned315162.00/cwt162.00–162.005102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572129.58/cwt127.50–131.257419
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned592150.50/cwt150.50–150.508913
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned420164.00/cwt164.00–164.006895
HeifersMedium and Large 1679138.50/cwt138.50–138.5094074
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy960107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0274
SteersMedium 1-2Fleshy1,012110.25/cwt110.25–110.251,1167
SteersMedium 1-2Fleshy86899.25/cwt99.25–99.258619

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.