Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder Heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Moderate supply and demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.67/cwt on 640 head.

Average price

$161.67

640 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$12.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.06

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	164.16	951	513
Medium and Large 1-2	587	151.61	889	127

One grade step is worth $12.55/cwt here — about $62 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 sale640 hd

161.67

—

MO average16 barns · 8,134 hd

150.62

+11.06

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

47 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	501	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	814	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	410	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	693	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	152.26/cwt	150.00–154.75	956	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	142.14/cwt	140.00–145.50	1,048	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	164.16/cwt	155.00–168.00	691	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	195.97/cwt	193.00–199.00	821	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	154.01/cwt	148.75–157.00	805	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	828	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,068	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	150.61/cwt	147.00–152.50	839	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	164.58/cwt	156.25–170.00	946	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	138.36/cwt	136.00–141.00	858	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	685	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	140.44/cwt	135.50–141.75	921	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	179.74/cwt	170.50–185.00	870	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	136.07/cwt	130.00–140.50	785	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	173.55/cwt	169.00–181.00	918	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	144.88/cwt	142.00–146.00	972	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	129.15/cwt	124.00–130.00	821	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	561	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	141.09/cwt	138.00–145.00	892	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	147.05/cwt	142.50–150.00	637	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	143.54/cwt	140.00–149.50	738	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	996	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	761	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	605	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	503	140.14/cwt	136.00–142.00	705	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	163.60/cwt	160.00–165.00	877	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	995	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	152.24/cwt	150.50–154.00	720	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	126.61/cwt	124.50–129.50	784	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	154.80/cwt	154.50–155.00	907	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	142.05/cwt	140.25–145.00	742	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	164.30/cwt	157.50–170.00	772	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	135.42/cwt	133.50–138.00	802	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	874	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	155.37/cwt	152.00–158.00	740	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	516	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	731	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	731	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	333	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	513	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	165.04/cwt	160.00–168.00	617	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	145.28/cwt	140.00–148.00	705	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,108	63.25/cwt	63.25–63.25	701	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	458	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	875	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	369	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	741	3

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 Apr 28, 2021

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

Receipts 1,808Last week 1,192Year ago 1,948

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder Heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Moderate supply and demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	167.00	167.00
9	—	501	162.50	162.50
3	—	437	169.50	169.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	415	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	514	140.00–149.50	143.54
8	—	473	150.50–154.00	152.24
7	—	619	124.50–129.50	126.61
7	—	592	133.50–138.00	135.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	516	141.75	141.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	410	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	421	155.00–168.00	164.16
64	—	523	148.75–157.00	154.01
47	—	557	147.00–152.50	150.61
46	—	620	136.00–141.00	138.36
78	—	656	135.50–141.75	140.44
7	—	344	176.00	176.00
64	—	476	152.00–158.00	155.37
27	—	374	160.00–168.00	165.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	828	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	577	130.00–140.50	136.07
7	—	675	125.00	125.00
23	—	636	124.00–130.00	129.15
5	—	374	150.00	150.00
18	—	433	142.50–150.00	147.05
21	—	522	140.25–145.00	142.05
24	—	750	116.50	116.50
18	—	485	140.00–148.00	145.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	503	136.00–142.00	140.14
4	—	333	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	369	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	628	150.00–154.75	152.26
74	—	737	140.00–145.50	142.14
19	—	419	193.00–199.00	195.97
138	—	575	156.25–170.00	164.58
85	—	484	170.50–185.00	179.74
76	—	529	169.00–181.00	173.55
53	—	671	142.00–146.00	144.88
13	—	379	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	632	138.00–145.00	141.09
21	—	803	124.00	124.00
8	—	430	177.00	177.00
14	—	536	160.00–165.00	163.60
11	—	725	137.25	137.25
10	—	586	154.50–155.00	154.80
43	—	470	157.50–170.00	164.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	458	191.00	191.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,108	63.25	63.25

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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