Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder Heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. The highlight of the sale consisted of 4 loads of 789 lbs Steers at 139.25 and 2 loads of 714 lbs Heifers at 132.85. Supply moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.69/cwt on 579 head.

Average price

$146.69

579 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$188

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

$6.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.91

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	151.52	856	121
Medium and Large 1	718	145.42	1,044	458

One grade step is worth $6.10/cwt here — about −$188 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 sale579 hd

146.69

—

MO average18 barns · 8,003 hd

147.60

−0.91

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	758	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	156.37/cwt	154.00–157.50	615	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	168.68/cwt	168.50–169.00	545	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	139.93/cwt	137.00–144.50	778	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	154.69/cwt	153.50–160.00	651	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	125.84/cwt	125.00–127.00	963	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	865	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	141.50/cwt	141.00–141.75	870	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	941	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	175.98/cwt	170.50–179.50	736	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	156.97/cwt	156.25–157.50	852	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	128.10/cwt	127.00–128.35	774	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	150.06/cwt	147.00–150.75	695	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,044	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	147.96/cwt	147.00–149.00	895	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	141.04/cwt	137.50–144.00	666	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	138.78/cwt	137.25–142.00	730	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	133.58/cwt	130.00–135.00	808	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	143.46/cwt	140.00–145.25	974	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	670	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	920	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	149.65/cwt	145.00–157.00	796	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	132.85/cwt	132.85–132.85	949	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	130.38/cwt	125.50–135.00	884	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	160.02/cwt	155.00–165.00	904	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	138.81/cwt	134.00–139.25	1,090	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,124	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	176.05/cwt	170.50–181.00	849	16

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 May 5, 2021

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

Receipts 1,401Last week 1,808Year ago 1,239

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	438	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	393	154.00–157.50	156.37
11	—	323	168.50–169.00	168.68
18	—	556	137.00–144.50	139.93
26	—	421	153.50–160.00	154.69
26	—	765	125.00–127.00	125.84
50	—	463	147.00–150.75	150.06
80	—	605	130.00–135.00	133.58
54	—	532	145.00–157.00	149.65
158	—	714	132.85	132.85
33	—	678	125.50–135.00	130.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	604	127.00–128.35	128.10
8	—	390	148.50	148.50
21	—	472	137.50–144.00	141.04
34	—	526	137.25–142.00	138.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	515	168.00	168.00
19	—	742	140.75	140.75
23	—	605	147.00–149.00	147.96
44	—	679	140.00–145.25	143.46
11	—	440	191.00	191.00
37	—	565	155.00–165.00	160.02
3	—	345	210.00	210.00
5	—	390	190.00	190.00
282	—	785	134.00–139.25	138.81
12	—	822	136.75	136.75
16	—	482	170.50–181.00	176.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	615	141.00–141.75	141.50
6	—	692	136.00	136.00
15	—	418	170.50–179.50	175.98
33	—	543	156.25–157.50	156.97
7	—	383	175.00	175.00
13	—	708	130.00	130.00
5	—	454	168.00	168.00

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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