Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough steers and heifers on offer to establish a market trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.79/cwt on 153 head.

Average price

$140.79

153 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$2.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.90

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	141.56	767	106
Medium and Large 1-2	525	139.07	730	47

One grade step is worth $2.49/cwt here — about $37 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 sale153 hd

140.79

—

MO average15 barns · 5,378 hd

134.90

+5.90

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

46 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 1	—	402	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	175.75/cwt	175.75–175.75	898	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	392	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	749	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	308	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	479	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	149.77/cwt	139.00–156.00	759	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	122.51/cwt	122.00–123.00	771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	688	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	762	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	890	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	835	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	906	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	870	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	957	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	146.11/cwt	142.00–149.00	751	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	350	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	593	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	972	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	157.63/cwt	150.00–162.50	615	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	115.50/cwt	112.00–119.00	824	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	142.92/cwt	140.00–155.50	759	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	131.72/cwt	120.00–139.00	702	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	134.26/cwt	127.50–142.00	761	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	179.10/cwt	174.00–181.25	747	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	155.38/cwt	150.00–165.00	598	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	402	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	141.82/cwt	130.00–158.00	804	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	118.67/cwt	114.00–123.50	862	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	173.87/cwt	171.00–179.00	643	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	162.16/cwt	161.50–163.50	785	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	141.10/cwt	137.00–145.50	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	401	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	640	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	142.79/cwt	138.50–143.50	810	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	398	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	876	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	138.64/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,002	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	824	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	652	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	342	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	148.69/cwt	146.00–149.50	922	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	149.29/cwt	145.00–150.00	702	15

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 12, 2021

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

Receipts 411Last week 1,401Year ago 1,181

Not enough steers and heifers on offer to establish a market trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	402	184.50	184.50
5	—	544	163.00	163.00
4	—	565	163.00	163.00
11	—	723	137.00–140.00	138.64
11	—	486	169.50	169.50
41	—	620	146.00–149.50	148.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	511	175.75	175.75
7	—	392	191.00	191.00
3	—	342	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	870	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	182.00	182.00
2	—	618	135.00	135.00
7	—	417	174.00–181.25	179.10
8	—	370	171.00–179.00	173.87
11	—	484	161.50–163.50	162.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	402	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	308	155.50	155.50
14	—	507	139.00–156.00	149.77
11	—	433	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	629	122.00–123.00	122.51
3	—	688	125.00	125.00
8	—	762	116.75	116.75
5	—	835	108.50	108.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	514	142.00–149.00	146.11
7	—	385	150.00–165.00	155.38
14	—	567	138.50–143.50	142.79
12	—	649	135.00	135.00
15	—	470	145.00–150.00	149.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	350	169.50	169.50
7	—	401	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	533	120.00–139.00	131.72
15	—	567	127.50–142.00	134.26
4	—	726	114.00–123.50	118.67
5	—	431	137.00–145.50	141.10
2	—	630	125.00–129.00	126.98
2	—	680	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	121.50	121.50
3	—	797	122.00	122.00
5	—	390	150.00–162.50	157.63
6	—	713	112.00–119.00	115.50
4	—	680	112.50	112.50
10	—	531	140.00–155.50	142.92
16	—	567	130.00–158.00	141.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	168.00	168.00
2	—	398	187.50	187.50

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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