Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-03-27

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-27

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Mar 27

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512

← Mar 20Mar 27Apr 3 →

Receipts

2,681 head

▲ 836 vs last sale 1,845▲ 1,060 vs year ago 1,621 · +65.4%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, feeder steers weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady, with 500-650 lb steers selling 2.00-5.00 higher, 650-800 lbs sold steady to firm and 800-850 lbs trading steady to 3.00 lower with several consignments carrying more flesh than last week. Feeder heifers weighing 400-750 lbs sold firm to 5.00 higher with spots 7.00 higher on the 400-550 lb heifers. Demand was good with supply moderate to heavy. A very active market on steer calves weighing 500-650 lbs and heifers weighing 400-650 lbs going to grass and many selling with good weighing conditions.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.07/cwt on 1,265 head.

Average price

$160.07

1,265 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,078

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$527

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$50.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.24

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	690	160.95	1,110	1,037
Medium and Large 1-2	603	157.31	948	222
Medium 2	530	110.00	583	6thin

One grade step is worth $50.95/cwt here — about $527 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 sale1,265 hd

160.07

—

MO average6 barns · 7,238 hd

160.31

−0.24

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

70 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	565	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	204.06/cwt	203.00–205.00	743	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	627	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	406	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	792	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	185.69/cwt	185.50–186.00	798	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	173.37/cwt	170.00–185.00	801	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	189.96/cwt	183.00–199.00	912	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	485	208.60/cwt	206.00–209.00	1,012	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	522	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	809	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	523	202.62/cwt	198.00–208.00	1,060	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	187.75/cwt	182.00–195.00	986	44
Steers	—	Medium 2	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	554	190.50/cwt	189.00–192.00	1,055	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	556	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,095	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	179.18/cwt	176.00–184.00	1,028	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	165.89/cwt	165.25–170.00	979	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	170.81/cwt	165.00–176.00	1,076	115
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	633	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,139	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	159.89/cwt	159.25–161.00	1,012	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	161.16/cwt	158.75–163.50	1,067	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	151.87/cwt	151.25–153.00	1,034	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	146.70/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,058	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	156.21/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,128	196
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,013	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	779	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,067	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	145.71/cwt	142.00–152.25	1,155	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	130.97/cwt	127.25–132.00	1,071	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	137.04/cwt	134.60–144.75	1,125	198
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	843	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,117	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	845	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,014	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	303	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	539	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	159.16/cwt	157.50–161.00	505	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	158.70/cwt	150.50–162.00	586	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	628	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	424	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	731	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	163.98/cwt	160.50–169.00	707	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	774	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	653	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	156.81/cwt	154.00–158.00	743	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	159.56/cwt	154.25–163.00	811	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	147.24/cwt	145.00–150.50	758	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	521	168.75/cwt	168.00–169.50	879	26
Heifers	—	Medium 1Fleshy	535	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	736	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	154.11/cwt	148.50–159.25	855	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	143.55/cwt	142.25–145.00	838	27
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Fleshy	587	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	704	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	619	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	774	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	148.67/cwt	146.00–154.00	926	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	133.05/cwt	130.00–140.00	830	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	628	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	816	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	638	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	798	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	149.97/cwt	145.00–150.75	999	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	671	126.62/cwt	125.00–127.00	850	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	132.04/cwt	130.00–139.00	887	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	140.62/cwt	133.00–145.50	1,003	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	914	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	128.37/cwt	126.85–129.00	1,000	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	818	115.87/cwt	110.00–118.25	948	49
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	758	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	459	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	606	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	154.97/cwt	153.00–157.00	725	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	529	163.78/cwt	163.00–165.00	866	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	860	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	571	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	908	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	147.73/cwt	146.00–150.00	852	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	660	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	957	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	132.01/cwt	129.00–132.75	915	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	894	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	734	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	962	15

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 27, 2019

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

Receipts 2,681Last week 1,845Year ago 1,621

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	438	173.00	173.00
15	—	693	129.00–132.75	132.01
3	—	548	157.00	157.00
10	—	721	124.00	124.00
9	—	577	146.00–150.00	147.73
8	—	468	153.00–157.00	154.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	529	163.00–165.00	163.78
11	—	660	145.00	145.00
15	—	734	131.00	131.00
4	—	571	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	459	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	125.00	125.00
32	—	671	125.00–127.00	126.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	628	130.00	130.00
49	—	818	110.00–118.25	115.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	303	178.00	178.00
23	—	431	160.50–169.00	163.98
27	—	508	154.25–163.00	159.56
28	—	474	154.00–158.00	156.81
108	—	713	133.00–145.50	140.62
110	—	555	148.50–159.25	154.11
45	—	623	146.00–154.00	148.67
66	—	779	126.85–129.00	128.37
128	—	666	145.00–150.75	149.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	317	157.50–161.00	159.16
6	—	736	124.25	124.25
10	—	515	145.00–150.50	147.24
58	—	672	130.00–139.00	132.04
72	—	624	130.00–140.00	133.05
27	—	584	142.25–145.00	143.55
3	—	423	148.50	148.50
3	—	450	145.00	145.00
16	—	369	150.50–162.00	158.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	587	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	619	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	521	168.00–169.50	168.75
11	—	424	172.50	172.50
13	—	450	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	556	197.00	197.00
21	—	633	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	750	135.00	135.00
9	—	725	135.00	135.00
3	—	522	155.00	155.00
4	—	845	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	843	132.50	132.50
27	—	779	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	525	182.00–195.00	187.75
198	—	821	134.60–144.75	137.04
8	—	406	195.00	195.00
15	—	364	203.00–205.00	204.06
115	—	630	165.00–176.00	170.81
196	—	722	150.00–161.00	156.21
46	—	480	183.00–199.00	189.96
83	—	662	158.75–163.50	161.16
101	—	793	142.00–152.25	145.71
22	—	574	176.00–184.00	179.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	681	151.25–153.00	151.87
12	—	369	170.00	170.00
14	—	633	159.25–161.00	159.89
30	—	818	127.25–132.00	130.97
33	—	590	165.25–170.00	165.89
21	—	721	140.00–149.00	146.70
57	—	462	170.00–185.00	173.37
4	—	323	175.00	175.00
10	—	430	185.50–186.00	185.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	485	206.00–209.00	208.60
50	—	523	198.00–208.00	202.62
16	—	554	189.00–192.00	190.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	110.00	110.00

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.