Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-04-03

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-03

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Apr 3

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512

← Mar 27Apr 3Apr 10 →

Receipts

2,364 head

▼ 317 vs last sale 2,681▲ 1,395 vs year ago 969 · +144.0%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, instances 5.00 to 7.00 higher on the exceptional quality offerings suitable for grass. Steers over 700 lbs sold steady to weak. Heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher except for 650-700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Several groups of good grazing cattle today with a few fall new crop fall calves starting to show up at market.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.26/cwt on 1,027 head.

Average price

$145.26

1,027 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$4.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.85

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	145.83	884	885
Medium and Large 1-2	533	141.69	755	142

One grade step is worth $4.14/cwt here — about $129 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 sale1,027 hd

145.26

—

MO average7 barns · 6,158 hd

143.40

+1.85

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

Every lot

86 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	289	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	614	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	207.54/cwt	197.00–215.00	785	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	410	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	861	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	789	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	773	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	437	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	913	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	444	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	755	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	174.98/cwt	172.00–180.00	826	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	196.28/cwt	188.00–200.00	936	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	491	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,041	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	509	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,028	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	511	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,073	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	176.98/cwt	176.00–178.00	911	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	185.06/cwt	181.00–190.00	975	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	168.86/cwt	163.50–172.00	964	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	183.24/cwt	175.00–188.50	1,048	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	577	195.25/cwt	195.25–195.25	1,127	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	589	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	984	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	604	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,117	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	160.26/cwt	150.00–163.00	981	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	171.26/cwt	167.50–177.00	1,055	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	621	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	963	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	652	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,128	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	167.40/cwt	153.00–171.25	1,107	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	151.92/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,012	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	146.37/cwt	145.00–150.00	997	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	687	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,168	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	143.18/cwt	137.00–146.50	1,028	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	153.59/cwt	150.25–159.50	1,104	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	145.25/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,116	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	802	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	978	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	808	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,058	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	139.35/cwt	135.50–143.25	1,143	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	839	126.65/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,063	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,168	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	929	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	1,145	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	493	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	172.51/cwt	159.00–175.00	587	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	346	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	519	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	167.44/cwt	160.00–180.00	623	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	141.43/cwt	140.00–147.00	545	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	413	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	731	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	145.19/cwt	140.00–152.50	603	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	164.17/cwt	159.00–169.50	704	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	161.30/cwt	152.50–168.00	758	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	474	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	819	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	474	170.99/cwt	167.00–173.75	810	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	142.71/cwt	140.00–148.00	684	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	480	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	727	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	147.74/cwt	143.50–149.50	773	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	156.05/cwt	152.00–167.00	818	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	762	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	150.24/cwt	149.75–153.00	838	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	146.11/cwt	144.50–147.50	845	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	584	138.12/cwt	132.00–147.00	807	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	151.58/cwt	145.00–155.50	928	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	132.59/cwt	127.00–135.50	815	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	625	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,009	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	625	135.74/cwt	133.00–137.50	848	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	138.85/cwt	134.00–144.00	914	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	918	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	683	123.41/cwt	115.00–132.50	843	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	711	124.68/cwt	115.00–129.75	886	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	139.66/cwt	131.00–147.75	1,004	160
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	929	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,063	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	782	121.58/cwt	119.50–123.00	951	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,038	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	852	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,018	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	894	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	903	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	315	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	583	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	613	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	396	202.37/cwt	200.00–206.00	801	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	150.41/cwt	146.50–165.00	633	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	434	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	820	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	452	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	719	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	177.61/cwt	174.00–183.50	849	40
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	147.25/cwt	141.00–163.00	777	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	895	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	538	170.97/cwt	159.00–175.00	920	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	704	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	835	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	595	164.88/cwt	156.00–170.00	981	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	141.89/cwt	138.00–148.00	902	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	909	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	961	5

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 Apr 3, 2019

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

Receipts 2,364Last week 2,681Year ago 969

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	415	140.00–152.50	145.19
4	—	333	148.00	148.00
18	—	615	127.00–135.50	132.59
17	—	479	140.00–148.00	142.71
11	—	578	144.50–147.50	146.11
8	—	726	128.00	128.00
5	—	665	138.00	138.00
47	—	523	143.50–149.50	147.74
5	—	385	140.00–147.00	141.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	625	161.50	161.50
21	—	474	167.00–173.75	170.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	711	115.00–129.75	124.68
34	—	584	132.00–147.00	138.12
27	—	782	119.50–123.00	121.58
27	—	625	133.00–137.50	135.74
11	—	852	119.50	119.50
2	—	480	151.50	151.50
76	—	683	115.00–132.50	123.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	612	145.00–155.50	151.58
35	—	558	149.75–153.00	150.24
29	—	372	160.00–180.00	167.44
49	—	658	134.00–144.00	138.85
25	—	340	159.00–175.00	172.51
160	—	719	131.00–147.75	139.66
37	—	429	159.00–169.50	164.17
9	—	765	139.00	139.00
88	—	470	152.50–168.00	161.30
36	—	814	127.50	127.50
52	—	524	152.00–167.00	156.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	346	150.00	150.00
11	—	524	145.50	145.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	474	172.75	172.75
4	—	413	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	894	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	621	155.00	155.00
17	—	929	123.25	123.25
9	—	839	126.00–128.00	126.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	527	181.00–190.00	185.06
66	—	820	135.50–143.25	139.35
9	—	289	212.50	212.50
61	—	768	141.00–150.00	145.25
7	—	875	133.50	133.50
45	—	477	188.00–200.00	196.28
6	—	415	190.00	190.00
37	—	616	167.50–177.00	171.26
153	—	661	153.00–171.25	167.40
23	—	378	197.00–215.00	207.54
81	—	719	150.25–159.50	153.59
76	—	572	175.00–188.50	183.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	718	137.00–146.50	143.18
25	—	571	163.50–172.00	168.86
20	—	612	150.00–163.00	160.26
9	—	444	170.00	170.00
2	—	808	131.00	131.00
45	—	666	146.00–154.00	151.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	491	212.00	212.00
11	—	410	210.00	210.00
5	—	511	210.00	210.00
20	—	687	170.00	170.00
20	—	577	195.25	195.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	589	167.00	167.00
13	—	472	172.00–180.00	174.98
11	—	681	145.00–150.00	146.37
3	—	418	185.00	185.00
14	—	515	176.00–178.00	176.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	509	202.00	202.00
10	—	437	209.00	209.00
6	—	604	185.00	185.00
3	—	652	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	802	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	396	200.00–206.00	202.37
13	—	538	159.00–175.00	170.97
11	—	595	156.00–170.00	164.88
4	—	434	189.00	189.00
40	—	478	174.00–183.50	177.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	383	160.00	160.00
4	—	452	159.00	159.00
12	—	421	146.50–165.00	150.41
3	—	673	135.00	135.00
7	—	528	141.00–163.00	147.25
6	—	592	141.00	141.00
5	—	766	125.50	125.50
5	—	636	138.00–148.00	141.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	550	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	168.00	168.00
6	—	315	185.00	185.00

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.