Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-06-26

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Jun 26
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
615 head
▼ 267 vs last sale 882▼ 367 vs year ago 982 · −37.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steers calves sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 10.00 to 12.00 lower with the exception of 400-450 lb heifers steady to 4.00 lower. No recent price comparison on yearlings. Sale highlight this week was one load of steers weighing 947 lbs at 131.00 and a load of 959 lb steers at 127.00. Demand moderate to good. Futures are sharply higher today with support starting very early in the day with the front 5 Feeder Cattle contract months being limit higher at one point. REMINDER: The St Joseph Stockyards will not hold a sale on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. USDA-MDA Livestock and Grain Market News wishes everyone a safe and happy Independence Day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.79/cwt on 270 head.
Average price
$141.79
270 head · 751 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,064
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.11
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1766143.151,097231
Medium and Large 1-2657133.7387939
One grade step is worth $9.41/cwt here — about $218 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 sale270 hd
141.79
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MO average17 barns · 14,795 hd
142.90
−1.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1382170.00/cwt170.00–170.006493
Steers—Medium and Large 1434171.50/cwt167.00–178.007449
Steers—Medium and Large 1474169.31/cwt164.00–175.0080323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490142.00/cwt142.00–142.006966
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515156.00/cwt156.00–156.008032
Steers—Medium and Large 1536167.30/cwt158.00–176.5089719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561140.00/cwt140.00–140.007855
Steers—Medium and Large 1577156.49/cwt155.50–157.2590315
Steers—Medium and Large 1609151.13/cwt144.00–154.2592022
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy615135.00/cwt135.00–135.008301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637138.57/cwt130.00–142.008837
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2653134.34/cwt132.00–138.508776
Steers—Medium and Large 1671143.60/cwt141.00–147.0096411
Steers—Medium and Large 1702146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy735115.00/cwt115.00–115.008454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740129.00/cwt129.00–129.009552
Steers—Medium and Large 1813128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,0453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2864122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0587
Steers—Medium and Large 1947131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,24159
Steers—Medium and Large 1959127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,21863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340157.50/cwt157.50–157.505363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388150.00/cwt150.00–150.005823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed403160.00/cwt160.00–160.0064511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419149.92/cwt141.00–158.0062832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474129.74/cwt120.00–138.5061514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1491130.00/cwt130.00–130.0063817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518131.99/cwt125.00–140.5068452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519122.64/cwt120.00–126.0063711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy523125.00/cwt125.00–125.006542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy535110.00/cwt110.00–110.005896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573131.25/cwt131.25–131.2575222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575116.67/cwt110.00–120.006718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy618115.50/cwt115.50–115.507143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621127.41/cwt123.50–128.5079117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631113.28/cwt110.00–115.0071514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640102.00/cwt102.00–102.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658114.98/cwt110.00–120.007578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666123.50/cwt123.50–123.508236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy686117.10/cwt115.00–118.0080310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy708115.00/cwt115.00–115.008144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711117.50/cwt117.50–117.5083511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723110.00/cwt110.00–110.007952
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1556148.00/cwt148.00–148.008234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619131.94/cwt115.00–140.008179
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2778104.50/cwt104.50–104.508134

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.