Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-07-31

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Jul 31
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
554 head
▼ 682 vs last sale 1,236▼ 237 vs year ago 791 · −30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, steers and heifers selling 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.61/cwt on 301 head.
Average price
$150.61
301 head · 723 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,089
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$32.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.10
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1718152.001,091273
Medium and Large 1-2711140.781,00023
Large 11,051120.001,2615thin
One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about −$170 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 sale301 hd
150.61
—
MO average17 barns · 6,877 hd
150.51
+0.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 1-2408162.00/cwt162.00–162.006612
Steers—Medium and Large 1415174.00/cwt174.00–174.007221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460165.00/cwt165.00–165.007591
Steers—Medium and Large 1475170.50/cwt170.50–170.508104
Steers—Medium and Large 1539175.50/cwt175.50–175.5094624
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568154.00/cwt154.00–154.008752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572154.50/cwt154.50–154.508843
Steers—Medium and Large 1587169.73/cwt164.00–173.5099623
Steers—Medium and Large 1620157.96/cwt146.00–162.7597926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645147.00/cwt147.00–147.009483
Steers—Medium and Large 1657155.79/cwt149.00–159.251,02451
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy688125.00/cwt125.00–125.008607
Steers—Medium and Large 1728153.94/cwt149.00–156.001,12141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743132.00/cwt132.00–132.009812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750130.00/cwt130.00–130.009752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2828131.25/cwt131.25–131.251,0876
Steers—Medium and Large 1845135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,14736
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2866133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,1544
Steers—Medium and Large 1886139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,23658
Steers—Large 11,051120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2615
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440138.50/cwt138.50–138.506093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487151.42/cwt145.50–157.507379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528150.05/cwt148.00–150.2579236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535137.50/cwt137.50–137.507361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed551154.00/cwt154.00–154.008496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566147.92/cwt145.00–149.0083716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575132.23/cwt125.00–137.507606
Heifers—Medium and Large 2643104.00/cwt104.00–104.006695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645140.00/cwt140.00–140.009032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645125.00/cwt125.00–125.008064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650138.50/cwt138.50–138.509009
Heifers—Medium and Large 1696133.31/cwt131.50–137.5092853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700127.00/cwt127.00–127.008897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2737117.00/cwt117.00–117.008623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790122.50/cwt122.50–122.509685
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478148.36/cwt147.50–150.007096
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500154.00/cwt154.00–154.007703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675121.83/cwt118.00–124.0082211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2713124.00/cwt124.00–124.008843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2900110.00/cwt110.00–110.009903

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.