Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-01-15

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Jan 15
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
1,796 head
▼ 1,988 vs last sale 3,784▼ 199 vs year ago 1,995 · −10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher; 500-600 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower; over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers under 550 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower; 550-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, instances 4.00 to 5.00 higher on some 550-575 lb offerings. Demand moderate to good on moderate supply. The highlight of the day was a load and a half of 654 lb steers selling at 167.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.88/cwt on 1,023 head.
Average price
$158.88
1,023 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.08
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1612160.97986887
Medium and Large 1-2573148.35851100
Medium 1-2485144.7270219thin
Medium and Large 2654127.7583517thin
One grade step is worth $33.22/cwt here — about $150 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 sale1,023 hd
158.88
—
MO average16 barns · 12,190 hd
154.80
+4.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

66 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318165.00/cwt165.00–165.005254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377172.76/cwt167.00–178.0065117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423169.51/cwt155.00–176.507178
Steers—Medium and Large 1433189.51/cwt186.50–190.5082112
Steers—Medium 1-2448146.75/cwt146.75–146.7565712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy469139.50/cwt139.50–139.506546
Steers—Medium and Large 1485180.56/cwt171.00–187.5087663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486156.18/cwt153.50–162.007599
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy500182.50/cwt182.50–182.5091314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy514135.50/cwt135.50–135.506968
Steers—Medium and Large 1529168.55/cwt160.00–176.5089290
Steers—Medium 1-2549141.25/cwt141.25–141.257757
Steers—Medium and Large 2566134.50/cwt134.50–134.507617
Steers—Medium and Large 1568162.11/cwt150.00–169.50921210
Steers—Medium and Large 1627154.86/cwt149.00–159.25971103
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy635140.00/cwt140.00–140.008892
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy645167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,077112
Steers—Medium and Large 1661157.01/cwt144.00–162.501,038156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy671124.50/cwt124.50–124.508354
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy688136.12/cwt135.00–140.5093724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708140.70/cwt140.50–140.7599629
Steers—Medium and Large 2715123.03/cwt120.00–125.0088010
Steers—Medium and Large 1722149.74/cwt142.00–154.251,08166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy750121.00/cwt121.00–121.009085
Steers—Medium and Large 1759145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,10117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0938
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy814123.33/cwt120.00–130.001,0046
Steers—Medium and Large 1826140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1567
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2863130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1222
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy894120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0735
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310145.00/cwt145.00–145.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329152.36/cwt151.50–154.005016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374154.31/cwt154.00–154.505775
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408123.00/cwt123.00–123.005025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428147.12/cwt143.50–152.0063035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439132.55/cwt130.00–135.005824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482146.07/cwt142.50–152.0070442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484131.72/cwt130.00–140.5063813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy488120.00/cwt120.00–120.005862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy502150.75/cwt150.75–150.7575712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515129.44/cwt127.50–130.0066714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521141.54/cwt136.50–148.7573742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy527130.00/cwt130.00–130.006853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy556130.00/cwt130.00–130.007235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy559155.86/cwt155.00–157.0087156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed569152.50/cwt152.50–152.508688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576140.28/cwt133.25–149.25808134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620137.12/cwt130.00–139.7585066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy654126.00/cwt126.00–126.008249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670117.00/cwt117.00–117.007844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685137.15/cwt134.50–139.0093953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy698119.00/cwt119.00–119.008313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729137.07/cwt131.00–141.5099960
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730119.50/cwt119.50–119.508724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756130.28/cwt130.00–131.0098518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy848114.50/cwt114.50–114.509713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2870115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0015
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464169.79/cwt161.00–176.0078810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518130.00/cwt130.00–130.006732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1544155.50/cwt155.50–155.508467
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585141.00/cwt141.00–141.008253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2611134.50/cwt134.50–134.508227
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2687112.09/cwt110.00–116.0077014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2756110.00/cwt110.00–110.008324

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.