Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-02-19

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Feb 19
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
1,084 head
▼ 1,025 vs last sale 2,109▲ 1,084 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with 400-550 lbs selling 14.00-16.00 higher on very good demand. Demand best for calves suitable for grazing.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.51/cwt on 540 head.
Average price
$157.51
540 head · 640 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,007
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$54.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.26
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636159.701,015462
Medium and Large 2520149.507773thin
Medium and Large 1-2629149.4594062
Large 1688138.009496thin
Large 1-21,003105.001,0537thin
One grade step is worth $54.70/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale540 hd
157.51
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MO average16 barns · 12,866 hd
158.77
−1.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

58 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 1335190.00/cwt190.00–190.006372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378168.00/cwt168.00–168.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 1379191.79/cwt191.00–192.007279
Steers—Medium and Large 1421195.07/cwt187.00–200.0082122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426177.11/cwt174.50–182.0075410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470174.04/cwt170.00–180.008185
Steers—Medium and Large 1478187.79/cwt182.50–194.0089821
Steers—Medium and Large 2520149.50/cwt149.50–149.507773
Steers—Medium and Large 1530176.90/cwt173.50–185.0093840
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536163.66/cwt160.00–164.508777
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed564186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,0526
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573159.00/cwt159.00–159.009113
Steers—Medium and Large 1579167.16/cwt163.00–178.5096847
Steers—Medium and Large 1619161.87/cwt154.00–166.751,00293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641148.00/cwt148.00–148.009494
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy674139.00/cwt139.00–139.009375
Steers—Medium and Large 1676150.93/cwt142.00–160.501,02075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680141.48/cwt140.00–146.5096214
Steers—Large 1688138.00/cwt138.00–138.009496
Steers—Medium and Large 1713152.46/cwt147.50–155.251,08772
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy714137.98/cwt133.50–142.0098512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725135.00/cwt135.00–135.009793
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy727130.00/cwt130.00–130.009453
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy767138.70/cwt132.00–140.001,06425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0015
Steers—Medium and Large 1776142.17/cwt142.00–142.251,10316
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy800130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2844125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0559
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,001100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,00612
Steers—Large 1-21,003105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0537
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300172.00/cwt172.00–172.005165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340143.00/cwt143.00–143.004862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375170.00/cwt159.00–175.0063828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436170.57/cwt165.00–175.0074417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy456179.44/cwt177.50–180.0081822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476169.40/cwt160.00–172.5080621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517144.48/cwt137.00–147.0074710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy518176.00/cwt176.00–176.009123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526164.28/cwt156.50–172.0086471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530144.87/cwt144.50–145.007684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555136.50/cwt136.50–136.507582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566146.36/cwt141.00–155.5082850
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612133.25/cwt130.00–136.508156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy625131.73/cwt130.00–132.2582313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635141.12/cwt134.25–144.5089656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667140.39/cwt132.00–143.7593632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy669129.48/cwt129.25–130.0086616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2698129.00/cwt129.00–129.009003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy706120.00/cwt120.00–120.008478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy810116.44/cwt115.25–117.5094315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,089102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,1167
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448160.00/cwt160.00–160.007173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516149.24/cwt140.00–159.007706
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577140.71/cwt130.00–148.5081218
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2648139.40/cwt135.00–140.5090310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2777117.00/cwt117.00–117.009093
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805116.00/cwt116.00–116.009343

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.