Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-02-26

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Feb 26

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512

← Feb 19Feb 26Mar 4 →

Receipts

884 head

▼ 200 vs last sale 1,084▼ 1,851 vs year ago 2,735 · −67.7%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower with the largest decline being on the grazing heifers under 550 lbs. Supply was light and demand was good but at lower trading ranges.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.66/cwt on 429 head.

Average price

$150.66

429 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

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

$37.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.79

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	152.02	860	79
Medium and Large 1	662	151.12	1,000	337
Medium 1	524	140.00	734	8thin
Large 1-2	756	115.00	869	5thin

One grade step is worth $37.02/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale429 hd

150.66

—

MO average20 barns · 13,439 hd

153.45

−2.79

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

Every lot

51 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	178.68/cwt	177.00–189.00	702	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	425	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	659	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	166.57/cwt	160.00–170.00	710	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	747	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	180.24/cwt	176.00–182.00	858	14
Steers	—	Medium 1	524	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	734	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	174.39/cwt	165.00–180.00	916	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	164.01/cwt	155.00–168.75	935	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	154.59/cwt	153.25–160.00	881	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	156.42/cwt	140.00–162.00	967	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	865	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	666	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	932	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	146.93/cwt	142.00–148.50	993	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	145.51/cwt	142.00–147.75	1,058	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	729	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	970	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	995	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	982	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	756	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	869	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	139.24/cwt	138.25–140.00	1,081	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	780	128.79/cwt	128.50–129.00	1,005	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	127.83/cwt	126.75–129.50	1,042	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	307	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	430	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	308	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	462	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	362	138.31/cwt	135.00–144.00	501	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	550	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	568	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	413	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	599	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	146.06/cwt	138.00–150.00	625	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	443	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	585	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	139.40/cwt	130.00–142.25	658	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	491	150.43/cwt	149.00–153.50	739	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	518	165.84/cwt	162.00–167.00	859	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	698	12
Heifers	—	Medium 1	527	128.22/cwt	124.00–131.00	676	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	152.33/cwt	144.00–160.50	813	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	141.22/cwt	133.00–146.50	799	17
Heifers	—	Medium 1	580	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	690	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	134.55/cwt	126.00–138.75	857	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	128.20/cwt	126.00–130.50	854	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	727	122.36/cwt	122.00–122.50	890	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	941	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	779	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	970	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	351	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	604	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	386	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	695	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	604	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	433	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	732	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	138.31/cwt	134.00–145.00	725	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	641	133.42/cwt	131.00–135.00	855	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	130.47/cwt	129.00–132.00	885	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	121.52/cwt	114.00–128.00	870	10

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 Feb 26, 2020

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

Receipts 884Last week 1,084Year ago 2,735

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	392	154.00	154.00
10	—	716	114.00–128.00	121.52
4	—	678	129.00–132.00	130.47
8	—	524	134.00–145.00	138.31
5	—	641	131.00–135.00	133.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	169.00	169.00
4	—	351	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	386	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	426	160.00–170.00	166.57
3	—	737	135.00	135.00
13	—	618	140.00	140.00
5	—	755	130.00	130.00
9	—	467	160.00	160.00
39	—	570	153.25–160.00	154.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	676	142.00–148.50	146.93
14	—	476	176.00–182.00	180.24
7	—	393	177.00–189.00	178.68
74	—	618	140.00–162.00	156.42
27	—	525	165.00–180.00	174.39
12	—	570	155.00–168.75	164.01
13	—	815	126.75–129.50	127.83
30	—	776	138.25–140.00	139.24
79	—	727	142.00–147.75	145.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	729	133.00	133.00
8	—	666	140.00	140.00
3	—	425	155.00	155.00
12	—	780	128.50–129.00	128.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	756	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	779	124.50	124.50
3	—	410	138.50	138.50
3	—	307	140.00	140.00
12	—	521	134.00	134.00
2	—	620	120.00	120.00
9	—	362	135.00–144.00	138.31
25	—	472	130.00–142.25	139.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	413	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	731	128.75	128.75
9	—	491	149.00–153.50	150.43
2	—	308	150.00	150.00
7	—	379	145.00	145.00
17	—	566	133.00–146.50	141.22
49	—	637	126.00–138.75	134.55
6	—	666	126.00–130.50	128.20
16	—	428	138.00–150.00	146.06
44	—	534	144.00–160.50	152.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	518	162.00–167.00	165.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	527	124.00–131.00	128.22
2	—	580	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	727	122.00–122.50	122.36
3	—	443	132.00	132.00

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.