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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Apr 1

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 15 →

Receipts

2,161 head

▲ 702 vs last sale 1,459▼ 203 vs year ago 2,364 · −8.6%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 17.00 lower. Demand moderate to good as buyers did want to procure cattle but at much lower prices from last week.

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 $153.00/cwt on 1,108 head.

Average price

$153.00

1,108 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$46.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.96

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	156.24	907	892
Medium 1	466	153.50	715	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	141.66	797	179
Medium and Large 2	591	129.21	764	29
Large 1-2	690	110.00	759	4thin

One grade step is worth $46.24/cwt here — about $148 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 sale1,108 hd

153.00

—

MO average16 barns · 10,352 hd

144.04

+8.96

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

Every lot

74 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	188.90/cwt	186.00–193.00	625	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	334	164.38/cwt	155.00–177.00	549	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	161.14/cwt	160.00–169.00	612	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	182.48/cwt	175.00–190.00	701	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	154.95/cwt	151.00–160.50	659	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	177.57/cwt	161.25–184.50	765	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	458	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	852	9
Steers	—	Medium 1	466	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	715	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	174.27/cwt	155.00–179.00	814	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	154.88/cwt	150.00–160.00	737	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	494	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	692	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	496	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	794	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	724	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	139.24/cwt	138.00–140.00	731	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	162.97/cwt	153.00–170.00	860	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	537	174.41/cwt	174.00–176.00	937	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	149.63/cwt	145.50–161.00	847	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	163.74/cwt	150.00–171.00	940	181
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	775	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	582	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	873	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	148.90/cwt	135.00–160.00	923	193
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	133.14/cwt	129.00–138.00	832	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	626	128.65/cwt	127.00–130.00	805	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	117.40/cwt	117.00–118.00	741	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	671	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	805	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	138.43/cwt	135.00–141.25	939	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	681	125.76/cwt	120.00–130.00	856	16
Steers	—	Large 1-2	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	119.87/cwt	116.50–122.00	849	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	132.36/cwt	125.00–136.75	944	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	953	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	935	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	769	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	884	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	112.58/cwt	108.50–113.00	914	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	828	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	828	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	832	99.75/cwt	99.75–99.75	830	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	852	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	843	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	317	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	398	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	155.19/cwt	152.00–156.00	518	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	150.21/cwt	143.50–155.75	562	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	138.03/cwt	135.00–142.50	520	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	139.78/cwt	137.00–142.50	583	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	145.84/cwt	140.00–154.50	624	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	459	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	636	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	148.48/cwt	139.00–152.75	684	124
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	568	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	131.93/cwt	121.00–144.00	627	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	147.66/cwt	135.50–154.25	777	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	131.82/cwt	128.50–134.00	700	11
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	543	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	652	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	562	126.83/cwt	125.25–130.00	713	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	127.60/cwt	121.00–137.00	739	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	142.25/cwt	139.50–146.50	826	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	610	108.26/cwt	105.00–110.00	660	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	128.76/cwt	124.00–130.00	802	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	120.65/cwt	107.00–131.00	753	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	755	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	659	110.47/cwt	107.00–113.00	728	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	867	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	704	109.38/cwt	105.00–110.50	770	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	708	103.81/cwt	100.00–107.00	735	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	735	99.91/cwt	99.00–100.00	734	22
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	351	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	642	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	377	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	528	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	651	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	736	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	151.06/cwt	149.00–154.00	799	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	735	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	107.24/cwt	106.50–109.00	740	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	756	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	8

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 Apr 1, 2020

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

Receipts 2,161Last week 1,459Year ago 2,364

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 17.00 lower. Demand moderate to good as buyers did want to procure cattle but at much lower prices from last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	690	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	517	140.00	140.00
2	—	828	100.00	100.00
5	—	631	117.00–118.00	117.40
4	—	671	120.00	120.00
8	—	574	135.00	135.00
5	—	494	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	812	108.50–113.00	112.58
15	—	625	129.00–138.00	133.14
9	—	708	116.50–122.00	119.87
39	—	380	160.00–169.00	161.14
20	—	476	150.00–160.00	154.88
10	—	334	155.00–177.00	164.38
5	—	525	138.00–140.00	139.24
20	—	566	145.50–161.00	149.63
10	—	425	151.00–160.50	154.95
8	—	766	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	769	115.00	115.00
5	—	832	99.75	99.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	574	150.00–171.00	163.74
82	—	678	135.00–141.25	138.43
27	—	750	127.00	127.00
193	—	620	135.00–160.00	148.90
84	—	713	125.00–136.75	132.36
60	—	528	153.00–170.00	162.97
5	—	331	186.00–193.00	188.90
95	—	431	161.25–184.50	177.57
82	—	467	155.00–179.00	174.27
15	—	384	175.00–190.00	182.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	681	120.00–130.00	125.76
3	—	582	150.00	150.00
3	—	852	99.00	99.00
9	—	626	127.00–130.00	128.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	458	186.00	186.00
28	—	537	174.00–176.00	174.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	496	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	120.00	120.00
3	—	395	120.00	120.00
9	—	473	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	579	121.00–137.00	127.60
11	—	531	128.50–134.00	131.82
28	—	377	135.00–142.50	138.03
16	—	417	137.00–142.50	139.78
43	—	624	107.00–131.00	120.65
16	—	475	121.00–144.00	131.93
6	—	651	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	461	139.00–152.75	148.48
69	—	581	139.50–146.50	142.25
18	—	704	105.00–110.50	109.38
74	—	526	135.50–154.25	147.66
31	—	428	140.00–154.50	145.84
2	—	683	127.00	127.00
93	—	374	143.50–155.75	150.21
43	—	623	124.00–130.00	128.76
9	—	334	152.00–156.00	155.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	708	100.00–107.00	103.81
12	—	562	125.25–130.00	126.83
14	—	610	105.00–110.00	108.26
20	—	659	107.00–113.00	110.47
5	—	459	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	120.00	120.00
6	—	317	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	735	99.00–100.00	99.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	543	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	690	106.50–109.00	107.24
7	—	717	105.50	105.50
8	—	408	159.50	159.50
2	—	618	119.00	119.00
8	—	755	110.00	110.00
7	—	529	149.00–154.00	151.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	351	183.00	183.00
3	—	478	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	140.00	140.00

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.