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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-22

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Apr 22

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Receipts

1,979 head

▲ 983 vs last sale 996▲ 221 vs year ago 1,758 · +12.6%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 450 lbs. sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower; 450 to 600 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher with instances 5.00 to 7.00 higher on 500 to 550 lbs.. 600 to 700 lbs steers, sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, and over 700 lbs. steers sold higher on limited price comparison from last week. Heifers under 450 lbs. sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower; 450 to 550 lbs. sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 550 to 650 lbs. heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher and over 650 lbs., no recent price comparison. Demand moderate to good on moderate supply. Choice boxed beef set an all time record high today to close at 275.75. Bulk of the supply weighed between 500 and 750 lbs.

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 $153.57/cwt on 1,044 head.

Average price

$153.57

1,044 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$8.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.46

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	154.87	910	887
Medium and Large 1-2	559	146.21	817	157

One grade step is worth $8.66/cwt here — about $93 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 sale1,044 hd

153.57

—

MO average16 barns · 10,952 hd

142.11

+11.46

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

Every lot

64 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	445	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	309	179.72/cwt	170.00–184.00	555	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	165.02/cwt	152.50–177.50	512	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	320	162.06/cwt	160.00–164.00	519	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	358	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	575	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	163.47/cwt	160.00–171.50	598	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	176.02/cwt	175.00–178.00	678	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	146.46/cwt	134.00–151.00	612	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	170.10/cwt	157.00–175.00	728	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	444	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	717	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	155.67/cwt	155.00–157.50	729	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	164.11/cwt	155.00–172.50	778	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	885	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	166.21/cwt	160.50–173.50	876	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	134.69/cwt	110.00–155.00	719	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	163.67/cwt	152.00–169.25	925	252
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	868	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	603	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	840	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	143.41/cwt	139.00–145.25	902	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	147.90/cwt	136.00–152.00	947	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	141.85/cwt	130.00–149.00	956	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	144.25/cwt	139.00–147.00	979	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	115.44/cwt	113.00–119.00	839	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	745	138.60/cwt	134.50–139.00	1,033	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	130.36/cwt	125.00–135.00	989	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	880	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	114.21/cwt	112.00–132.00	932	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	972	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	886	117.87/cwt	115.00–118.25	1,044	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	290	156.94/cwt	150.00–164.00	455	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	131.39/cwt	130.00–133.00	426	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	155.94/cwt	150.00–158.50	526	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	146.82/cwt	141.00–155.00	549	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	136.98/cwt	135.00–141.00	537	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	147.32/cwt	140.00–150.00	620	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	121.35/cwt	110.00–130.00	515	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	440	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	618	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	146.91/cwt	139.00–151.00	704	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	503	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	624	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	136.62/cwt	130.00–140.00	695	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	757	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	144.56/cwt	140.00–150.50	763	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	551	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	716	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	137.71/cwt	131.50–139.25	797	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	604	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	755	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	135.98/cwt	125.00–140.00	862	161
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	114.19/cwt	112.00–115.50	737	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	651	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	858	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	865	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	108.21/cwt	108.00–110.00	781	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	82.52/cwt	80.00–90.00	652	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	151.70/cwt	150.00–152.50	590	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	149.87/cwt	140.00–159.50	644	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	140.36/cwt	130.00–144.50	657	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	478	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	648	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	136.78/cwt	130.00–139.50	730	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	130.60/cwt	120.00–139.00	755	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	123.29/cwt	121.50–124.50	772	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	654	115.23/cwt	110.00–117.00	754	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	710	3

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 22, 2020

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

Receipts 1,979Last week 996Year ago 1,758

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	509	130.00–140.00	136.62
9	—	470	130.00	130.00
8	—	645	112.00–115.50	114.19
7	—	680	127.25	127.25
7	—	424	110.00–130.00	121.35
6	—	324	130.00–133.00	131.39
36	—	551	130.00	130.00
36	—	392	135.00–141.00	136.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	513	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	634	125.00–140.00	135.98
140	—	528	140.00–150.50	144.56
85	—	479	139.00–151.00	146.91
49	—	579	131.50–139.25	137.71
38	—	421	140.00–150.00	147.32
29	—	722	108.00–110.00	108.21
22	—	374	141.00–155.00	146.82
21	—	651	131.75	131.75
12	—	337	150.00–158.50	155.94
6	—	290	150.00–164.00	156.94
5	—	765	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	604	125.00	125.00
9	—	440	140.50	140.50
8	—	790	80.00–90.00	82.52
4	—	720	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	503	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	430	140.00–159.50	149.87
15	—	468	130.00–144.50	140.36
12	—	578	120.00–139.00	130.60
12	—	389	150.00–152.50	151.70
7	—	534	130.00–139.50	136.78
5	—	626	121.50–124.50	123.29
4	—	654	110.00–117.00	115.23
3	—	840	84.50	84.50
2	—	700	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	161.50	161.50
3	—	358	160.50	160.50
9	—	522	169.50	169.50
7	—	320	160.00–164.00	162.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	603	139.25	139.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	679	139.00–147.00	144.25
16	—	468	155.00–157.50	155.67
14	—	571	152.00	152.00
14	—	534	110.00–155.00	134.69
13	—	366	160.00–171.50	163.47
12	—	629	139.00–145.25	143.41
12	—	310	152.50–177.50	165.02
8	—	418	134.00–151.00	146.46
5	—	872	111.50	111.50
5	—	727	113.00–119.00	115.44
2	—	278	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	565	152.00–169.25	163.67
112	—	640	136.00–152.00	147.90
86	—	527	160.50–173.50	166.21
85	—	674	130.00–149.00	141.85
76	—	428	157.00–175.00	170.10
73	—	474	155.00–172.50	164.11
46	—	759	125.00–135.00	130.36
34	—	886	115.00–118.25	117.87
33	—	745	134.50–139.00	138.60
29	—	816	112.00–132.00	114.21
19	—	309	170.00–184.00	179.72
17	—	385	175.00–178.00	176.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	800	110.00	110.00

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.