Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-05-13

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, May 13
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
1,181 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 1,239▼ 1,497 vs year ago 2,678 · −55.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 700 lbs. sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers over 700 lbs. sold steady. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good on moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.10/cwt on 572 head.
Average price
$161.10
572 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$866
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.27
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536162.93873474
Medium and Large 1-2545152.2483098
One grade step is worth $10.68/cwt here — about $43 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 sale572 hd
161.10
—
MO average17 barns · 11,312 hd
148.82
+12.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1292188.00/cwt188.00–188.005493
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy329194.00/cwt194.00–194.006387
Steers—Medium and Large 1372181.23/cwt179.00–185.0067415
Steers—Medium and Large 1413179.95/cwt169.00–185.0074329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428164.38/cwt162.00–165.0070410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476159.08/cwt155.00–166.5075726
Steers—Medium and Large 1486172.91/cwt166.00–177.50840133
Steers—Medium and Large 1518166.08/cwt160.00–169.0086077
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531156.15/cwt150.00–160.0082923
Steers—Medium and Large 1571156.61/cwt152.00–161.75894120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573155.10/cwt153.00–156.0088910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617144.78/cwt140.00–150.0089319
Steers—Medium and Large 1622148.79/cwt146.00–153.0092545
Steers—Medium and Large 1656144.41/cwt144.00–145.0094710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690130.00/cwt130.00–130.008974
Steers—Medium and Large 1719136.07/cwt133.75–137.1097826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722121.08/cwt115.50–124.008746
Steers—Medium and Large 1766123.54/cwt122.50–127.259469
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy283173.00/cwt173.00–173.004905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326159.32/cwt155.00–161.505196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy359170.00/cwt170.00–170.0061017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391156.95/cwt155.00–161.0061412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427152.67/cwt145.00–156.5065279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474134.82/cwt130.00–140.0063910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485147.32/cwt140.25–151.0071574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506151.80/cwt142.00–154.7576872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522136.37/cwt128.50–139.5071224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned550132.00/cwt132.00–132.007264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569135.43/cwt132.00–141.5077125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580130.22/cwt120.00–135.5075533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy609116.00/cwt116.00–116.007067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611121.12/cwt116.00–125.0074015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614126.51/cwt124.00–127.507777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672124.03/cwt121.75–126.0083323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-284680.00/cwt80.00–80.006774
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310168.37/cwt150.00–178.005223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365169.16/cwt162.50–175.006173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned443158.50/cwt158.50–158.507023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2479157.00/cwt157.00–157.007524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535152.50/cwt152.50–152.508163
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2540147.00/cwt143.00–153.5079418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2597130.73/cwt130.00–134.0078011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2617138.42/cwt124.00–140.0085410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2676135.00/cwt135.00–135.009134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2735125.00/cwt125.00–125.009194

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.