Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-05-27

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, May 27
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
463 head
▼ 1,614 vs last sale 2,077▼ 228 vs year ago 691 · −33.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers 300 to 400 lbs sold steady. Feeder steers 400 lbs and above sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300 to 450 lbs sold steady. Heifers 450 to 500 lbs sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers above 500 lbs sold steady. Light supply with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.79/cwt on 226 head.
Average price
$140.79
226 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.12
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498147.10733110
Medium and Large 1-2515134.81694116
One grade step is worth $12.29/cwt here — about $39 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 sale226 hd
140.79
—
MO average10 barns · 4,641 hd
133.67
+7.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1368182.17/cwt179.00–187.506708
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391174.24/cwt172.50–176.006814
Steers—Medium and Large 1441183.05/cwt177.00–187.5080718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450170.00/cwt170.00–170.007654
Steers—Medium and Large 1478184.77/cwt180.00–188.0088328
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy481196.31/cwt194.00–200.009445
Steers—Medium and Large 1522182.22/cwt181.00–188.0095117
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy525194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,01910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562155.41/cwt155.00–156.2587322
Steers—Medium and Large 1568168.16/cwt166.00–172.0095521
Steers—Medium and Large 1606158.48/cwt156.00–160.009608
Steers—Medium and Large 1668150.75/cwt147.00–153.001,0078
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2691138.00/cwt138.00–138.009544
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336162.26/cwt157.00–166.005459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383140.00/cwt140.00–140.005362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393152.86/cwt151.00–157.5060115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405165.14/cwt160.00–166.5066915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428142.63/cwt130.00–149.0061023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467140.11/cwt140.00–140.5065423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478149.78/cwt147.50–151.5071618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525144.32/cwt142.00–148.0075838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532132.86/cwt130.00–139.5070733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574129.29/cwt122.00–135.5074221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624125.35/cwt124.00–127.2578214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642127.25/cwt127.25–127.2581710
Heifers—Medium and Large 196599.50/cwt99.50–99.509605
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522159.50/cwt159.50–159.508333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2554145.00/cwt145.00–145.008038
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2623127.29/cwt124.00–129.007936
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2717121.25/cwt121.00–123.008698
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2773114.00/cwt114.00–114.008813

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.