Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-06-17

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Jun 17
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
1,447 head
▼ 340 vs last sale 1,787▲ 565 vs year ago 882 · +64.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 400 to 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower, steers 500 lbs and higher sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers 300 to 550 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower, heifers 550 to 700 sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifers over 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.36/cwt on 782 head.
Average price
$150.36
782 head · 629 lb average
Value per head Derived
$946
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.31
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1640152.52976617
Medium and Large 1-2590142.30840165
One grade step is worth $10.21/cwt here — about $135 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 sale782 hd
150.36
—
MO average18 barns · 13,780 hd
143.05
+7.31
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2305155.00/cwt155.00–155.004732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2359155.00/cwt155.00–155.005565
Steers—Medium and Large 1378178.16/cwt168.00–184.006738
Steers—Medium and Large 1436168.41/cwt164.50–170.5073421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438151.27/cwt145.50–155.0066315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462145.77/cwt140.00–150.5067312
Steers—Medium and Large 1471166.08/cwt160.00–172.5078256
Steers—Medium and Large 1531164.04/cwt158.75–169.0087187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543153.00/cwt153.00–153.008319
Steers—Medium and Large 1570156.22/cwt150.00–164.75890129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575144.32/cwt135.00–150.0083051
Steers—Medium and Large 1631153.73/cwt147.00–159.0097059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639139.45/cwt126.00–146.0089132
Steers—Medium and Large 1668148.58/cwt145.00–154.0099358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677135.02/cwt129.00–143.0091424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2704138.87/cwt135.00–140.009789
Steers—Medium and Large 1719148.46/cwt140.00–150.251,06777
Steers—Medium and Large 1772146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,12738
Steers—Medium and Large 1835134.44/cwt128.50–136.001,12319
Steers—Medium and Large 1857132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1315
Steers—Medium and Large 1919127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,16751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2943114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,0806
Steers—Medium and Large 1967117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,1369
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329141.32/cwt135.00–144.504656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376153.45/cwt147.50–158.5057723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added414160.50/cwt160.50–160.506648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426144.34/cwt136.50–148.5061518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474143.67/cwt138.25–150.0068145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483133.72/cwt130.00–136.2564620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518126.06/cwt125.00–128.506537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523142.44/cwt134.50–145.50745120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584144.76/cwt136.25–150.0084549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586124.60/cwt118.00–133.0073041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2604127.17/cwt123.00–130.007685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619140.85/cwt132.75–144.25872103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664137.56/cwt131.00–139.0091346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672125.06/cwt117.50–133.0084011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737127.00/cwt127.00–127.0093611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1895112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0074
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1351165.50/cwt165.50–165.5058110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405171.00/cwt171.00–171.006933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523142.50/cwt142.50–142.507452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565137.00/cwt137.00–137.007742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2772102.00/cwt102.00–102.007876

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.