Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-09-16

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Sep 16

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512

← Sep 2Sep 16Sep 23 →

Receipts

783 head

▼ 1,388 vs last sale 2,171▲ 783 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers 350 to 450 lbs sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher; steers 450 to 550 sold steady to 3.00 higher; steers 550 lbs and higher sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply.

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 $153.46/cwt on 484 head.

Average price

$153.46

484 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$2.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.26

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	705	153.59	1,082	459
Medium and Large 1-2	588	151.01	888	25

One grade step is worth $2.58/cwt here — about $194 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 sale484 hd

153.46

—

MO average17 barns · 9,915 hd

146.20

+7.26

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

Every lot

41 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	595	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	739	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	183.67/cwt	183.00–184.00	795	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	766	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	448	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	847	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	776	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	180.99/cwt	179.50–182.00	867	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	170.98/cwt	165.00–175.00	904	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	149.31/cwt	148.00–151.50	841	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	165.17/cwt	163.25–167.00	960	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	159.69/cwt	150.00–161.00	968	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	140.36/cwt	135.00–144.00	877	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	986	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	152.93/cwt	149.00–153.75	1,046	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,028	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	145.16/cwt	140.00–147.50	1,106	137
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,163	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	898	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,244	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,332	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	156.66/cwt	153.00–160.00	522	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	605	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	391	157.28/cwt	156.00–160.00	615	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	670	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	148.58/cwt	145.50–149.25	685	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	131.05/cwt	129.50–132.50	622	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	143.89/cwt	143.00–144.25	751	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	146.11/cwt	138.50–148.00	771	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	734	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	663	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	799	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	136.91/cwt	135.00–137.50	882	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	984	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	131.03/cwt	130.25–132.50	1,026	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,041	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	835	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	868	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	894	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	989	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,014	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	437	182.98/cwt	181.00–185.00	800	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	764	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	851	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	136.50/cwt	135.00–138.00	839	14

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 Sep 16, 2020

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

Receipts 783Last week 2,171Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	581	163.25–167.00	165.17
82	—	898	138.50	138.50
137	—	762	140.00–147.50	145.16
2	—	320	186.00	186.00
3	—	393	188.00	188.00
10	—	958	139.00	139.00
12	—	840	138.50	138.50
17	—	606	150.00–161.00	159.69
28	—	479	179.50–182.00	180.99
33	—	529	165.00–175.00	170.98
58	—	684	149.00–153.75	152.93
6	—	448	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	173.00	173.00
4	—	678	145.50	145.50
5	—	625	135.00–144.00	140.36
8	—	563	148.00–151.50	149.31
3	—	455	170.50	170.50
3	—	702	146.50	146.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	433	183.00–184.00	183.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	134.00	134.00
2	—	835	100.00	100.00
3	—	550	120.50	120.50
4	—	989	102.50	102.50
8	—	475	129.50–132.50	131.05
2	—	868	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	127.00	127.00
4	—	333	153.00–160.00	156.66
4	—	378	160.00	160.00
24	—	461	145.50–149.25	148.58
27	—	783	130.25–132.50	131.03
4	—	721	136.50	136.50
8	—	582	137.25	137.25
10	—	522	143.00–144.25	143.89
22	—	438	153.00	153.00
27	—	644	135.00–137.50	136.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	391	156.00–160.00	157.28
34	—	528	138.50–148.00	146.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	437	181.00–185.00	182.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	147.50	147.50
5	—	567	150.00	150.00
14	—	615	135.00–138.00	136.50

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.