Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-10-07

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Oct 7

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

611 head

▼ 520 vs last sale 1,131▼ 1,221 vs year ago 1,832 · −66.6%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test. Supply light and demand moderate to good.

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 $157.06/cwt on 244 head.

Average price

$157.06

244 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$10

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

$33.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.73

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	162.92	978	201
Medium and Large 1-2	762	129.66	988	43

One grade step is worth $33.26/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale244 hd

157.06

—

MO average19 barns · 9,065 hd

144.34

+12.73

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

Every lot

33 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	397	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	758	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	177.71/cwt	173.00–178.50	855	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	177.64/cwt	170.00–180.00	911	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	168.94/cwt	167.00–173.00	943	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	156.76/cwt	154.25–158.10	955	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	889	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	149.89/cwt	144.00–154.75	1,006	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	151.75/cwt	148.75–154.50	1,106	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	747	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,031	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	797	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,116	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,212	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	105.32/cwt	105.00–105.50	925	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	311	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	535	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	596	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	641	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	147.86/cwt	146.00–148.25	680	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	496	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	671	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	549	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	791	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	141.88/cwt	134.50–145.75	827	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	773	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	834	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	645	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,013	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	829	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	888	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	141.62/cwt	137.00–146.25	1,018	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,021	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	826	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,158	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,065	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	766	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	817	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	800	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	813	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	688	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	963	6

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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Receipts 611Last week 1,131Year ago 1,832

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test. Supply light and demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	397	191.00	191.00
32	—	671	144.00–154.75	149.89
34	—	558	167.00–173.00	168.94
36	—	481	173.00–178.50	177.71
41	—	609	154.25–158.10	156.76
9	—	816	148.50	148.50
28	—	729	148.75–154.50	151.75
16	—	513	170.00–180.00	177.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	651	136.50	136.50
11	—	878	105.00–105.50	105.32
11	—	797	140.00	140.00
7	—	747	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	611	136.50	136.50
16	—	719	137.00–146.25	141.62
21	—	834	127.75	127.75
3	—	430	149.00	149.00
5	—	311	172.00	172.00
10	—	756	135.00	135.00
35	—	583	134.50–145.75	141.88
23	—	460	146.00–148.25	147.86
7	—	375	159.00	159.00
8	—	549	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	826	140.25	140.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	663	125.00	125.00
3	—	705	126.00	126.00
4	—	588	131.50	131.50
6	—	496	135.25	135.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	645	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	139.00	139.00
3	—	618	129.50	129.50
6	—	653	124.50	124.50
8	—	534	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	688	140.00	140.00

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.