Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-11-04

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Nov 4
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
689 head
▼ 348 vs last sale 1,037▼ 913 vs year ago 1,602 · −57.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers 550-650 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher, Other weights not well tested for an accurate market trend. Feeder Heifers 450-500 lbs sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Other weights not well tested for an accurate market trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.97/cwt on 264 head.
Average price
$150.97
264 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.61
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1588153.71904208
Medium and Large 1-2557144.5980640
Medium and Large 2640131.2584016thin
One grade step is worth $22.46/cwt here — about $64 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 sale264 hd
150.97
—
MO average19 barns · 6,940 hd
143.36
+7.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1415168.41/cwt165.00–171.006999
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415156.00/cwt156.00–156.006473
Steers—Medium and Large 1461171.74/cwt165.00–174.0079211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474151.00/cwt151.00–151.0071610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505150.00/cwt150.00–150.007584
Steers—Medium and Large 1527166.81/cwt160.00–170.0087931
Steers—Medium and Large 1559158.14/cwt153.00–160.0088451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559148.00/cwt148.00–148.008274
Steers—Medium and Large 2584135.00/cwt135.00–135.0078810
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned589145.00/cwt145.00–145.008545
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy590150.00/cwt150.00–150.008858
Steers—Medium and Large 1621149.40/cwt145.00–152.5092829
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628139.58/cwt137.00–142.0087715
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned644144.00/cwt144.00–144.0092740
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656130.00/cwt130.00–130.008534
Steers—Medium and Large 1698141.50/cwt141.50–141.509888
Steers—Medium and Large 1722139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,00410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy728132.00/cwt132.00–132.009616
Steers—Medium and Large 2733125.00/cwt125.00–125.009166
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379161.00/cwt161.00–161.006103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full386139.50/cwt139.50–139.505388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422145.42/cwt144.50–147.0061418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474140.13/cwt136.00–143.0066431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536136.88/cwt135.00–139.0073448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556119.00/cwt119.00–119.006626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577133.86/cwt132.50–136.0077210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full593118.00/cwt118.00–118.007006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623121.57/cwt119.00–125.0075719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631130.56/cwt129.50–133.5082447

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.