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

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Nov 11
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
765 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 689▼ 587 vs year ago 1,352 · −43.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. No recent price comparison on yearlings, however a higher undertone noted on the load lots of yearlings on offer today. The highlight of the sale today was 2 loads of steers weighing 803 lbs and a load weighing 791 lbs that sold at 158.75. Demand was moderate to good with the best demand on the yearlings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.82/cwt on 449 head.
Average price
$154.82
449 head · 693 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$256
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.43
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1716157.221,125368
Medium 1530148.4078719thin
Medium and Large 1-2609142.5486962
One grade step is worth $14.67/cwt here — about $256 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 sale449 hd
154.82
—
MO average17 barns · 11,762 hd
145.38
+9.43
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

58 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1327172.50/cwt172.50–172.505646
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned373167.88/cwt157.00–170.006266
Steers—Medium and Large 1377175.31/cwt170.00–181.006614
Steers—Medium and Large 1442172.99/cwt167.50–181.0076516
Steers—Medium 1478152.51/cwt150.00–156.007297
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007282
Steers—Medium and Large 1525160.33/cwt155.00–161.0084216
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525150.60/cwt147.00–154.007914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538147.16/cwt146.00–149.0079211
Steers—Medium 1542150.00/cwt150.00–150.008133
Steers—Medium 1555146.00/cwt146.00–146.008107
Steers—Medium and Large 1567162.00/cwt162.00–162.0091910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568147.77/cwt145.00–150.7583918
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy568146.50/cwt146.50–146.508323
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned593145.50/cwt145.50–145.508632
Steers—Medium 1608140.00/cwt140.00–140.008512
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615145.00/cwt145.00–145.008924
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy618142.50/cwt142.50–142.508816
Steers—Medium and Large 1625152.62/cwt146.00–163.0095426
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626140.87/cwt135.00–145.5088222
Steers—Medium and Large 1674155.47/cwt151.00–156.751,04844
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy691140.00/cwt140.00–140.009674
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716122.50/cwt122.50–122.508774
Steers—Medium and Large 1791158.75/cwt158.75–158.751,25669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0412
Steers—Medium and Large 1803158.75/cwt158.75–158.751,275108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2813136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1063
Steers—Medium and Large 1878150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,31736
Steers—Medium and Large 1931131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2204
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365156.00/cwt156.00–156.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381140.50/cwt139.50–143.005357
Heifers—Medium 1385123.00/cwt123.00–123.004744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418149.15/cwt147.50–150.006233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned424124.50/cwt123.00–125.005288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2442130.00/cwt130.00–130.005753
Heifers—Medium 1445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459145.88/cwt144.00–147.5067013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy484129.25/cwt127.50–133.006267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513132.31/cwt132.00–132.5067913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy522128.00/cwt128.00–128.006683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532130.19/cwt128.50–133.006938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534139.18/cwt134.00–139.5074316
Heifers—Medium 1542126.00/cwt126.00–126.006833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567137.97/cwt132.00–140.7578241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569131.26/cwt128.00–133.007476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585129.00/cwt129.00–129.007555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy608125.00/cwt125.00–125.007602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610129.00/cwt125.00–131.0078717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623129.00/cwt129.00–129.008042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned649111.00/cwt111.00–111.007204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666126.50/cwt126.50–126.508427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712132.13/cwt131.00–134.5094125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715123.68/cwt121.00–125.008846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757131.64/cwt129.00–134.009976
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470149.00/cwt149.00–149.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2503150.00/cwt150.00–150.007555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2608124.91/cwt118.00–132.007596
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2830114.00/cwt114.00–114.009464

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.