Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2021-01-06

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Jan 6

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512

← Dec 16Jan 6Jan 13 →

Receipts

2,318 head

▲ 790 vs last sale 1,528▼ 1,466 vs year ago 3,784 · −38.7%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison for an accurate market trend. Demand was 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 $150.54/cwt on 1,107 head.

Average price

$150.54

1,107 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$936

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$11.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.80

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	153.45	951	827
Medium and Large 1-2	628	141.96	891	280

One grade step is worth $11.49/cwt here — about $60 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 sale1,107 hd

150.54

—

MO average15 barns · 17,725 hd

142.74

+7.80

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	174.02/cwt	172.75–175.50	654	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	175.67/cwt	169.50–180.00	736	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	167.55/cwt	163.25–176.25	796	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	153.68/cwt	150.00–155.50	742	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	174.09/cwt	168.00–178.00	921	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	159.55/cwt	159.25–160.00	860	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	164.29/cwt	158.00–169.00	920	164
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	149.01/cwt	144.50–152.00	879	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	141.27/cwt	135.00–144.00	886	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	153.27/cwt	146.00–156.00	966	192
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	139.75/cwt	136.85–144.00	941	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	133.02/cwt	129.75–135.25	915	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	134.05/cwt	131.00–142.25	965	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	128.61/cwt	127.25–130.00	930	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,113	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	791	124.28/cwt	123.00–128.50	983	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	128.50/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,056	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,097	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	346	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	537	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	605	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	390	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	515	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	148.63/cwt	146.00–149.75	635	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	138.67/cwt	137.00–139.50	609	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	130.17/cwt	130.00–130.50	614	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	139.61/cwt	136.50–140.75	660	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	126.31/cwt	125.50–128.00	659	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	133.04/cwt	131.75–138.00	698	138
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	133.64/cwt	131.00–138.25	762	181
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	125.13/cwt	125.00–125.25	776	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	128.89/cwt	125.50–132.50	808	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	128.91/cwt	127.50–129.25	875	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	123.45/cwt	122.50–124.50	881	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	122.46/cwt	119.50–123.25	927	19

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 Jan 6, 2021

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

Receipts 2,318Last week 1,528Year ago 3,784

No recent price comparison for an accurate market trend. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	522	125.50–128.00	126.31
9	—	439	137.00–139.50	138.67
12	—	472	130.00–130.50	130.17
22	—	620	125.00–125.25	125.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	525	131.75–138.00	133.04
181	—	570	131.00–138.25	133.64
43	—	427	146.00–149.75	148.63
128	—	627	125.50–132.50	128.89
40	—	679	127.50–129.25	128.91
5	—	390	155.25	155.25
15	—	714	122.50–124.50	123.45
18	—	346	155.25	155.25
19	—	757	119.50–123.25	122.46
38	—	473	136.50–140.75	139.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	390	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	720	131.00–142.25	134.05
43	—	529	168.00–178.00	174.09
192	—	630	146.00–156.00	153.27
123	—	475	163.25–176.25	167.55
164	—	560	158.00–169.00	164.29
9	—	907	121.00	121.00
22	—	419	169.50–180.00	175.67
55	—	785	141.75	141.75
55	—	822	125.00–129.00	128.50
111	—	673	136.85–144.00	139.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	483	150.00–155.50	153.68
21	—	791	123.00–128.50	124.28
43	—	627	135.00–144.00	141.27
59	—	590	144.50–152.00	149.01
73	—	688	129.75–135.25	133.02
32	—	723	127.25–130.00	128.61
15	—	539	159.25–160.00	159.55
18	—	376	172.75–175.50	174.02

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.