Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2021-01-13

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Jan 13
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
2,679 head
▲ 361 vs last sale 2,318▲ 883 vs year ago 1,796 · +49.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 450-550 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 550-650 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower, 650-750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and above 750 lbs a weak undertone was noted. Feeder Heifers 400-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, above 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.73/cwt on 1,434 head.
Average price
$144.73
1,434 head · 636 lb average
Value per head Derived
$920
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.19
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635147.779381,048
Medium 1-2573140.5880631
Medium and Large 1-2643136.15875355
One grade step is worth $11.62/cwt here — about $63 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 sale1,434 hd
144.73
—
MO average19 barns · 24,634 hd
144.55
+0.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1382173.38/cwt172.00–174.506629
Steers—Medium and Large 1427177.75/cwt174.00–180.0075911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy472186.08/cwt184.00–189.0087826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479155.00/cwt155.00–155.007428
Steers—Medium and Large 1485165.38/cwt160.00–179.0080268
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510158.75/cwt155.00–161.2581031
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy513179.50/cwt179.50–179.509219
Steers—Medium and Large 1523171.00/cwt165.00–177.0089486
Steers—Medium 1-2535143.00/cwt143.00–143.0076511
Steers—Medium and Large 1574157.19/cwt152.50–167.50902151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592143.83/cwt142.25–150.0085199
Steers—Medium 1-2594139.25/cwt139.25–139.2582720
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620138.50/cwt138.50–138.5085917
Steers—Medium and Large 1629144.57/cwt140.00–147.00909131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633139.10/cwt136.50–140.7588159
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683127.81/cwt125.25–130.0087381
Steers—Medium and Large 1685141.15/cwt132.25–144.10967327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2712126.06/cwt126.00–126.2589846
Steers—Medium and Large 1721133.38/cwt126.50–136.75962155
Steers—Medium and Large 1765124.65/cwt123.50–130.0095428
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771119.21/cwt117.00–120.0091923
Steers—Medium and Large 1834122.41/cwt120.00–123.001,02115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy848104.00/cwt104.00–104.008828
Steers—Medium and Large 1888116.82/cwt115.50–118.001,03715
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321155.00/cwt155.00–155.004985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405137.00/cwt137.00–137.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned413130.00/cwt130.00–130.005373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422149.37/cwt149.00–150.0063010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477143.38/cwt138.50–146.5068443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479131.68/cwt130.00–133.7563127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515134.03/cwt129.50–139.00690107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518121.58/cwt120.00–125.0063013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy543145.00/cwt145.00–145.0078712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy550148.75/cwt148.75–148.7581820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572122.47/cwt119.25–125.2570159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573134.49/cwt130.25–140.00771109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621123.71/cwt118.00–130.00768183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640112.51/cwt110.00–115.0072022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658125.01/cwt119.00–127.2582360
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681114.37/cwt113.50–115.0077914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701110.50/cwt110.50–110.5077532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722122.74/cwt119.50–123.5088637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy746105.00/cwt105.00–105.007837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2762111.10/cwt111.10–111.1084712

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.