Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2021-03-17

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, Mar 17

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 24 →

Receipts

440 head

▼ 1,555 vs last sale 1,995▲ 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough steers and heifers on offer this week for a price comparison, however a lower undertone noted. Several inches of rainfall in the immediate trade area since the weekend limited receipts today. Demand was moderate on very light supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.71/cwt on 233 head.

Average price

$137.71

233 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$845

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$7.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.07

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	139.73	887	170
Medium and Large 1-2	555	132.26	735	63

One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about $152 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 sale233 hd

137.71

—

MO average16 barns · 8,720 hd

136.65

+1.07

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	580	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	398	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	708	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	863	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	149.46/cwt	149.25–150.00	797	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	886	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	891	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	663	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	948	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	932	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,039	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	969	2
Steers	—	Medium 1-2Fleshy	868	99.25/cwt	99.25–99.25	861	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	883	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	971	5
Steers	—	Medium 1-2Fleshy	1,012	110.25/cwt	110.25–110.25	1,116	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	589	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	425	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	593	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	469	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	635	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	682	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	483	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	664	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	699	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	129.58/cwt	127.50–131.25	741	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	594	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	849	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	810	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	122.25/cwt	114.00–128.00	828	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	940	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	113.01/cwt	112.00–116.00	817	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	960	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,027	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	315	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	510	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	689	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	613	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	837	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	772	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	711	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	771	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	819	3

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 Mar 17, 2021

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

Receipts 440Last week 1,995Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	483	141.25	141.25
7	—	389	151.50	151.50
10	—	518	135.00	135.00
12	—	677	114.00–128.00	122.25
8	—	723	112.00–116.00	113.01
9	—	572	127.50–131.25	129.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	139.50	139.50
3	—	483	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	469	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	594	143.00	143.00
2	—	623	130.00	130.00
74	—	679	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	960	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	711	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	613	136.50	136.50
2	—	315	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	712	115.00	115.00
2	—	660	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	420	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	533	149.25–150.00	149.46
5	—	663	143.00	143.00
4	—	440	170.00	170.00
3	—	592	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	116.00	116.00
13	—	590	150.25	150.25
6	—	398	178.00	178.00
5	—	883	110.00	110.00
12	—	680	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	729	142.50	142.50
3	—	515	167.50	167.50
1	—	315	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,012	110.25	110.25
9	—	868	99.25	99.25

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.