Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2021-05-05

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Wed, May 5
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1512
Receipts
1,401 head
▼ 407 vs last sale 1,808▲ 162 vs year ago 1,239 · +13.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder Heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. The highlight of the sale consisted of 4 loads of 789 lbs Steers at 139.25 and 2 loads of 714 lbs Heifers at 132.85. Supply moderate with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.69/cwt on 579 head.
Average price
$146.69
579 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$188
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.91
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565151.52856121
Medium and Large 1718145.421,044458
One grade step is worth $6.10/cwt here — about −$188 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 sale579 hd
146.69
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MO average18 barns · 8,003 hd
147.60
−0.91
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1345210.00/cwt210.00–210.007253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383175.00/cwt175.00–175.006707
Steers—Medium and Large 1390190.00/cwt190.00–190.007415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418175.98/cwt170.50–179.5073615
Steers—Medium and Large 1440191.00/cwt191.00–191.0084011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2454168.00/cwt168.00–168.007635
Steers—Medium and Large 1482176.05/cwt170.50–181.0084916
Steers—Medium and Large 1515168.00/cwt168.00–168.008656
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543156.97/cwt156.25–157.5085233
Steers—Medium and Large 1565160.02/cwt155.00–165.0090437
Steers—Medium and Large 1605147.96/cwt147.00–149.0089523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615141.50/cwt141.00–141.7587042
Steers—Medium and Large 1679143.46/cwt140.00–145.2597444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2692136.00/cwt136.00–136.009416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708130.00/cwt130.00–130.0092013
Steers—Medium and Large 1742140.75/cwt140.75–140.751,04419
Steers—Medium and Large 1785138.81/cwt134.00–139.251,090282
Steers—Medium and Large 1822136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,12412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323168.68/cwt168.50–169.0054511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390148.50/cwt148.50–148.505798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393156.37/cwt154.00–157.506156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421154.69/cwt153.50–160.0065126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463150.06/cwt147.00–150.7569550
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472141.04/cwt137.50–144.0066621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526138.78/cwt137.25–142.0073034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532149.65/cwt145.00–157.0079654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556139.93/cwt137.00–144.5077818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2604128.10/cwt127.00–128.3577411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605133.58/cwt130.00–135.0080880
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678130.38/cwt125.50–135.0088433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714132.85/cwt132.85–132.85949158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765125.84/cwt125.00–127.0096326
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438173.00/cwt173.00–173.007585

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.