Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2017-07-31

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Jul 31
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Feeder Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 0▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 0▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $86.00/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$86.00
3 head · 1,052 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$320
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$19.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.71
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-21,10092.501,0182thin
Large 295573.006971thin
One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about $320 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 sale3 hd
86.00
—
MO average1 barns · 25 hd
90.71
−4.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,55891.351,42422
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24270.2187225
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50467.041,00810
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00455.6355917

Every lot

25 lots · USDA AMS · St Joseph Stockyards Slaughter / Replacement 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 295573.00/cwt73.00–73.006971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,07593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,12592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,0351
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,440100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4401
Bulls——1,53792.24/cwt88.00–98.501,41818
Bulls——1,72683.12/cwt77.50–87.001,4353
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87537.55/cwt30.00–45.003296
Cows—Lean 85-90%94863.99/cwt62.00–65.006073
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12266.05/cwt62.00–68.007418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15177.79/cwt75.00–81.008957
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23768.69/cwt65.00–73.0085013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38363.55/cwt62.00–65.008795
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47668.47/cwt65.00–71.001,0117
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57063.69/cwt62.00–65.001,0003
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Large 11,7501,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0028,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,043100.84/cwt96.00–101.501,0528
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,10574.15/cwt70.00–79.508193
Stock Cows—Large 21,16076.00/cwt76.00–76.008821
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Large 21,0601,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0011,5011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2281,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0014,1222
Bred Cows—Large 21,29567.00/cwt67.00–67.008681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3451,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0018,8304
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,35568.45/cwt68.00–69.009272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3571,335.00/cwt1,335.00–1,335.0018,1169
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4081,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,8963

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.