Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2018-01-29

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Jan 29
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 224▲ 243 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 275 vs last sale 25▲ 300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold unevenly steady, while slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was a bred cow special starting at noon with approximately 300 head on offer.

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—Low1,81477.661,40917
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39054.0275146
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,58252.8083519
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20749.5759842

Every lot

31 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68369.68/cwt68.00–72.001,1732
Bulls——1,83278.72/cwt76.00–84.001,44215
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92359.97/cwt59.00–62.005543
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15637.59/cwt32.00–42.004357
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24551.22/cwt45.00–55.0063832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36461.80/cwt60.00–64.008434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38545.00/cwt45.00–45.006232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39353.69/cwt50.00–59.0074840
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54048.00/cwt48.00–48.007391
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58453.07/cwt51.00–60.0084118
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,5501,720.83/cwt1,700.00–1,735.0026,6732
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,6252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1601,408.79/cwt1,250.00–1,525.0016,34211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1711,874.07/cwt1,360.00–2,100.0021,94557
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1951,260.00/cwt1,260.00–1,260.0015,0571
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2031,270.95/cwt1,100.00–1,425.0015,2902
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2591,958.46/cwt1,675.00–2,125.0024,65720
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3481,016.76/cwt825.00–1,050.0013,7066
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3731,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0020,5952
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,373988.35/cwt825.00–1,075.0013,57036
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3971,051.82/cwt810.00–1,125.0014,69415
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4121,951.31/cwt1,700.00–2,075.0027,55226
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,418869.22/cwt825.00–950.0012,32617
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4771,122.52/cwt1,075.00–1,200.0016,58013
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4791,462.45/cwt1,300.00–1,600.0021,63043
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5401,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0015,5543
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,031116.15/cwt85.00–128.501,19826
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,27371.86/cwt66.00–82.0091512
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,30564.64/cwt63.00–66.008442
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,208875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,5704
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,275.00/cwt1,225.00–1,325.0015,9382

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.