Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2018-03-26

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Mar 26
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 179▲ 191 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 50▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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—Average1,65274.261,22733
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37458.9981079
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,76455.229744thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26450.2263553

Every lot

16 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,13788.58/cwt87.00–90.001,0072
Bulls——1,62061.00/cwt50.00–70.009887
Bulls——1,70476.94/cwt73.00–83.001,31124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20335.76/cwt25.00–40.5043012
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25260.71/cwt59.00–63.0076010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29252.43/cwt45.00–58.5067731
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31951.01/cwt50.00–52.006736
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32765.95/cwt64.00–69.5087517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39457.73/cwt53.00–65.0080556
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70753.87/cwt53.00–54.509202
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,82056.58/cwt55.00–58.001,0302
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,031108.40/cwt85.00–121.001,11812
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10570.35/cwt63.00–81.007778
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,071819.17/cwt625.00–900.008,7733
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28751,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.008,7502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2900650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,8501

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.