Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2018-05-14

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, May 14
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
▼ 241 vs last sale 383▲ 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 85▲ 20 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—Low1,75180.561,41013
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39753.9275367
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67351.738654thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16147.8755652

Every lot

13 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——1,56570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0961
Bulls——1,74680.93/cwt76.00–85.001,41311
Bulls——1,99087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,7311
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08435.13/cwt30.00–42.0038113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18051.37/cwt45.00–54.0060631
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21455.00/cwt55.00–55.006688
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23061.00/cwt61.00–61.007501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38454.31/cwt50.00–59.0075260
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,55948.82/cwt45.00–50.007616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67351.73/cwt51.00–52.008654
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0501,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0013,1251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1271,038.08/cwt1,025.00–1,050.0011,6992
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04472.73/cwt65.00–85.0075913

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.