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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-12-17

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Dec 17

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

405 head

▲ 160 vs last sale 245▼ 46 vs year ago 451 · −10.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

255 head

▲ 66 vs last sale 189▼ 245 vs year ago 500 · −49.0%

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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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,717	67.85	1,165	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,407	48.44	682	99
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,233	42.41	523	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,165	35.63	415	58

Every lot

22 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,230	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	916	1
Bulls	—	—	1,604	62.56/cwt	61.00–64.00	1,003	6
Bulls	—	—	1,762	68.82/cwt	65.00–71.50	1,213	26
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	31.25/cwt	30.00–32.00	342	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	21.34/cwt	14.00–25.00	235	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,177	38.14/cwt	35.00–42.00	449	38
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	42.41/cwt	40.00–45.00	516	54
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	37.27/cwt	35.00–38.00	464	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,280	43.62/cwt	43.00–45.00	558	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,399	47.55/cwt	45.00–50.50	665	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,406	48.96/cwt	43.00–56.00	688	92
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	41.66/cwt	40.00–42.00	592	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	70.76/cwt	70.00–71.00	757	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,121	685.64/cwt	630.00–700.00	7,686	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,231	1,168.44/cwt	1,150.00–1,200.00	14,383	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	48.33/cwt	42.00–58.00	609	51
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,277	1,044.88/cwt	925.00–1,125.00	13,343	55
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,282	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	18,910	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,385	901.17/cwt	885.00–940.00	12,481	33
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	917	104.50/cwt	89.00–115.00	958	24
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,013	72.06/cwt	50.00–84.00	730	18
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,184	51.53/cwt	42.00–62.00	610	18

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.

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St Joseph Stockyards Slaughter / Replacement Cattle - St Joseph, MO

Mon Dec 17, 2018

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, St Joseph, MO (LS-SJ)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 405Last week 245Year ago 451

Replacement CattleReceipts 255Last week 189Year ago 500

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,282	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,231	1,150.00–1,200.00	1,168.44

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	—	1,260	42.00–58.00	48.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,070	70.00–71.00	70.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	—	1,385	885.00–940.00	901.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	55	—	1,277	925.00–1,125.00	1,044.88

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,121	630.00–700.00	685.64

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,013	50.00–84.00	72.06
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,184	42.00–62.00	51.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	917	89.00–115.00	104.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	74.50	74.50
6	—	1,604	61.00–64.00	62.56
26	—	1,762	65.00–71.50	68.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,399	45.00–50.50	47.55
54	—	1,217	40.00–45.00	42.41
5	—	1,246	35.00–38.00	37.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,420	40.00–42.00	41.66
92	—	1,406	43.00–56.00	48.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,280	43.00–45.00	43.62
7	—	1,100	14.00–25.00	21.34
8	—	1,093	30.00–32.00	31.25
38	—	1,177	35.00–42.00	38.14

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.