Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2018-12-31

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Dec 31
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 0▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 0▲ 30 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—Average1,80566.821,2065thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44053.2276618
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28548.4462226
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13838.6444014

Every lot

14 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——1,51064.00/cwt64.00–64.009661
Bulls——1,59556.54/cwt55.00–58.009022
Bulls——2,16378.50/cwt78.50–78.501,6982
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01025.00/cwt25.00–25.002532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,12039.00/cwt39.00–39.004371
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13345.99/cwt45.00–47.005213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15030.48/cwt30.00–31.003512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17441.71/cwt38.00–44.004907
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27747.17/cwt44.00–50.0060221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31853.75/cwt52.00–56.507085
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39251.68/cwt48.00–54.007199
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53456.72/cwt55.00–58.508708
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08770.23/cwt55.00–95.0076311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,43955.42/cwt49.00–77.0079717

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.