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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-02-04

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Feb 4

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

← Jan 28Feb 4Feb 11 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

133 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 179▲ 51 vs year ago 82 · +62.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

28 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 39▲ 8 vs year ago 20 · +40.0%

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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	—	Average	1,900	77.00	1,463	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,424	57.87	824	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	55.43	709	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,187	46.00	546	39

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,735	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,093	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	83.58/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,521	3
Bulls	—	—	1,968	76.04/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,496	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,179	48.02/cwt	42.00–52.00	566	26
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,186	34.68/cwt	30.00–39.00	411	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,228	53.60/cwt	52.00–56.00	658	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	54.94/cwt	50.00–60.00	700	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	63.14/cwt	61.50–65.00	852	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	857	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,432	57.27/cwt	52.00–61.50	820	17
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	988	84.08/cwt	66.00–103.50	831	13
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,231	61.74/cwt	60.00–62.50	760	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,336	770.97/cwt	725.00–785.00	10,300	4

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 Feb 4, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 179Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 39Year ago 20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,228	52.00–56.00	53.60
26	—	1,179	42.00–52.00	48.02
8	—	1,186	30.00–39.00	34.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,432	52.00–61.50	57.27
2	—	1,360	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,275	50.00–60.00	54.94
3	—	1,350	61.50–65.00	63.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,968	72.00–78.00	76.04
3	—	1,820	80.00–88.00	83.58
1	—	1,735	63.00	63.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	13	—	988	66.00–103.50	84.08

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,336	725.00–785.00	770.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,231	60.00–62.50	61.74

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.