Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-02-25

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Feb 25
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 201▲ 92 vs year ago 90 · +102.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 238 vs last sale 373▲ 124 vs year ago 11 · +1,127.3%
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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—Average1,96184.561,6588thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56966.971,05128
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33757.9277457
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21052.7463852

Every lot

20 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,87888.00/cwt87.00–90.001,6533
Bulls——2,01082.50/cwt78.00–85.001,6585
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95030.00/cwt30.00–30.002852
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18035.00/cwt35.00–35.004131
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21453.52/cwt50.00–57.5065044
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28958.54/cwt58.00–60.007555
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33357.57/cwt53.00–65.0076755
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43767.56/cwt67.00–68.009712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54064.59/cwt61.00–67.0099513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59569.03/cwt67.50–72.001,10115
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-298870.00/cwt70.00–70.006925
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03091.31/cwt70.00–106.0094027
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,5541,420.19/cwt1,300.00–1,435.0022,0708
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0771,059.39/cwt1,025.00–1,100.0011,4105
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2931,077.27/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0013,92911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,35362.05/cwt59.00–73.0084012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,369800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,9525
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,378864.30/cwt850.00–875.0011,9109
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3961,133.24/cwt950.00–1,250.0015,82020
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4541,432.88/cwt1,400.00–1,450.0020,83411

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.