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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-04

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

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

124 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 182▼ 167 vs year ago 291 · −57.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 120 vs last sale 135▼ 185 vs year ago 200 · −92.5%

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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	—	Low	1,846	82.71	1,526	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,526	60.12	917	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,270	57.80	734	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,172	44.95	527	37

Every lot

12 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	—	—	1,796	84.01/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,509	6
Bulls	—	—	1,835	72.47/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,330	3
Bulls	—	—	1,955	90.33/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,766	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	32.69/cwt	30.00–35.00	364	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	38.37/cwt	35.00–42.00	447	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,182	50.50/cwt	45.00–55.00	597	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,197	65.57/cwt	64.00–67.00	785	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,269	57.62/cwt	50.00–63.00	731	44
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,480	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	740	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,526	60.12/cwt	56.00–64.00	917	16
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,220	64.81/cwt	62.00–69.00	791	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	68.63/cwt	66.00–75.00	851	6

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 Mar 4, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 124Last week 182Year ago 291

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 135Year ago 200

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,220	62.00–69.00	64.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,240	66.00–75.00	68.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,835	70.00–76.00	72.47
3	—	1,955	90.00–91.00	90.33
6	—	1,796	80.00–88.00	84.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	50.00	50.00
2	—	1,197	64.00–67.00	65.57
44	—	1,269	50.00–63.00	57.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,526	56.00–64.00	60.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	30.00–35.00	32.69
14	—	1,165	35.00–42.00	38.37
21	—	1,182	45.00–55.00	50.50

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.