Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-04-01

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Apr 1
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 180 vs last sale 0▲ 180 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 0▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower.

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—Low1,87773.891,38713
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51052.9880021
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38249.4368358
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21341.2350066

Every lot

17 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——1,40565.18/cwt60.00–70.009164
Bulls——2,06877.04/cwt71.00–80.001,5938
Bulls——2,23583.50/cwt83.50–83.501,8661
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07027.52/cwt25.00–30.0029411
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12053.00/cwt53.00–53.005942
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18436.62/cwt32.00–42.004346
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25444.52/cwt42.00–51.0055847
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33942.94/cwt42.00–45.005754
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36449.18/cwt45.00–53.0067145
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48953.55/cwt53.00–54.007979
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50652.16/cwt48.00–55.0078616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52355.60/cwt55.50–56.008475
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1571,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0016,4873
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03394.50/cwt53.00–113.5097643
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,32856.26/cwt53.00–64.0074711
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0221,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,2203
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3851,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0015,2353

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.