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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-08

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Apr 8

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

195 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 180▲ 30 vs year ago 165 · +18.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 75▼ 29 vs year ago 79 · −36.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, lean cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, while fleshier cows were 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher.

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	1,711	80.42	1,376	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	59.07	854	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,299	55.89	726	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,133	46.65	528	83

Every lot

11 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,677	79.73/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,337	11
Bulls	—	—	2,090	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,839	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,044	35.07/cwt	32.00–40.00	366	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	632	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	50.33/cwt	45.00–54.50	586	60
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,296	54.53/cwt	50.00–58.50	707	41
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	60.52/cwt	60.00–63.50	793	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	59.07/cwt	55.00–61.00	854	31
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	95.70/cwt	80.00–109.00	938	23
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,083	68.40/cwt	57.00–74.00	741	14
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,145	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	704	3

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 Apr 8, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 195Last week 180Year ago 165

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 75Year ago 79

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, lean cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, while fleshier cows were 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher.

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,145	61.50	61.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	980	80.00–109.00	95.70

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,083	57.00–74.00	68.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,165	45.00–54.50	50.33
21	—	1,044	32.00–40.00	35.07
2	—	1,090	58.00	58.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,445	55.00–61.00	59.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,296	50.00–58.50	54.53
12	—	1,310	60.00–63.50	60.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,677	76.00–84.00	79.73
1	—	2,090	88.00	88.00

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.