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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-15

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Apr 15

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

306 head

▲ 111 vs last sale 195▲ 39 vs year ago 267 · +14.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 50▼ 11 vs year ago 61 · −18.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls selling steady. Larger run of slaughter cows on hand today with sunshine plentiful.

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	1,728	82.18	1,420	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,435	57.20	821	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	54.53	697	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	45.79	498	87

Every lot

19 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 · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,495	61.75/cwt	60.00–64.00	923	2
Bulls	—	—	1,649	81.80/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,349	19
Bulls	—	—	1,859	87.69/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,630	10
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,385	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,789	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	30.38/cwt	30.00–32.00	302	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	36.89/cwt	35.00–41.00	380	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	49.02/cwt	45.00–53.00	543	60
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,159	56.55/cwt	55.00–58.00	655	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,272	54.44/cwt	50.00–58.50	692	93
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,300	47.79/cwt	45.00–50.00	621	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	60.38/cwt	60.00–61.00	857	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	57.84/cwt	54.00–60.50	833	50
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,475	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	664	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,582	62.15/cwt	62.00–62.50	983	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,435.00/cwt	1,435.00–1,435.00	16,503	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	15,900	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	1,235.00/cwt	1,235.00–1,235.00	17,290	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,117	60.54/cwt	55.00–70.00	676	16
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,129	74.53/cwt	62.00–85.00	841	19

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 15, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 306Last week 195Year ago 267

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 50Year ago 61

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls selling steady. Larger run of slaughter cows on hand today with sunshine plentiful.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,400	1,235.00	1,235.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,200	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	1,435.00	1,435.00

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	19	—	1,129	62.00–85.00	74.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,117	55.00–70.00	60.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,649	78.00–85.00	81.80
10	—	1,859	87.00–90.00	87.69
2	—	1,495	60.00–64.00	61.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,385	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,272	50.00–58.50	54.44
3	—	1,420	60.00–61.00	60.38
1	—	1,475	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,440	54.00–60.50	57.84
3	—	1,582	62.00–62.50	62.15
5	—	1,300	45.00–50.00	47.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,107	45.00–53.00	49.02
4	—	1,159	55.00–58.00	56.55
18	—	1,030	35.00–41.00	36.89
5	—	995	30.00–32.00	30.38

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.