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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-06

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, May 6

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

363 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 410▼ 20 vs year ago 383 · −5.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 570 vs last sale 615▼ 40 vs year ago 85 · −47.1%

Also sold hereFeeder Cattle

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Another good run of cows today as the typical turn out time has passed. More rain in the forecast this week, however sunshine and warmer temperatures are much needed to give the short grass a boost.

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	1,806	82.16	1,484	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	59.56	867	71
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	58.17	736	103
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,139	49.01	558	86

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	—	—	1,350	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	878	1
Bulls	—	—	1,799	81.95/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,474	15
Bulls	—	—	1,948	87.24/cwt	87.00–88.00	1,699	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	931	33.34/cwt	30.00–37.00	310	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,129	40.76/cwt	35.00–44.00	460	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,157	51.54/cwt	45.00–55.00	596	66
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,248	57.40/cwt	56.00–58.00	716	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	58.17/cwt	53.00–62.00	736	103
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	64.13/cwt	63.50–66.00	929	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,457	59.14/cwt	54.00–63.00	862	65
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,435.00/cwt	1,435.00–1,435.00	15,785	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,064	82.10/cwt	71.00–96.00	874	24

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 May 6, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 363Last week 410Year ago 383

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 615Year ago 85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,457	54.00–63.00	59.14
6	—	1,448	63.50–66.00	64.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,248	56.00–58.00	57.40
7	—	931	30.00–37.00	33.34
10	—	1,129	35.00–44.00	40.76
66	—	1,157	45.00–55.00	51.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,265	53.00–62.00	58.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	65.00	65.00
4	—	1,948	87.00–88.00	87.24
15	—	1,799	78.00–85.00	81.95

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 · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	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	24	—	1,064	71.00–96.00	82.10

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.