Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-05-13

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, May 13
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
▼ 186 vs last sale 363▲ 35 vs year ago 142 · +24.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 45▼ 8 vs year ago 20 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to firm.

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—Average1,74581.051,41411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38960.5084036
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23758.4872372
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11846.9452543

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72080.05/cwt75.00–86.001,37710
Bulls——1,99091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,8111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95930.53/cwt27.00–36.002937
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09057.00/cwt57.00–57.006211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14738.40/cwt35.00–42.004407
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15152.82/cwt45.00–55.0060828
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22763.54/cwt63.00–64.007809
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23857.76/cwt52.00–63.0071563
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33064.50/cwt64.50–64.508582
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39260.26/cwt58.00–64.0083934
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-290789.53/cwt75.00–104.008126

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.