Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-06-10

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Jun 10
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 194▼ 82 vs year ago 160 · −51.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 45▼ 198 vs year ago 213 · −93.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, boning and lean cows were steady while fleshier cows were firmer on a light test. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Light volume this week as producers are in the field making hay or finishing up their corn and soybean planting.

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—Low1,62181.601,32219
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,33870.009374thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39761.7986316
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24059.5673812
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13847.7854417

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53866.31/cwt60.00–75.001,0203
Bulls——1,63684.47/cwt78.00–88.001,38216
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01320.00/cwt20.00–20.002032
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07031.45/cwt30.00–33.003372
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16854.56/cwt50.00–56.0063713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22459.16/cwt56.00–62.0072411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31064.00/cwt64.00–64.008382
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,33870.00/cwt70.00–70.009374
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40961.48/cwt60.00–63.0086614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41064.00/cwt64.00–64.009021
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-295976.21/cwt72.00–80.007315
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,27471.28/cwt67.00–73.009087

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.