Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-06-17

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Jun 17
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 78▲ 12 vs year ago 87 · +13.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 15▼ 22 vs year ago 34 · −64.7%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold steady on light test,, while slaughter bulls were steady.

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—High1,73879.551,38311
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,17070.008191thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42061.9488028
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24758.7673319
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,09245.5749824

Every lot

10 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53568.27/cwt65.00–75.001,0484
Bulls——1,81090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6292
Bulls——1,87284.40/cwt80.00–86.001,5805
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97123.82/cwt21.00–25.002314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10652.67/cwt50.00–57.0058316
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15838.89/cwt35.00–45.004504
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,17070.00/cwt70.00–70.008191
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24758.76/cwt56.00–62.0073319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42061.94/cwt58.00–64.0088028
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13773.95/cwt70.00–75.008415

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.