Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-06-24

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Jun 24
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 99▼ 80 vs year ago 150 · −53.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 12▼ 156 vs year ago 171 · −91.2%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to weak. Copious amounts of rainfall this past weekend tempered receipts.

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—Average1,59280.741,28519
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54461.819549thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30961.0379915
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11846.7752322

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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30571.08/cwt65.00–75.009283
Bulls——1,61182.99/cwt78.00–88.001,33715
Bulls——2,16576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,6451
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09837.78/cwt35.00–40.004156
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12650.14/cwt45.00–55.0056516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26064.99/cwt64.50–65.508192
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31760.42/cwt56.00–63.0079613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54461.81/cwt60.00–64.009549
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25766.97/cwt64.00–72.008423
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1611,149.70/cwt1,050.00–1,200.0013,3489
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,021.94/cwt910.00–1,150.0012,2633

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.