Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-07-08

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Jul 8
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 70▲ 8 vs year ago 103 · +7.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 15▼ 13 vs year ago 36 · −36.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Close* Compared to two weeks ago, Breaking and Boning slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, Lean slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand very good as packer try to fill early to mid-week harvest schedule.

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—High1,64282.161,34910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,39361.4685638
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20359.0871113
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07948.5152415

Every lot

13 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——1,54479.79/cwt75.00–83.001,2327
Bulls——1,87087.68/cwt85.00–90.001,6403
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00535.76/cwt30.00–45.003595
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07053.00/cwt53.00–53.005671
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10954.20/cwt50.00–57.006019
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18561.00/cwt61.00–61.007231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21459.59/cwt55.00–62.0072312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32467.85/cwt66.00–71.008985
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40161.27/cwt55.00–64.0085830
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43252.70/cwt52.00–53.007553
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2901,062.50/cwt950.00–1,175.0013,7062
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-294395.60/cwt80.00–100.009024
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,36668.27/cwt59.00–69.0093317

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.