Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-08-05

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Aug 5
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 82▼ 190 vs year ago 364 · −52.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
367 head
▲ 358 vs last sale 9▲ 167 vs year ago 200 · +83.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for the Replacement Cow Special held at noon with several good strings of 2nd and mostly 3rd stage fall calvers on offer, as well some some pairs with big stout calves already on the ground.

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—Average1,76287.031,5338thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49362.9293923
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27362.0178945
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07954.2358527

Every lot

25 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76287.03/cwt80.00–90.001,5338
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06454.59/cwt50.00–57.0058119
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10043.41/cwt40.00–45.004783
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12259.36/cwt59.00–60.006665
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26668.43/cwt67.00–69.5086610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27450.55/cwt50.00–52.006444
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27561.42/cwt57.00–64.0078331
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49362.92/cwt58.00–66.0093923
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2251,125.00/cwt950.00–1,300.0013,7818
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2501,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0015,9383
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,700.00/cwt1,700.00–1,700.0022,10010
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3001,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0017,2257
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3331,641.67/cwt1,625.00–1,650.0021,8836
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3391,671.88/cwt1,625.00–1,725.0022,38616
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2051,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0017,4732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,313900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,8173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3181,266.77/cwt1,025.00–1,550.0016,69626
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3321,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0014,9855
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4541,221.77/cwt1,200.00–1,250.0017,7657
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4731,667.70/cwt1,400.00–1,850.0024,56533
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5081,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0018,4733
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,5081,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0015,08012
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,5161,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0017,0556
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,5531,349.23/cwt1,250.00–1,425.0020,95449
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,570950.00/cwt950.00–950.0014,9153

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.