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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Oct 21

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

75 head

▼ 115 vs last sale 190▼ 207 vs year ago 282 · −73.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 78 vs last sale 90▼ 376 vs year ago 388 · −96.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows and sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,604	70.15	1,125	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,555	56.63	881	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,339	53.36	715	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,107	42.06	466	24

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,479	64.27/cwt	54.00–70.00	951	4
Bulls	—	—	1,729	76.03/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,315	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	45.24/cwt	40.00–50.00	499	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	336	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,138	22.27/cwt	20.00–25.00	253	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,323	43.50/cwt	42.00–45.00	576	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,341	54.30/cwt	48.00–58.00	728	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,532	57.92/cwt	55.00–60.00	887	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,765	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	794	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,186	69.74/cwt	59.00–80.50	827	8

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.

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St Joseph Stockyards Slaughter / Replacement Cattle - St Joseph, MO

Mon Oct 21, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, St Joseph, MO (LS-SJ)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 190Year ago 282

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 90Year ago 388

*CLOSE* Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows and sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,186	59.00–80.50	69.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,103	40.00–50.00	45.24
2	—	1,120	30.00	30.00
2	—	1,138	20.00–25.00	22.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,532	55.00–60.00	57.92
1	—	1,765	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,341	48.00–58.00	54.30
2	—	1,323	42.00–45.00	43.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,729	70.00–80.00	76.03
4	—	1,479	54.00–70.00	64.27

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.