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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-28

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Oct 28

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

137 head

▲ 62 vs last sale 75▼ 41 vs year ago 178 · −23.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

65 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 12▼ 10 vs year ago 75 · −13.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows selling 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower. Farmers are in the fields trying to get as much crop harvested as possible prior to the expected precipitation this afternoon into tomorrow.

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	—	Low	1,760	74.21	1,306	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,541	51.93	800	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,299	46.78	608	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,122	34.13	383	50

Every lot

19 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,135	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	738	1
Bulls	—	—	1,732	72.56/cwt	68.00–76.00	1,257	11
Bulls	—	—	1,993	81.06/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,616	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	855	17.49/cwt	15.00–20.00	150	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,051	28.21/cwt	25.00–32.00	296	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	21.57/cwt	15.00–25.00	235	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,176	39.46/cwt	35.00–43.00	464	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,193	42.34/cwt	40.00–44.00	505	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,195	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	550	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,284	45.54/cwt	42.00–50.00	585	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,394	52.78/cwt	52.00–54.00	736	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,475	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	664	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	52.22/cwt	48.00–56.00	806	24
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,212	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	15,150	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,239	962.32/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	11,923	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,307	1,136.99/cwt	1,125.00–1,150.00	14,860	12
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	740	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	821	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	907	78.25/cwt	71.00–83.00	710	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,017	65.95/cwt	53.00–93.00	671	11

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 28, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 75Year ago 178

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 12Year ago 75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	18	—	1,239	850.00–1,000.00	962.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,212	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	1,307	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,136.99

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	11	—	1,017	53.00–93.00	65.95
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	907	71.00–83.00	78.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	740	111.00	111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	65.00	65.00
11	—	1,732	68.00–76.00	72.56
4	—	1,993	80.00–82.00	81.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,193	40.00–44.00	42.34
17	—	1,284	42.00–50.00	45.54
5	—	1,394	52.00–54.00	52.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	45.00	45.00
24	—	1,544	48.00–56.00	52.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,089	15.00–25.00	21.57
1	—	1,195	46.00	46.00
29	—	1,176	35.00–43.00	39.46
14	—	1,051	25.00–32.00	28.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	15.00–20.00	17.49

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.