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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-12-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-23

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Dec 23

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

← Dec 16Dec 23Dec 30 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

153 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 188▲ 153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 259 vs last sale 292▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

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	1,670	76.23	1,273	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,485	57.39	852	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,314	49.57	651	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,155	37.41	432	63

Every lot

16 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	—	—	1,140	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	741	1
Bulls	—	—	1,736	77.63/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,348	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	976	17.91/cwt	15.00–23.00	175	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,124	27.48/cwt	25.00–31.00	309	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,188	42.22/cwt	34.00–46.00	502	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	718	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,314	49.40/cwt	46.50–53.00	649	32
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	55.77/cwt	50.00–59.00	825	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,499	60.78/cwt	60.00–63.00	911	10
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	980	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	990	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,115	54.50/cwt	53.00–55.00	608	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,136	72.06/cwt	69.50–77.00	819	8
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,271	54.42/cwt	52.00–58.00	692	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,011	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	9,706	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	12,233	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,473	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	20,622	5

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 Dec 23, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 153Last week 188Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 292Year ago 0

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,736	74.00–82.00	77.63
1	—	1,140	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	55.00	55.00
32	—	1,314	46.50–53.00	49.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,499	60.00–63.00	60.78
21	—	1,479	50.00–59.00	55.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	976	15.00–23.00	17.91
9	—	1,124	25.00–31.00	27.48
47	—	1,188	34.00–46.00	42.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	101.00	101.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,271	52.00–58.00	54.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,136	69.50–77.00	72.06

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,115	53.00–55.00	54.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,011	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,473	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	1,050.00	1,050.00

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.