Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-01-27

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Jan 27
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 198 vs last sale 277▼ 100 vs year ago 179 · −55.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 366 vs last sale 373▼ 32 vs year ago 39 · −82.1%
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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—High1,79683.811,5055thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37061.3784118
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25355.4969535
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01134.8435210

Every lot

8 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——1,76780.33/cwt75.00–85.001,4193
Bulls——1,84089.03/cwt88.00–90.001,6382
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89324.19/cwt20.00–30.002164
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08941.94/cwt35.00–48.004576
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19960.49/cwt60.00–64.007257
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26654.24/cwt50.00–58.0068728
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37061.37/cwt60.00–64.0084118
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,27362.36/cwt60.00–67.007944

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.