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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-03

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Feb 3

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

← Jan 27Feb 3Feb 10 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

96 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 79▼ 37 vs year ago 133 · −27.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 7▼ 6 vs year ago 28 · −21.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light test of slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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	1,895	83.47	1,582	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,387	62.65	869	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	57.04	685	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,069	33.85	362	26

Every lot

12 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	—	—	1,880	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,654	1
Bulls	—	—	1,896	83.06/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,575	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	825	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	248	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	943	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	236	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,088	45.87/cwt	40.00–50.00	499	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,106	18.98/cwt	10.00–25.00	210	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,126	30.79/cwt	30.00–35.00	347	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	56.55/cwt	52.00–61.00	676	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,247	61.31/cwt	61.00–62.00	765	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,387	62.65/cwt	59.00–66.50	869	15
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	995	87.11/cwt	79.00–100.00	867	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	64.27/cwt	59.50–70.00	713	6

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Mon Feb 3, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 79Year ago 133

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 7Year ago 28

Compared to last week, a light test of slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	943	25.00	25.00
1	—	825	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,088	40.00–50.00	45.87
7	—	1,126	30.00–35.00	30.79
4	—	1,106	10.00–25.00	18.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,387	59.00–66.50	62.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,195	52.00–61.00	56.55
3	—	1,247	61.00–62.00	61.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,896	75.00–87.00	83.06
1	—	1,880	88.00	88.00

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	6	—	1,110	59.50–70.00	64.27

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	995	79.00–100.00	87.11

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.