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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-24

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Feb 24

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

196 head

▼ 174 vs last sale 370▲ 14 vs year ago 182 · +7.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

271 head

▼ 140 vs last sale 411▲ 136 vs year ago 135 · +100.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Bulls sold steady with instances of 1.00-2.00 higher on high dressing bulls. A replacement cow special was held at noon today.

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	1,832	79.50	1,456	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,544	67.77	1,046	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	63.35	922	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	57.11	730	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,086	39.95	434	59

Every lot

18 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	—	—	1,649	62.49/cwt	60.00–65.00	1,030	5
Bulls	—	—	1,848	83.32/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,540	8
Bulls	—	—	1,988	90.39/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,797	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,001	24.29/cwt	20.00–27.00	243	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	34.39/cwt	30.00–38.00	364	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,131	48.27/cwt	40.00–53.00	546	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,278	57.11/cwt	51.00–62.00	730	67
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,456	63.35/cwt	60.00–65.50	922	30
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,544	67.77/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,046	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	1,435.71/cwt	1,275.00–1,500.00	18,564	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,146	1,497.03/cwt	1,400.00–1,550.00	17,156	44
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,210	1,310.28/cwt	1,275.00–1,350.00	15,854	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	1,167.56/cwt	950.00–1,350.00	14,886	35
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,308	1,292.82/cwt	1,100.00–1,375.00	16,910	40
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,328	1,076.83/cwt	900.00–1,275.00	14,300	43
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,347	1,525.28/cwt	1,450.00–1,600.00	20,546	10
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,104	71.79/cwt	62.00–82.00	793	24
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,109	91.89/cwt	90.00–92.50	1,019	4

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 Feb 24, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 196Last week 370Year ago 182

Replacement CattleReceipts 271Last week 411Year ago 135

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Bulls sold steady with instances of 1.00-2.00 higher on high dressing bulls. A replacement cow special was held at noon today.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,293	1,275.00–1,500.00	1,435.71

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,347	1,450.00–1,600.00	1,525.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	—	1,146	1,400.00–1,550.00	1,497.03

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	—	1,328	900.00–1,275.00	1,076.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,308	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,292.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	—	1,275	950.00–1,350.00	1,167.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,210	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,310.28

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	4	—	1,109	90.00–92.50	91.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,104	62.00–82.00	71.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,649	60.00–65.00	62.49
5	—	1,988	88.00–94.00	90.39
8	—	1,848	80.00–86.00	83.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,278	51.00–62.00	57.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,456	60.00–65.50	63.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,001	20.00–27.00	24.29
25	—	1,057	30.00–38.00	34.39
28	—	1,131	40.00–53.00	48.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,544	67.00–68.00	67.77

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.