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St Joseph Stockyards Market

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

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Mar 2

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

88 head

▼ 108 vs last sale 196▼ 36 vs year ago 124 · −29.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 251 vs last sale 271▲ 5 vs year ago 15 · +33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light test.

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	1,789	79.56	1,423	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,439	61.94	891	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	56.56	725	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,067	37.08	395	33

Every lot

15 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	—	—	1,242	60.04/cwt	55.00–65.00	746	3
Bulls	—	—	1,868	91.71/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,713	2
Bulls	—	—	1,953	83.36/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,628	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	954	20.67/cwt	15.00–25.00	197	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,047	34.59/cwt	30.00–40.00	362	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	50.91/cwt	45.00–55.00	593	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	64.14/cwt	63.00–65.00	789	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,279	56.40/cwt	52.00–62.00	721	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	674	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,439	61.94/cwt	60.00–64.00	891	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	949	996.25/cwt	950.00–1,135.00	9,454	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,000	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	926	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	973	72.40/cwt	63.00–83.00	704	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 Mar 2, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 196Year ago 124

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 271Year ago 15

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light test.

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	2	—	1,000	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	949	950.00–1,135.00	996.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	973	63.00–83.00	72.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	99.00	99.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,047	30.00–40.00	34.59
11	—	1,165	45.00–55.00	50.91
7	—	954	15.00–25.00	20.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,439	60.00–64.00	61.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,279	52.00–62.00	56.40
3	—	1,348	50.00	50.00
3	—	1,230	63.00–65.00	64.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,953	78.00–88.00	83.36
3	—	1,242	55.00–65.00	60.04
2	—	1,868	90.00–94.00	91.71

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.