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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-09

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Mar 9

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

76 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 88▼ 141 vs year ago 217 · −65.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

32 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 20▼ 285 vs year ago 317 · −89.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and 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	—	Low	1,912	78.78	1,506	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,271	58.82	747	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,048	43.81	459	38

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	—	—	1,831	74.34/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,361	6
Bulls	—	—	1,993	83.22/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,659	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	949	27.18/cwt	20.00–30.00	258	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	41.86/cwt	32.00–45.00	442	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	54.14/cwt	50.00–58.00	594	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,234	60.02/cwt	58.00–62.00	741	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,442	53.22/cwt	52.00–55.00	767	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,178	1,210.00/cwt	950.00–1,325.00	14,254	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,078	936.33/cwt	860.00–1,000.00	10,094	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,364	1,125.30/cwt	900.00–1,225.00	15,349	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,044	73.04/cwt	70.00–84.00	763	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,339	66.10/cwt	62.00–72.00	885	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.

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

Mon Mar 9, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 88Year ago 217

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 20Year ago 317

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,831	70.00–76.00	74.34
6	—	1,993	80.00–88.00	83.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,442	52.00–55.00	53.22
14	—	1,234	58.00–62.00	60.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	949	20.00–30.00	27.18
10	—	1,057	32.00–45.00	41.86
18	—	1,097	50.00–58.00	54.14

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,178	950.00–1,325.00	1,210.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,364	900.00–1,225.00	1,125.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,078	860.00–1,000.00	936.33

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	10	—	1,044	70.00–84.00	73.04
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,339	62.00–72.00	66.10

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.