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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-30

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Mar 30

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

110 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 76▼ 70 vs year ago 180 · −38.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 32▼ 69 vs year ago 75 · −92.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,753	85.03	1,490	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,363	62.01	845	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,626	61.71	1,003	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,248	58.54	731	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	43.41	483	28

Every lot

14 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	—	—	1,415	73.35/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,038	2
Bulls	—	—	1,660	83.88/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,392	11
Bulls	—	—	2,091	92.24/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,929	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,052	28.30/cwt	25.00–30.00	298	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	35.06/cwt	31.00–38.00	381	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	54.53/cwt	54.00–55.00	604	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,129	46.39/cwt	40.00–52.00	524	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,237	58.19/cwt	54.00–62.00	720	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	628	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,358	65.02/cwt	62.50–68.00	883	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,363	62.01/cwt	58.00–64.00	845	13
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,626	61.71/cwt	60.00–63.50	1,003	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	968	81.81/cwt	79.00–85.00	792	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,038	71.80/cwt	68.00–76.00	745	2

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 30, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 76Year ago 180

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 32Year ago 75

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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	2	—	1,038	68.00–76.00	71.80

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	2	—	968	79.00–85.00	81.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,626	60.00–63.50	61.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,129	40.00–52.00	46.39
4	—	1,086	31.00–38.00	35.06
3	—	1,052	25.00–30.00	28.30
2	—	1,108	54.00–55.00	54.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,363	58.00–64.00	62.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,237	54.00–62.00	58.19
3	—	1,358	62.50–68.00	65.02
1	—	1,255	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,660	80.00–88.00	83.88
5	—	2,091	90.00–95.00	92.24
2	—	1,415	72.00–75.00	73.35

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.