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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-20

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Apr 20

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

171 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 96▲ 41 vs year ago 130 · +31.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 11▼ 41 vs year ago 45 · −91.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, breaker and boner cows sold 12.00-15.00 higher. Lean cows sold 8.00-10.00 higher. There are no recent price comparisons for bulls, however a sharply higher undertone was noted.

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	1,690	82.25	1,390	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,483	62.00	919	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	58.90	874	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	56.86	676	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,082	34.35	372	27

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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,533	73.78/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,131	2
Bulls	—	—	1,682	82.42/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,386	15
Bulls	—	—	1,905	89.46/cwt	89.00–90.00	1,704	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	781	21.94/cwt	15.00–25.00	171	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	855	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	470	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,136	33.42/cwt	30.00–36.00	380	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,187	55.24/cwt	50.00–60.00	656	67
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,200	49.92/cwt	45.00–52.00	599	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	61.66/cwt	61.50–65.00	744	23
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,483	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	919	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	58.90/cwt	55.00–60.00	874	17
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	871	61.60/cwt	56.00–65.00	537	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 Apr 20, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 171Last week 96Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 11Year ago 45

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	4	—	871	56.00–65.00	61.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,483	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,136	30.00–36.00	33.42
5	—	1,200	45.00–52.00	49.92
5	—	781	15.00–25.00	21.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,484	55.00–60.00	58.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,187	50.00–60.00	55.24
23	—	1,206	61.50–65.00	61.66
1	—	855	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,682	78.00–88.00	82.42
2	—	1,905	89.00–90.00	89.46
2	—	1,533	72.00–76.00	73.78

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.