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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Apr 27

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

177 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 171▼ 233 vs year ago 410 · −56.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

214 head

▲ 210 vs last sale 4▼ 401 vs year ago 615 · −65.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. A replacement cow sale 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	1,799	84.54	1,521	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,357	56.37	765	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,219	54.10	659	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,106	47.25	523	43

Every lot

25 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	—	—	1,025	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	646	1
Bulls	—	—	1,807	84.12/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,520	14
Bulls	—	—	1,930	90.04/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,738	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	40.32/cwt	35.00–45.00	438	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,116	50.60/cwt	48.00–53.00	565	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	54.10/cwt	50.00–57.00	659	55
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,357	56.37/cwt	53.00–59.00	765	37
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	992	68.35/cwt	58.00–78.00	678	39
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	909	1,319.54/cwt	1,300.00–1,350.00	11,995	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	884.48/cwt	750.00–900.00	9,844	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,159	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,562	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,207	1,164.23/cwt	1,050.00–1,300.00	14,052	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,224	1,151.40/cwt	1,000.00–1,300.00	14,093	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,020	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	1,118.95/cwt	1,050.00–1,175.00	14,099	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,328	1,249.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,450.00	16,587	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,902	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,042	1,185.71/cwt	1,100.00–1,250.00	12,355	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	1,900.00/cwt	1,600.00–2,100.00	20,520	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,123	1,970.00/cwt	1,700.00–2,200.00	22,123	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,195	1,608.33/cwt	1,500.00–1,800.00	19,220	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,208	2,040.00/cwt	1,700.00–2,125.00	24,643	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,226	1,450.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,500.00	17,777	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,267	1,750.00/cwt	1,750.00–1,750.00	22,173	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,410	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	14,100	1

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 27, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 177Last week 171Year ago 410

Replacement CattleReceipts 214Last week 4Year ago 615

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. A replacement cow sale was held at noon today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	63.00	63.00
14	—	1,807	78.00–88.00	84.12
5	—	1,930	89.00–91.00	90.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,219	50.00–57.00	54.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,357	53.00–59.00	56.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,086	35.00–45.00	40.32
29	—	1,116	48.00–53.00	50.60

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	39	—	992	58.00–78.00	68.35

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,224	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,151.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,113	750.00–900.00	884.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,159	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,207	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,164.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,260	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,118.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	909	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,319.54
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,328	1,150.00–1,450.00	1,249.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	878	900.00	900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,267	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,226	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,195	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,608.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,042	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,185.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,208	1,700.00–2,125.00	2,040.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,123	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,970.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,080	1,600.00–2,100.00	1,900.00

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.