Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-10-05

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Oct 5
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 93▼ 43 vs year ago 190 · −22.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 12▼ 77 vs year ago 90 · −85.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison. Demand moderate to good on a moderate supply.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,69283.311,40913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52960.5692622
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32758.1677238
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15747.9455567

Every lot

10 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60079.09/cwt75.00–83.001,2656
Bulls——1,74985.75/cwt84.00–87.001,5006
Bulls——1,90094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,7861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09332.64/cwt30.00–36.003573
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10243.41/cwt40.00–46.0047820
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18751.04/cwt48.00–55.0060644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32758.16/cwt55.00–61.5077238
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52960.56/cwt58.00–62.0092622
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 191585.00/cwt85.00–85.007781
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14864.24/cwt58.50–70.007379

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.