Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-11-02

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Nov 2
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 127▲ 56 vs year ago 146 · +38.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 142▼ 49 vs year ago 71 · −69.0%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market report for comparison, a weaker undertone on Slaughter Cows and Bulls is noted.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,89678.941,49612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58862.4899230
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34359.1279480
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12650.7957261

Every lot

11 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,89180.25/cwt78.00–84.001,5189
Bulls——1,91075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,4333
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92025.00/cwt25.00–25.002302
Cows—Lean 85-90%96335.79/cwt35.00–38.003454
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11443.71/cwt38.00–47.004879
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15053.89/cwt50.00–58.0062040
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16259.31/cwt59.00–60.006896
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34059.28/cwt56.00–64.0079477
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41355.00/cwt55.00–55.007773
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58862.48/cwt60.00–65.0099230
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03972.18/cwt65.00–89.0075013

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.