Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-11-16

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Nov 16
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Receipts
137 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 177▼ 213 vs year ago 350 · −60.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Breaker Utility cows sold 1.00 lower. Boner Utility cows sold 1.00 higher and Lean Utility cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

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—Average1,68874.681,26117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57054.4085414
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30553.9170444
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,18142.2649944

Every lot

7 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——1,63276.54/cwt72.00–81.001,24913
Bulls——1,87068.65/cwt65.00–70.001,2844
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06326.98/cwt25.00–30.002875
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13337.51/cwt32.00–42.0042513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22747.57/cwt43.00–53.0058426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30553.91/cwt50.00–59.0070444
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57054.40/cwt52.00–56.0085414

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.