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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Dec 7

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

← Nov 30Dec 7Dec 14 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

270 head

▲ 116 vs last sale 154▼ 54 vs year ago 324 · −16.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

104 head

▲ 92 vs last sale 12▲ 54 vs year ago 50 · +108.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Breaker Utility and Boner Utility cows sold 2.00 higher. Lean Utility cows remained steady. Slaughter Bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Had a Replacement cow special today at noon, no recent price comparison.

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	1,845	74.28	1,370	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,561	57.09	891	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	54.04	724	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,195	43.97	525	106

Every lot

17 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,836	76.20/cwt	72.00–81.00	1,399	21
Bulls	—	—	1,908	60.81/cwt	60.00–62.00	1,160	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,152	30.22/cwt	28.00–32.00	348	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	36.45/cwt	32.00–41.50	423	26
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	47.49/cwt	42.00–52.00	575	75
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	54.04/cwt	50.00–59.50	724	77
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,561	57.09/cwt	52.00–62.00	891	36
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,221	1,426.32/cwt	1,400.00–1,450.00	17,415	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,246	752.00/cwt	725.00–800.00	9,370	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,379.17/cwt	1,250.00–1,425.00	17,929	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	1,137.50/cwt	1,050.00–1,200.00	14,788	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,369	1,024.73/cwt	860.00–1,200.00	14,029	37
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,500	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	20,250	6
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,175	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	16,156	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,195	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	12,966	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	895.59/cwt	725.00–975.00	11,105	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,295	842.72/cwt	800.00–860.00	10,913	10

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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 270Last week 154Year ago 324

Replacement CattleReceipts 104Last week 12Year ago 50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,300	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,137.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,246	725.00–800.00	752.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	37	—	1,369	860.00–1,200.00	1,024.73

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,500	1,350.00	1,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,221	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,426.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,300	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,379.17

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,375.00	1,375.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,295	800.00–860.00	842.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,195	1,085.00	1,085.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,240	725.00–975.00	895.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,561	52.00–62.00	57.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,210	42.00–52.00	47.49
26	—	1,160	32.00–41.50	36.45
5	—	1,152	28.00–32.00	30.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,340	50.00–59.50	54.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,908	60.00–62.00	60.81
21	—	1,836	72.00–81.00	76.20

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.