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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-14

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Dec 14

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

200 head

▼ 70 vs last sale 270▲ 12 vs year ago 188 · +6.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 84 vs last sale 104▼ 272 vs year ago 292 · −93.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows sold 1.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. Next week Replacement cow special at noon.

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	1,629	76.09	1,239	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,546	55.29	855	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,341	52.33	702	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,203	43.58	524	73

Every lot

8 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	—	—	1,623	77.96/cwt	73.00–82.00	1,265	12
Bulls	—	—	1,663	64.87/cwt	60.00–70.00	1,079	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,202	46.23/cwt	41.00–51.00	556	54
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,204	36.03/cwt	30.00–40.00	434	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,341	52.33/cwt	48.00–58.00	702	71
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,546	55.29/cwt	52.00–58.00	855	26
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,374	1,270.48/cwt	1,200.00–1,300.00	17,456	11
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,103	66.28/cwt	62.00–71.00	731	5

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 14, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 200Last week 270Year ago 188

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 104Year ago 292

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows sold 1.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. Next week Replacement cow special at noon.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,204	30.00–40.00	36.03
54	—	1,202	41.00–51.00	46.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,546	52.00–58.00	55.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,341	48.00–58.00	52.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,663	60.00–70.00	64.87
12	—	1,623	73.00–82.00	77.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,374	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,270.48

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	5	—	1,103	62.00–71.00	66.28

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.