Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2021-01-11

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Jan 11
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Receipts
123 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 86▲ 123 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls firm undertone 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—Low1,75681.771,43617
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57853.7884915
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38752.2172428
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,20142.9051546

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59572.21/cwt68.00–75.001,1523
Bulls——1,76382.32/cwt80.00–85.001,45111
Bulls——1,89089.31/cwt88.00–92.001,6883
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05425.52/cwt20.00–30.002696
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09138.43/cwt35.00–40.004199
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26147.56/cwt42.00–52.0060031
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38752.21/cwt50.00–55.0072428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57853.78/cwt51.00–56.5084915

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.