Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2021-02-22

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Feb 22
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 156▼ 108 vs year ago 196 · −55.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 21▼ 255 vs year ago 271 · −94.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison on slaughter cows and bulls. Moderated temperatures this week when compared to the last couple weeks where extreme conditions left for hazardous road travel.

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—Average2,06993.671,93814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48963.5494615
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28262.3079932
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15747.1254523

Every lot

12 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——1,86570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,3061
Bulls——2,05893.39/cwt88.00–96.001,9229
Bulls——2,144100.22/cwt98.00–101.002,1494
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12241.78/cwt35.00–46.004699
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12525.00/cwt25.00–25.002812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18854.82/cwt50.00–60.0065112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25162.60/cwt57.00–68.0078327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42068.17/cwt67.00–69.509682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47255.69/cwt53.00–58.008203
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48963.54/cwt60.00–68.0094615
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,05097.79/cwt86.00–101.001,0277
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11269.27/cwt65.00–81.007709

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.