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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-08

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Mar 8

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

199 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 238▲ 123 vs year ago 76 · +161.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

60 head

▼ 212 vs last sale 272▲ 28 vs year ago 32 · +87.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,757	80.55	1,416	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	58.04	842	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,248	54.50	680	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,117	42.08	470	63

Every lot

16 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,471	68.77/cwt	50.00–77.50	1,012	7
Bulls	—	—	1,844	83.31/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,536	17
Bulls	—	—	1,890	89.45/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,691	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,037	28.32/cwt	25.00–30.00	294	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	35.74/cwt	32.00–38.00	395	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	47.36/cwt	40.00–50.00	537	33
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,218	53.22/cwt	52.00–54.00	648	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	53.93/cwt	50.00–58.00	669	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	59.31/cwt	58.00–60.00	773	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	60.99/cwt	60.50–61.50	829	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,461	57.70/cwt	52.00–60.00	843	44
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	993	96.29/cwt	79.00–118.00	956	23
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	62.51/cwt	60.00–65.00	688	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,194	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	728	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,481	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,119	837.50/cwt	600.00–1,000.00	9,372	8

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 Mar 8, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 199Last week 238Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 272Year ago 32

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,303	58.00–60.00	59.31
34	—	1,241	50.00–58.00	53.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,218	52.00–54.00	53.22
33	—	1,133	40.00–50.00	47.36
12	—	1,037	25.00–30.00	28.32
12	—	1,104	32.00–38.00	35.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,461	52.00–60.00	57.70
5	—	1,360	60.50–61.50	60.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,890	88.00–90.00	89.45
7	—	1,471	50.00–77.50	68.77
17	—	1,844	78.00–88.00	83.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	3	—	1,100	60.00–65.00	62.51

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	993	79.00–118.00	96.29

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,194	61.00	61.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	925.00	925.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,119	600.00–1,000.00	837.50

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.