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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-05

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Apr 5

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

← Mar 29Apr 5Apr 12 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

99 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 114▲ 3 vs year ago 96 · +3.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 11 vs year ago 11 · +100.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Breaker Utility cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 Higher, Boner Utility cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher and Lean Utility cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls sold with a firm undertone with not enough to compare for an accurate market trend.

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	1,604	87.98	1,411	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	64.18	949	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,251	62.36	780	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,087	41.18	448	23

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,347	85.52/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,152	5
Bulls	—	—	1,473	70.18/cwt	67.00–76.00	1,034	2
Bulls	—	—	1,913	97.56/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,866	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	49.75/cwt	45.00–55.00	530	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	34.09/cwt	30.00–40.00	376	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	286	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	60.69/cwt	55.00–65.00	753	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	67.75/cwt	66.00–71.00	871	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,395	69.03/cwt	68.00–70.00	963	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,489	63.61/cwt	60.00–66.00	947	17
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,047	75.06/cwt	67.00–93.00	786	11
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,234	969.22/cwt	900.00–1,010.00	11,960	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 Apr 5, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 99Last week 114Year ago 96

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 0Year ago 11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	25.00	25.00
11	—	1,103	30.00–40.00	34.09
11	—	1,065	45.00–55.00	49.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	68.00–70.00	69.03
17	—	1,489	60.00–66.00	63.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,286	66.00–71.00	67.75
29	—	1,240	55.00–65.00	60.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	67.00–76.00	70.18
5	—	1,913	93.00–100.00	97.56
5	—	1,347	81.00–88.00	85.52

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	11	—	1,047	67.00–93.00	75.06

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,234	900.00–1,010.00	969.22

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.