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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-12

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Apr 12

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

135 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 99▲ 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 22▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Breaker and Boning Utility cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Lean Utility cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,887	98.78	1,864	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	65.06	1,015	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	62.86	793	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,142	47.29	540	26

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	—	—	1,862	93.14/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,734	3
Bulls	—	—	1,895	100.47/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,904	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,099	40.52/cwt	38.00–45.00	445	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,130	27.28/cwt	25.00–32.00	308	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,163	54.00/cwt	50.00–58.00	628	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,261	62.86/cwt	58.00–67.00	793	64
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	65.06/cwt	62.00–69.00	1,015	12
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	84.12/cwt	70.00–109.00	871	12

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 12, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 99Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 22Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Breaker and Boning Utility cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Lean Utility cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls firm undertone noted.

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	12	—	1,035	70.00–109.00	84.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,862	92.00–95.00	93.14
10	—	1,895	98.00–104.00	100.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,261	58.00–67.00	62.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,560	62.00–69.00	65.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,163	50.00–58.00	54.00
7	—	1,099	38.00–45.00	40.52
3	—	1,130	25.00–32.00	27.28

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.