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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Apr 26

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

191 head

▼ 149 vs last sale 340▲ 14 vs year ago 177 · +7.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▼ 253 vs last sale 293▼ 174 vs year ago 214 · −81.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows sold steady to 1.00 lower and Slaughter Bulls sold 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	—	Low	1,751	87.64	1,534	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	66.28	1,006	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	65.92	816	104
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,030	47.02	484	37

Every lot

10 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	—	—	1,485	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,470	1
Bulls	—	—	1,640	68.88/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,130	3
Bulls	—	—	1,805	91.72/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,656	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	961	41.01/cwt	40.00–45.00	394	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	974	34.06/cwt	30.00–38.00	332	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,084	54.90/cwt	50.00–58.00	595	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	65.92/cwt	60.00–69.50	816	104
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,518	66.28/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,006	15
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	98.48/cwt	91.00–102.00	921	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,013	76.24/cwt	64.00–89.00	772	10

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 26, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 191Last week 340Year ago 177

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 293Year ago 214

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows sold steady to 1.00 lower and Slaughter Bulls sold 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	974	30.00–38.00	34.06
9	—	961	40.00–45.00	41.01
20	—	1,084	50.00–58.00	54.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,518	65.00–68.00	66.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,238	60.00–69.50	65.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,640	65.00–75.00	68.88
1	—	1,485	99.00	99.00
11	—	1,805	86.00–96.00	91.72

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,013	64.00–89.00	76.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	935	91.00–102.00	98.48

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.