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St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-03

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, May 3

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

117 head

▼ 74 vs last sale 191▼ 43 vs year ago 160 · −26.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 40▲ 3 vs year ago 12 · +25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher and Slaughter Bulls sold steady.

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	1,859	90.84	1,688	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,621	67.76	1,098	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	67.35	872	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,147	55.11	632	38

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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,590	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,352	2
Bulls	—	—	1,948	92.78/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,807	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	964	42.12/cwt	40.00–50.00	406	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	291	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,188	58.82/cwt	52.00–62.50	699	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,293	66.86/cwt	63.00–73.50	864	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	998	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	68.38/cwt	66.00–73.50	1,086	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,835	63.70/cwt	63.00–64.50	1,169	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,441	1,277.34/cwt	1,100.00–1,325.00	18,406	6

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 May 3, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 117Last week 191Year ago 160

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 40Year ago 12

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher and Slaughter Bulls sold steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,441	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,277.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,948	88.00–96.00	92.78
2	—	1,590	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,293	63.00–73.50	66.86
2	—	1,330	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,588	66.00–73.50	68.38
2	—	1,835	63.00–64.50	63.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,188	52.00–62.50	58.82
5	—	964	40.00–50.00	42.12
2	—	970	30.00	30.00

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.