Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2017-07-31

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Jul 31
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Feeder Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 0 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
83 vs last sale 0 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
35 vs last sale 0 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $86.00/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$86.00
3 head · 1,052 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$320
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$19.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.71
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-21,10092.501,0182thin
Large 295573.006971thin
One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about $320 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
86.00
MO average1 barns · 25 hd
90.71
−4.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,55891.351,42422
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24270.2187225
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50467.041,00810
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00455.6355917

Every lot, as filed

25 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsLarge 295573.00/cwt73.00–73.006971
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,07593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,12592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,0351
BullsLarge 11,7501,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0028,0001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,10574.15/cwt70.00–79.508193
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3571,335.00/cwt1,335.00–1,335.0018,1169
Bred CowsLarge 21,0601,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.0011,5011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2281,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0014,1222
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4081,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,8963
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3451,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0018,8304
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,35568.45/cwt68.00–69.009272
Stock CowsLarge 21,16076.00/cwt76.00–76.008821
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,043100.84/cwt96.00–101.501,0528
Bred CowsLarge 21,29567.00/cwt67.00–67.008681
Bulls1,72683.12/cwt77.50–87.001,4353
Bulls1,440100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4401
Bulls1,53792.24/cwt88.00–98.501,41818
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15177.79/cwt75.00–81.008957
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23768.69/cwt65.00–73.0085013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38363.55/cwt62.00–65.008795
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57063.69/cwt62.00–65.001,0003
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47668.47/cwt65.00–71.001,0117
CowsLean 85-90%87537.55/cwt30.00–45.003296
CowsLean 85-90%94863.99/cwt62.00–65.006073
CowsLean 85-90%1,12266.05/cwt62.00–68.007418

How this sale compares

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.