Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2017-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-09-11

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	1,637	84.38	1,381	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,323	65.80	871	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,454	65.28	949	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,168	55.41	647	34

Every lot, as filed

18 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,221	42.81/cwt	40.00–45.00	523	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	47.61/cwt	35.00–60.00	456	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	67.55/cwt	65.50–69.00	963	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	61.87/cwt	60.00–64.00	927	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	102.20/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,083	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	1,269	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	16,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	808	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,122.33/cwt	1,085.00–1,150.00	12,458	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,398	817.49/cwt	800.00–875.00	11,429	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	106.87/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,154	2
Bulls	—	—	1,018	68.85/cwt	65.00–70.00	701	3
Bulls	—	—	1,746	87.12/cwt	82.00–91.50	1,521	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	59.64/cwt	55.00–62.00	793	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	54.34/cwt	50.00–60.00	674	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	61.89/cwt	60.00–65.00	720	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	69.40/cwt	67.00–76.00	960	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	64.63/cwt	61.00–69.50	827	27

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.

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St Joseph Stockyards Slaughter / Replacement Cattle - St Joseph, MO

Mon Sep 11, 2017

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,221	40.00–45.00	42.81
4	—	957	35.00–60.00	47.61
9	—	1,240	50.00–60.00	54.34
16	—	1,163	60.00–65.00	61.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,425	65.50–69.00	67.55
6	—	1,498	60.00–64.00	61.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,329	55.00–62.00	59.64
19	—	1,383	67.00–76.00	69.40
27	—	1,280	61.00–69.50	64.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,018	65.00–70.00	68.85
17	—	1,746	82.00–91.50	87.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,060	100.00–104.50	102.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,203	105.50	105.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,200	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	800	101.00	101.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,110	1,085.00–1,150.00	1,122.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,398	800.00–875.00	817.49
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,080	100.00–114.00	106.87

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.

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