Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2017-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-10-16

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	1,784	78.96	1,408	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,322	62.43	825	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,476	60.95	900	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,151	46.81	539	16

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Bulls	—	—	1,909	81.71/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,560	5
Bulls	—	—	1,582	71.14/cwt	62.50–75.00	1,125	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	53.19/cwt	50.00–57.00	620	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	42.22/cwt	38.50–46.00	491	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	29.54/cwt	29.00–30.00	312	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	61.36/cwt	60.00–65.00	896	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	57.19/cwt	55.00–59.00	846	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	65.97/cwt	65.00–67.00	1,000	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	61.63/cwt	58.00–66.50	793	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	68.45/cwt	67.50–69.50	911	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	53.18/cwt	50.00–56.00	732	5
Bulls	—	—	1,978	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,780	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,109	71.56/cwt	70.00–73.00	794	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	94.24/cwt	80.00–111.00	941	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,230	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	16,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	15,950	1

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 Oct 16, 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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,909	80.00–85.00	81.71
6	—	1,582	62.50–75.00	71.14
3	—	1,978	90.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,165	50.00–57.00	53.19
5	—	1,162	38.50–46.00	42.22
2	—	1,057	29.00–30.00	29.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,461	60.00–65.00	61.36
5	—	1,480	55.00–59.00	57.19
3	—	1,516	65.00–67.00	65.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,286	58.00–66.50	61.63
9	—	1,331	67.50–69.50	68.45
5	—	1,377	50.00–56.00	53.18

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,109	70.00–73.00	71.56
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	998	80.00–111.00	94.24
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,023	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,450.00	1,450.00

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.

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