Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2017-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-11-20

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	1,923	73.67	1,417	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,509	53.39	806	66
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	53.08	690	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,114	40.03	446	22

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	18,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	15,106	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,562.50/cwt	1,425.00–1,700.00	16,406	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,435.00/cwt	1,435.00–1,435.00	17,220	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,538	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	23,839	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,199	1,323.83/cwt	1,200.00–1,500.00	15,873	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	14,248	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,301	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,661	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	85.71/cwt	80.00–87.00	830	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,197	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	14,963	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,435	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	19,373	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,221	1,180.77/cwt	950.00–1,275.00	14,417	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,800	1,235.00/cwt	1,235.00–1,235.00	22,230	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,219.16/cwt	1,100.00–1,325.00	14,264	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	11,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,138	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	32.29/cwt	32.00–34.00	356	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,412	1,200.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,400.00	16,944	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,052	1,089.90/cwt	975.00–1,200.00	11,466	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,650.00/cwt	1,650.00–1,650.00	19,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	1,520.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,525.00	19,456	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,006	118.14/cwt	94.00–129.00	1,188	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	32.55/cwt	30.00–35.00	352	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,600	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	24,000	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	48.12/cwt	42.00–50.00	767	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	55.53/cwt	51.00–61.00	715	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	47.40/cwt	45.00–51.00	629	19
Bulls	—	—	2,270	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,362	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,347	1,625.00/cwt	1,625.00–1,625.00	21,889	26
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	14,820	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,227	1,795.76/cwt	1,525.00–1,975.00	22,034	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,259	1,977.97/cwt	1,900.00–2,050.00	24,903	57
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,513	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	18,913	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,072	89.46/cwt	89.00–90.00	959	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	46.41/cwt	45.00–50.00	524	12
Bulls	—	—	1,894	74.81/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,417	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	54.45/cwt	51.00–60.00	812	55
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,264	916.06/cwt	750.00–1,050.00	11,579	34
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,359	1,166.53/cwt	1,000.00–1,325.00	15,853	46
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	71.82/cwt	71.00–73.00	862	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	799	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	15,795	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,378	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	13,091	2

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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

Mon Nov 20, 2017

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 375Last week 173Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 525Last week 23Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	1,425.00–1,700.00	1,562.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,200	1,435.00	1,435.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,280	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,520.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,221	950.00–1,275.00	1,180.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,079	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,199	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,323.83
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,390	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,197	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,800	1,235.00	1,235.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,170	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,219.16
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,513	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	46	—	1,359	1,000.00–1,325.00	1,166.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,200	71.00–73.00	71.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	73.00	73.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,053	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,301	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,264	750.00–1,050.00	916.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,378	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	111.00	111.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,600	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,347	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	—	1,227	1,525.00–1,975.00	1,795.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	57	—	1,259	1,900.00–2,050.00	1,977.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,072	89.00–90.00	89.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,538	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,435	1,350.00	1,350.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,412	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,200.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,052	975.00–1,200.00	1,089.90
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	968	80.00–87.00	85.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,006	94.00–129.00	118.14
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	988	1,500.00	1,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,102	32.00–34.00	32.29
3	—	1,081	30.00–35.00	32.55
12	—	1,130	45.00–50.00	46.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,593	42.00–50.00	48.12
55	—	1,492	51.00–60.00	54.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,288	51.00–61.00	55.53
19	—	1,328	45.00–51.00	47.40
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,270	60.00	60.00
12	—	1,894	70.00–80.00	74.81

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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