Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-09-10

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	1,653	81.41	1,346	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,459	59.64	870	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	57.37	739	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,090	46.76	510	11

Every lot, as filed

15 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%	—	1,022	30.97/cwt	30.00–32.00	317	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	51.05/cwt	49.00–53.00	574	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	42.56/cwt	40.00–45.00	469	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	56.04/cwt	55.00–57.00	592	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	58.61/cwt	54.00–65.00	867	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	64.28/cwt	63.50–65.00	877	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	56.64/cwt	50.00–60.00	723	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	61.97/cwt	60.00–65.00	840	3
Bulls	—	—	1,706	82.64/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,410	9
Bulls	—	—	1,602	74.29/cwt	69.50–78.00	1,190	5
Bulls	—	—	1,581	89.56/cwt	89.00–90.50	1,416	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,200	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	15,900	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	83.46/cwt	70.00–101.00	716	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,376	65.84/cwt	64.50–67.00	906	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,300	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	15,275	4

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 10, 2018

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 162Last week 145Year ago 170

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 85Year ago 20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,022	30.00–32.00	30.97
5	—	1,125	49.00–53.00	51.05
2	—	1,102	40.00–45.00	42.56
2	—	1,057	55.00–57.00	56.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,480	54.00–65.00	58.61
2	—	1,365	63.50–65.00	64.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,277	50.00–60.00	56.64
3	—	1,356	60.00–65.00	61.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,706	80.00–87.50	82.64
5	—	1,602	69.50–78.00	74.29
3	—	1,581	89.00–90.50	89.56

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,200	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,300	1,175.00	1,175.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	858	70.00–101.00	83.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,376	64.50–67.00	65.84

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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