Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-10-22

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	—	High	1,856	73.12	1,357	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,589	53.25	846	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	49.25	630	139
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,124	37.54	422	70

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Medium and Large 1	—	1,585	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,805	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	22,563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,580	1,850.00/cwt	1,850.00–1,850.00	29,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	736	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	1,640.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,700.00	22,140	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,198	1,613.89/cwt	1,400.00–1,675.00	19,334	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,275	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	11,592	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,250	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	967	80.17/cwt	71.00–88.00	775	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	55.93/cwt	46.00–69.00	710	61
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,170	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,040.55/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	11,342	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,266	1,000.17/cwt	900.00–1,035.00	12,662	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,372	1,277.38/cwt	1,200.00–1,350.00	17,526	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	756.29/cwt	700.00–810.00	8,788	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,237	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,133	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,337	1,173.68/cwt	1,125.00–1,350.00	15,692	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,500	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	15,119	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	924.01/cwt	875.00–950.00	11,042	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	1,123.14/cwt	1,100.00–1,250.00	14,039	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	10,449	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	861.00/cwt	785.00–975.00	10,005	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	1,450.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,525.00	16,124	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,269	1,341.25/cwt	1,200.00–1,485.00	17,020	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,294	1,321.25/cwt	1,235.00–1,350.00	17,097	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	20,800	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,196	1
Bulls	—	—	1,854	73.48/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,362	24
Bulls	—	—	2,060	65.38/cwt	65.00–66.00	1,347	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	44.15/cwt	40.00–46.00	557	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	50.05/cwt	48.00–55.00	640	101
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	48.33/cwt	48.00–49.00	733	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	54.07/cwt	51.00–57.00	866	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,221	48.78/cwt	47.00–52.00	596	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	31.95/cwt	30.00–37.00	349	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	19.79/cwt	10.00–25.00	193	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,167	43.04/cwt	40.00–45.00	502	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,381	58.22/cwt	56.00–60.00	804	8

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Mon Oct 22, 2018

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 282Last week 96Year ago 128

Replacement CattleReceipts 388Last week 65Year ago 16

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,585	80.00	80.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,805	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,580	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,150	64.00	64.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,350	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,640.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,198	1,400.00–1,675.00	1,613.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,237	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,337	1,125.00–1,350.00	1,173.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	810.00	810.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,162	785.00–975.00	861.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,112	1,375.00–1,525.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,269	1,200.00–1,485.00	1,341.25
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,294	1,235.00–1,350.00	1,321.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,195	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	16	—	1,090	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,040.55
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	24	—	1,266	900.00–1,035.00	1,000.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,162	700.00–810.00	756.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,372	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,277.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,195	875.00–950.00	924.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	18	—	1,250	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,123.14
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,008	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	825.00	825.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	967	71.00–88.00	80.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	61	—	1,270	46.00–69.00	55.93
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	1,475.00	1,475.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	80.00	80.00
24	—	1,854	70.00–78.00	73.48
2	—	2,060	65.00–66.00	65.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,261	40.00–46.00	44.15
101	—	1,278	48.00–55.00	50.05
8	—	1,381	56.00–60.00	58.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,516	48.00–49.00	48.33
18	—	1,601	51.00–57.00	54.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,221	47.00–52.00	48.78
9	—	1,092	30.00–37.00	31.95
14	—	975	10.00–25.00	19.79
40	—	1,167	40.00–45.00	43.04

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More