Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2018-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-11-19

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	1,656	63.52	1,052	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,496	54.35	813	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,251	43.95	550	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,157	36.22	419	22

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,349	49.76/cwt	43.00–61.00	671	24
Bulls	—	—	1,522	48.63/cwt	45.00–50.50	740	4
Bulls	—	—	1,697	68.10/cwt	60.00–74.00	1,156	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	49.62/cwt	49.00–50.00	629	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	506	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	43.71/cwt	40.00–50.00	545	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,353	41.33/cwt	38.00–45.00	559	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	63.26/cwt	60.00–66.00	996	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	54.70/cwt	50.00–60.00	823	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	24.84/cwt	20.00–30.00	282	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	33.08/cwt	30.00–36.00	373	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	40.89/cwt	37.00–43.00	482	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,417	1,138.87/cwt	1,000.00–1,225.00	16,138	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,344	1,338.09/cwt	1,300.00–1,375.00	17,984	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,302	1,650.00/cwt	1,650.00–1,650.00	21,483	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,461	50.79/cwt	43.00–57.00	742	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	878.34/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	11,989	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,478	1,065.61/cwt	1,000.00–1,225.00	15,750	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,111	69.91/cwt	64.50–77.00	777	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	15,390	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,313	733.65/cwt	700.00–835.00	9,633	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2Broken Mouth	—	1,176	700.00/cwt	635.00–750.00	8,232	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,392	56.79/cwt	46.00–64.00	791	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	106.50/cwt	87.00–119.50	998	15

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 Nov 19, 2018

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 223Last week 0Year ago 375

Replacement CattleReceipts 175Last week 0Year ago 525

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,349	43.00–61.00	49.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,392	46.00–64.00	56.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	937	87.00–119.50	106.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,111	64.50–77.00	69.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,417	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,138.87
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,344	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,338.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,302	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,461	43.00–57.00	50.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,365	800.00–1,000.00	878.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,478	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,065.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,140	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,313	700.00–835.00	733.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,176	635.00–750.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,522	45.00–50.50	48.63
13	—	1,697	60.00–74.00	68.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,268	49.00–50.00	49.62
3	—	1,266	40.00	40.00
22	—	1,246	40.00–50.00	43.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,353	38.00–45.00	41.33
10	—	1,574	60.00–66.00	63.26
43	—	1,504	50.00–60.00	54.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	20.00–30.00	24.84
7	—	1,129	30.00–36.00	33.08
12	—	1,179	37.00–43.00	40.89

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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