Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2018-12-03

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Dec 3
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
95 vs last sale 223 157 vs year ago 285 · 55.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
85 head
90 vs last sale 175 19 vs year ago 66 · +28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower on comparable sales, while slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower on comparable sales.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,86166.841,24412
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57258.399187thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30345.5959459
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15226.5530636

Every lot, as filed

16 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62953.91/cwt52.00–55.008784
CowsLean 85-90%1,22338.33/cwt34.00–42.0046911
CowsLean 85-90%1,15048.00/cwt48.00–48.005521
CowsLean 85-90%1,22325.69/cwt20.00–35.0031412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36954.36/cwt52.00–59.0074415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49764.36/cwt63.00–65.009633
CowsLean 85-90%1,01614.81/cwt10.00–30.0015012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,268773.49/cwt725.00–900.009,8084
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,090103.17/cwt90.00–115.501,12512
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,30066.44/cwt60.00–84.0086424
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,22147.16/cwt38.00–55.0057637
Bulls1,79565.88/cwt62.00–68.001,1838
Bulls2,05276.67/cwt76.00–78.001,5733
Bulls1,81045.00/cwt45.00–45.008151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33037.17/cwt35.00–38.004945
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27443.30/cwt40.00–50.0055239

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.