Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-11

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	1,855	81.60	1,514	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,449	60.42	875	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,338	58.19	779	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,191	47.29	563	76

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1-2	—	1,200	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,720	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	844.66/cwt	750.00–875.00	10,871	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	925	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	6,753	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,242	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	16,767	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,382.88/cwt	1,050.00–1,475.00	15,350	22
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	91.09/cwt	67.50–115.50	993	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	941.10/cwt	735.00–1,075.00	12,705	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,177	893.57/cwt	600.00–1,010.00	10,517	34
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,031	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,671	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	1,564.06/cwt	1,525.00–1,625.00	18,221	32
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,104	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	14,076	4
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	870	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,743	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	1,312.38/cwt	1,060.00–1,450.00	16,287	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,051	1,046.63/cwt	960.00–1,160.00	11,000	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	736.49/cwt	710.00–810.00	9,685	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	11,285	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,373	1,120.64/cwt	950.00–1,200.00	15,386	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,156	1,027.56/cwt	800.00–1,060.00	11,879	16
Bulls	—	—	1,585	75.50/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,197	5
Bulls	—	—	1,822	83.53/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,522	17
Bulls	—	—	1,975	90.77/cwt	90.50–91.00	1,793	2
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,413	74.76/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,804	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,337	66.68/cwt	66.00–67.50	892	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	60.30/cwt	55.00–65.00	860	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight	—	2,005	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	1,063	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,202	58.17/cwt	57.00–60.00	699	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	35.15/cwt	29.00–43.00	395	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,222	51.21/cwt	44.00–56.00	626	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	868	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	58.00/cwt	53.00–64.00	777	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	885	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,337	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	17,715	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	1,210.41/cwt	1,050.00–1,375.00	15,493	9

How this sale compares

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

Mon Mar 11, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 217Last week 124Year ago 220

Replacement CattleReceipts 317Last week 15Year ago 100

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	810.00	810.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,287	750.00–875.00	844.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,337	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,280	1,050.00–1,375.00	1,210.41
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	730.00	730.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,350	735.00–1,075.00	941.10
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,177	600.00–1,010.00	893.57
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,031	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,241	1,060.00–1,450.00	1,312.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,051	960.00–1,160.00	1,046.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,315	710.00–810.00	736.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,525	740.00	740.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,373	950.00–1,200.00	1,120.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,156	800.00–1,060.00	1,027.56
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,242	1,350.00	1,350.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,165	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,564.06
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,104	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,110	1,050.00–1,475.00	1,382.88
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	870	775.00	775.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	42	—	1,090	67.50–115.50	91.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,585	74.00–77.00	75.50
17	—	1,822	80.00–88.00	83.53
2	—	1,975	90.50–91.00	90.77
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,413	72.00–78.00	74.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,337	66.00–67.50	66.68
24	—	1,426	55.00–65.00	60.30
2	—	1,670	53.00	53.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	53.00	53.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,202	57.00–60.00	58.17
22	—	1,123	29.00–43.00	35.15
46	—	1,222	44.00–56.00	51.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	67.00	67.00
46	—	1,339	53.00–64.00	58.00

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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