Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-04-22

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Apr 22
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
176 vs last sale 306 280 vs year ago 410 · 68.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
5 vs last sale 50 35 vs year ago 80 · 43.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were steady.

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
BullsHigh1,81682.601,50012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43158.1083116
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28957.3473934
CowsLean 85-90%High1,14547.9554946

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%1,44258.12/cwt55.00–61.5083813
CowsLean 85-90%1,10057.96/cwt57.00–59.006383
CowsLean 85-90%1,07539.69/cwt38.00–42.004275
CowsLean 85-90%1,07030.93/cwt30.00–35.003317
CowsLean 85-90%1,17852.15/cwt47.00–56.0061431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29456.02/cwt52.00–61.0072528
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,07548.00/cwt48.00–48.005161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53563.00/cwt63.00–63.009672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,26871.51/cwt64.00–79.009075
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,18262.78/cwt61.00–64.007423
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-291396.71/cwt82.00–110.5088313
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,22164.08/cwt60.00–70.5078211
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,02268.86/cwt60.00–76.007046
Bulls1,94088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,7073
Bulls1,77580.80/cwt75.00–85.001,4349
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26863.48/cwt62.00–65.008056

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.