St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-13

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, May 13

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

← May 6May 13May 20 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

177 head

▼ 186 vs last sale 363▲ 35 vs year ago 142 · +24.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 33 vs last sale 45▼ 8 vs year ago 20 · −40.0%

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to firm.

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	—	Average	1,745	81.05	1,414	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,389	60.50	840	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	58.48	723	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,118	46.94	525	43

Every lot, as filed

11 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	52.82/cwt	45.00–55.00	608	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	38.40/cwt	35.00–42.00	440	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	30.53/cwt	27.00–36.00	293	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	621	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	60.26/cwt	58.00–64.00	839	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	858	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	57.76/cwt	52.00–63.00	715	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	63.54/cwt	63.00–64.00	780	9
Bulls	—	—	1,720	80.05/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,377	10
Bulls	—	—	1,990	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,811	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	907	89.53/cwt	75.00–104.00	812	6

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 May 13, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 177Last week 363Year ago 142

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 45Year ago 20

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to firm.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,151	45.00–55.00	52.82
7	—	1,147	35.00–42.00	38.40
7	—	959	27.00–36.00	30.53
1	—	1,090	57.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,392	58.00–64.00	60.26
2	—	1,330	64.50	64.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,238	52.00–63.00	57.76
9	—	1,227	63.00–64.00	63.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,720	75.00–86.00	80.05
1	—	1,990	91.00	91.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	907	75.00–104.00	89.53

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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