Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

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	1,790	80.67	1,444	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,478	60.91	900	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,296	57.68	747	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,141	46.09	526	111

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	2,390	2,100.00/cwt	2,100.00–2,100.00	50,190	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,025	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	1,256.25/cwt	1,175.00–1,300.00	13,354	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	15,750	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,369	1,600.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,650.00	21,904	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,575.00	19,688	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,592.50/cwt	1,500.00–1,685.00	18,314	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,800.00/cwt	1,800.00–1,800.00	22,500	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	20,150	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	18,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	1,652.00/cwt	1,560.00–1,675.00	22,467	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	1,532.95/cwt	1,300.00–1,625.00	20,925	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,336	921.24/cwt	850.00–950.00	12,308	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,334	912.06/cwt	825.00–960.00	12,167	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,391	1,151.79/cwt	910.00–1,350.00	16,021	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	1,143.77/cwt	950.00–1,410.00	15,727	48
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	14,053	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,042	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,202	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,146	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,606	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,221	1,222.86/cwt	1,100.00–1,275.00	14,931	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,296	990.60/cwt	815.00–1,175.00	12,838	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,373	1,039.32/cwt	835.00–1,225.00	14,270	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	953.80/cwt	785.00–1,100.00	12,380	41
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,212	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	11,029	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	69.93/cwt	65.00–75.00	815	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,061	88.00/cwt	71.00–108.50	934	30
Bulls	—	—	1,787	71.49/cwt	71.00–73.00	1,278	3
Bulls	—	—	1,472	71.01/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,045	3
Bulls	—	—	2,131	89.66/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,911	4
Bulls	—	—	1,775	81.41/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,445	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	932	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,650	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	842	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	57.68/cwt	53.00–63.00	744	89
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,628	53.52/cwt	53.00–54.00	871	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	65.14/cwt	64.00–65.50	939	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	60.51/cwt	58.00–64.00	894	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,270	59.13/cwt	57.00–61.50	751	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	26.26/cwt	10.00–32.00	273	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	38.56/cwt	30.00–42.00	413	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,181	51.84/cwt	45.00–57.00	612	66

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 20, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 345Last week 177Year ago 250

Replacement CattleReceipts 359Last week 12Year ago 211

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,390	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,300	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,063	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,256.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,400	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,369	1,550.00–1,650.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,250	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	1,500.00–1,685.00	1,592.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,250	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,300	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,360	1,560.00–1,675.00	1,652.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,365	1,300.00–1,625.00	1,532.95
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,336	850.00–950.00	921.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,334	825.00–960.00	912.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,391	910.00–1,350.00	1,151.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	48	—	1,375	950.00–1,410.00	1,143.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,196	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,042	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,146	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,221	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,222.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,296	815.00–1,175.00	990.60
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,373	835.00–1,225.00	1,039.32
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	1,298	785.00–1,100.00	953.80
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,212	910.00	910.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,165	65.00–75.00	69.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,061	71.00–108.50	88.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,787	71.00–73.00	71.49
3	—	1,472	70.00–72.00	71.01
4	—	2,131	88.00–93.00	89.66
28	—	1,775	75.00–87.00	81.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	64.50	64.50
1	—	1,650	51.00	51.00
89	—	1,290	53.00–63.00	57.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,628	53.00–54.00	53.52
8	—	1,441	64.00–65.50	65.14
48	—	1,478	58.00–64.00	60.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,270	57.00–61.50	59.13
10	—	1,041	10.00–32.00	26.26
31	—	1,071	30.00–42.00	38.56
66	—	1,181	45.00–57.00	51.84

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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