Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-08-05

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Aug 5
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
92 vs last sale 82 190 vs year ago 364 · 52.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
367 head
358 vs last sale 9 167 vs year ago 200 · +83.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for the Replacement Cow Special held at noon with several good strings of 2nd and mostly 3rd stage fall calvers on offer, as well some some pairs with big stout calves already on the ground.

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
BullsAverage1,76287.031,5338thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49362.9293923
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27362.0178945
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07954.2358527

Every lot, as filed

25 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27450.55/cwt50.00–52.006444
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26668.43/cwt67.00–69.5086610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27561.42/cwt57.00–64.0078331
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49362.92/cwt58.00–66.0093923
CowsLean 85-90%1,10043.41/cwt40.00–45.004783
CowsLean 85-90%1,12259.36/cwt59.00–60.006665
CowsLean 85-90%1,06454.59/cwt50.00–57.0058119
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3391,671.88/cwt1,625.00–1,725.0022,38616
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3331,641.67/cwt1,625.00–1,650.0021,8836
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,700.00/cwt1,700.00–1,700.0022,10010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2501,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0015,9383
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2251,125.00/cwt950.00–1,300.0013,7818
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3001,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0017,2257
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4731,667.70/cwt1,400.00–1,850.0024,56533
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4541,221.77/cwt1,200.00–1,250.0017,7657
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,5531,349.23/cwt1,250.00–1,425.0020,95449
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,5081,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0015,08012
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,5161,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0017,0556
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3181,266.77/cwt1,025.00–1,550.0016,69626
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3321,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0014,9855
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2051,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0017,4732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,570950.00/cwt950.00–950.0014,9153
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5081,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0018,4733
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,313900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,8173
Bulls1,76287.03/cwt80.00–90.001,5338

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.