Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-10-28

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Oct 28
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
62 vs last sale 75 41 vs year ago 178 · 23.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
53 vs last sale 12 10 vs year ago 75 · 13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows selling 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower. Farmers are in the fields trying to get as much crop harvested as possible prior to the expected precipitation this afternoon into tomorrow.

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
BullsLow1,76074.211,30616
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54151.9380025
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29946.7860824
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,12234.1338350

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,239962.32/cwt850.00–1,000.0011,92318
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01765.95/cwt53.00–93.0067111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2121,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,1502
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-290778.25/cwt71.00–83.007105
Bulls1,13565.00/cwt65.00–65.007381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19342.34/cwt40.00–44.005052
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47545.00/cwt45.00–45.006641
CowsLean 85-90%1,08921.57/cwt15.00–25.002354
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85517.49/cwt15.00–20.001502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3071,136.99/cwt1,125.00–1,150.0014,86012
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1740111.00/cwt111.00–111.008212
Bulls1,73272.56/cwt68.00–76.001,25711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28445.54/cwt42.00–50.0058517
CowsLean 85-90%1,19546.00/cwt46.00–46.005501
CowsLean 85-90%1,17639.46/cwt35.00–43.0046429
Bulls1,99381.06/cwt80.00–82.001,6164
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39452.78/cwt52.00–54.007365
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54452.22/cwt48.00–56.0080624
CowsLean 85-90%1,05128.21/cwt25.00–32.0029614

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.