Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 2.00 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	1,583	71.99	1,139	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	61.60	917	87
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,301	50.54	658	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,175	36.55	429	71

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	13,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,600	1,800.00/cwt	1,800.00–1,800.00	28,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	21,019	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	1,800.00/cwt	1,800.00–1,800.00	22,500	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,231	42.15/cwt	39.00–45.00	519	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	32.35/cwt	25.00–35.00	375	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	15.07/cwt	10.00–20.00	138	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,222	47.65/cwt	46.00–48.00	582	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	59.13/cwt	52.00–65.50	834	60
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,654	67.74/cwt	65.00–69.50	1,120	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,855	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	928	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	49.37/cwt	44.00–54.00	640	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	55.43/cwt	53.00–59.00	731	12
Bulls	—	—	1,676	75.65/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,268	16
Bulls	—	—	1,283	59.72/cwt	55.00–65.00	766	6
Bulls	—	—	1,885	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,640	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	820	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,353	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	9,471	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,307	897.87/cwt	750.00–960.00	11,735	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,184	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,840	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	10,608	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	71.32/cwt	69.00–80.00	931	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,173	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,446	74.00/cwt	72.00–91.00	1,070	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	650	862.50/cwt	850.00–875.00	5,606	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,323	1,477.34/cwt	1,450.00–1,500.00	19,545	32
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,297	1,734.68/cwt	1,025.00–1,800.00	22,499	31
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	1,600.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,700.00	20,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,283	1,529.55/cwt	1,250.00–1,650.00	19,624	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	1,113.64/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	13,820	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,081.25/cwt	1,075.00–1,100.00	11,353	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,242	870.83/cwt	750.00–900.00	10,816	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,236	802.86/cwt	760.00–985.00	9,923	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,308	1,625.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,650.00	21,255	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,059	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,263	1,063.01/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	13,426	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,155	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,933	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	902.46/cwt	875.00–1,000.00	11,533	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,296	933.71/cwt	850.00–950.00	12,101	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,314	1,538.15/cwt	1,275.00–1,600.00	20,211	11
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	7,000	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	14,300	2

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 Nov 18, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 350Last week 146Year ago 223

Replacement CattleReceipts 404Last week 71Year ago 175

*CLOSE* Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,450	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,241	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,113.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,081.25
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,600	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,425	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,250	1,800.00	1,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,323	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,477.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	1,297	1,025.00–1,800.00	1,734.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,275	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,283	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,529.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,308	1,575.00–1,650.00	1,625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	650	850.00–875.00	862.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,242	750.00–900.00	870.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,236	760.00–985.00	802.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,025	80.00	80.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,375	77.00	77.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,278	875.00–1,000.00	902.46
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,296	850.00–950.00	933.71
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,353	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,307	750.00–960.00	897.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,184	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,155	860.00	860.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,263	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,063.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,314	1,275.00–1,600.00	1,538.15
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,105	960.00	960.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,305	69.00–80.00	71.32
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,173	100.00	100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,446	72.00–91.00	74.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	700	1,000.00	1,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,231	39.00–45.00	42.15
24	—	1,158	25.00–35.00	32.35
7	—	919	10.00–20.00	15.07
5	—	1,222	46.00–48.00	47.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,410	52.00–65.50	59.13
26	—	1,654	65.00–69.50	67.74
1	—	1,855	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,297	44.00–54.00	49.37
12	—	1,318	53.00–59.00	55.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,676	70.00–82.00	75.65
6	—	1,283	55.00–65.00	59.72
1	—	1,885	87.00	87.00

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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