Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-12-09

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Dec 9
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
324 head
181 vs last sale 143 79 vs year ago 245 · +32.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
15 vs last sale 35 139 vs year ago 189 · 73.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, Lean and boning utility slaughter cows were 2.00 to 3.00 lower while breaker cows were steady. Slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,68876.611,29329
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,73364.161,1126thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51254.6182636
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24445.4656563
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13433.46379124

Every lot, as filed

14 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,73364.16/cwt63.00–66.001,1126
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-293888.41/cwt67.00–107.0082933
CowsLean 85-90%1,19440.08/cwt33.00–45.0047977
CowsLean 85-90%1,06726.28/cwt24.00–33.0028025
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30441.22/cwt40.00–42.005388
Bulls1,73275.94/cwt70.00–83.501,31525
Bulls1,40086.07/cwt85.00–89.001,2053
Bulls1,44565.00/cwt65.00–65.009391
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81515.29/cwt10.00–20.001254
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12859.07/cwt52.00–64.006664
CowsLean 85-90%1,03819.17/cwt15.00–23.0019918
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51155.43/cwt50.00–60.0083833
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52045.60/cwt44.00–48.006933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23546.08/cwt42.00–54.0056955

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.