Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2019-12-23

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Dec 23
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
35 vs last sale 188 153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
259 vs last sale 292 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSE* Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 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
BullsAverage1,67076.231,2739thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48557.3985231
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31449.5765133
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15537.4143263

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Bulls1,73677.63/cwt74.00–82.001,3488
Bulls1,14065.00/cwt65.00–65.007411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30555.00/cwt55.00–55.007181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31449.40/cwt46.50–53.0064932
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49960.78/cwt60.00–63.0091110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47955.77/cwt50.00–59.0082521
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1980101.00/cwt101.00–101.009901
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,27154.42/cwt52.00–58.006926
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,13672.06/cwt69.50–77.008198
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,11554.50/cwt53.00–55.006084
CowsLean 85-90%97617.91/cwt15.00–23.001757
CowsLean 85-90%1,12427.48/cwt25.00–31.003099
CowsLean 85-90%1,18842.22/cwt34.00–46.0050247
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,011960.00/cwt960.00–960.009,7064
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4731,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0020,6225
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1651,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,2331

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.