Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-03-02

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Mar 2
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
108 vs last sale 196 36 vs year ago 124 · 29.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
251 vs last sale 271 5 vs year ago 15 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady on a light test.

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
BullsAverage1,78979.561,42314
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43961.948915thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28156.5672525
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06737.0839533

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,0002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2949996.25/cwt950.00–1,135.009,4544
CowsLean 85-90%1,04734.59/cwt30.00–40.0036215
CowsLean 85-90%1,16550.91/cwt45.00–55.0059311
CowsLean 85-90%95420.67/cwt15.00–25.001977
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43961.94/cwt60.00–64.008915
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297372.40/cwt63.00–83.0070411
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-293599.00/cwt99.00–99.009261
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2900950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,5501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27956.40/cwt52.00–62.0072119
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34850.00/cwt50.00–50.006743
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23064.14/cwt63.00–65.007893
Bulls1,95383.36/cwt78.00–88.001,6289
Bulls1,24260.04/cwt55.00–65.007463
Bulls1,86891.71/cwt90.00–94.001,7132

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.