St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, May 4

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

160 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 177▼ 203 vs year ago 363 · −55.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 202 vs last sale 214▼ 33 vs year ago 45 · −73.3%

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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	1,524	83.09	1,267	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,435	68.40	982	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,423	58.76	836	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	54.70	651	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	41.91	437	52

Every lot, as filed

8 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	48.75/cwt	45.00–52.00	529	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	58.76/cwt	56.00–62.00	836	34
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,435	68.40/cwt	67.00–71.00	982	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	54.70/cwt	53.00–58.00	651	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	35.57/cwt	30.00–41.00	358	27
Bulls	—	—	1,513	82.83/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,253	19
Bulls	—	—	1,740	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,531	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	69.92/cwt	57.00–81.00	673	12

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

St Joseph Stockyards Slaughter / Replacement Cattle - St Joseph, MO

Mon May 4, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 177Year ago 363

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 214Year ago 45

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,085	45.00–52.00	48.75
27	—	1,006	30.00–41.00	35.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,423	56.00–62.00	58.76
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,435	67.00–71.00	68.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,190	53.00–58.00	54.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,513	80.00–86.00	82.83
1	—	1,740	88.00	88.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	962	57.00–81.00	69.92

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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