Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2020-05-18

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, May 18
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
28 vs last sale 105 212 vs year ago 345 · 61.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
70 vs last sale 131 298 vs year ago 359 · 83.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows sold steady. Bulls sold steady.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,73186.311,49416
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,22570.508641thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40162.1787131
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24257.5371524
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04544.4046434

Every lot, as filed

19 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%1,22570.50/cwt70.50–70.508641
CowsLean 85-90%1,09651.36/cwt48.00–54.0056319
CowsLean 85-90%98237.30/cwt35.00–41.0036612
CowsLean 85-90%97728.69/cwt25.00–30.002803
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40162.17/cwt59.00–65.0087131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24257.53/cwt55.00–60.0071524
Bulls1,63984.98/cwt82.00–88.001,39312
Bulls2,00890.29/cwt90.00–91.001,8134
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16164.64/cwt60.00–70.007504
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-288378.69/cwt70.00–83.006955
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,243986.64/cwt950.00–1,085.0012,26414
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2731,013.11/cwt950.00–1,075.0012,8972
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12261.90/cwt56.00–65.0069521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00068.00/cwt68.00–68.006801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,51565.68/cwt60.00–73.009952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,40583.52/cwt82.00–85.001,1732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24064.00/cwt64.00–64.007941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,13852.43/cwt50.00–55.005978
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2151,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0015,7951

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.