St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-30

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Nov 30

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

154 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 170▲ 11 vs year ago 143 · +7.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 177 vs last sale 189▼ 23 vs year ago 35 · −65.7%

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Breaker and Boner Utility cows sold steady, Lean Utility cows sold steady to 1.00 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	—	Low	1,633	72.30	1,180	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,585	54.80	869	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,371	51.33	704	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,216	45.05	548	78

Every lot, as filed

9 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%	—	1,045	21.35/cwt	20.00–26.00	223	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,222	32.71/cwt	30.00–40.00	400	8
Bulls	—	—	1,403	62.26/cwt	60.00–65.00	874	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,229	48.39/cwt	42.00–52.00	595	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	54.80/cwt	52.00–60.00	869	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	51.33/cwt	48.00–56.00	704	41
Bulls	—	—	1,668	73.85/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,232	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	67.70/cwt	60.00–78.00	773	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,337.50/cwt	1,325.00–1,350.00	17,388	4

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.

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

Mon Nov 30, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 170Year ago 143

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 189Year ago 35

Compared to last week: Breaker and Boner Utility cows sold steady, Lean Utility cows sold steady to 1.00 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
5	—	1,045	20.00–26.00	21.35
8	—	1,222	30.00–40.00	32.71
65	—	1,229	42.00–52.00	48.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,585	52.00–60.00	54.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,371	48.00–56.00	51.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	60.00–65.00	62.26
13	—	1,668	70.00–78.00	73.85

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,142	60.00–78.00	67.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,300	1,325.00–1,350.00	1,337.50

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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