St Joseph Stockyards Market

Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-25

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Jan 25

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

156 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 123▲ 77 vs year ago 79 · +97.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 0▲ 14 vs year ago 7 · +200.0%

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Slaughter Cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,709	73.16	1,251	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,355	57.31	777	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,619	56.93	922	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,188	46.64	554	49

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%	—	977	26.33/cwt	20.00–32.00	257	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	39.40/cwt	35.00–42.00	463	4
Bulls	—	—	1,651	63.46/cwt	60.00–71.50	1,048	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,222	50.51/cwt	45.00–53.50	617	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,619	56.93/cwt	53.00–60.00	922	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	57.31/cwt	53.00–62.50	777	58
Bulls	—	—	1,756	80.92/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,421	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	67.46/cwt	61.00–74.00	747	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,114	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.

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

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

Mon Jan 25, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 156Last week 123Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 0Year ago 7

Compared to two weeks ago, Slaughter Cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	977	20.00–32.00	26.33
4	—	1,176	35.00–42.00	39.40
39	—	1,222	45.00–53.50	50.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,619	53.00–60.00	56.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,355	53.00–62.50	57.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,651	60.00–71.50	63.46
5	—	1,756	75.00–84.00	80.92

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	9	—	1,108	61.00–74.00	67.46
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,173	95.00	95.00

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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