Name: St Joseph Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. A special bred cow sale was held at noon today.

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	1,939	82.58	1,602	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,464	61.53	901	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	59.42	885	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,330	54.11	720	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,165	40.89	476	62
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,385	108.75	1,506	10

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,450	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	22,475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,600	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	19,200	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	1,675.00/cwt	1,675.00–1,675.00	16,750	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	18,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,300	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	17,550	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	16,875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	20,250	4
Bulls	—	—	1,973	83.82/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,654	20
Bulls	—	—	1,995	90.33/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,802	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,464	61.53/cwt	58.00–65.00	901	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	67.75/cwt	65.00–77.00	740	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,407	934.09/cwt	875.00–1,050.00	13,143	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	18,550	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	13,975	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,273	1,700.00/cwt	1,700.00–1,700.00	21,641	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,082	91.45/cwt	79.00–106.00	989	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,458	1,735.71/cwt	1,650.00–1,800.00	25,307	7
Bulls	—	—	1,660	66.55/cwt	60.00–75.00	1,105	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,385	108.75/cwt	108.75–108.75	1,506	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	54.17/cwt	52.00–56.00	664	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,638	785.84/cwt	750.00–825.00	12,872	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	934	846.79/cwt	825.00–900.00	7,909	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,256	1,688.77/cwt	1,525.00–1,900.00	21,211	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	674	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	1,056.29/cwt	850.00–1,150.00	14,101	33
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	1,499.68/cwt	1,400.00–1,600.00	16,287	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,447	58.87/cwt	58.00–59.00	852	8
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,605	1,084.79/cwt	1,000.00–1,250.00	17,411	10
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,610	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	15,698	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	11,944	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	1,433.21/cwt	1,400.00–1,450.00	19,205	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,313	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	20,352	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	57.23/cwt	53.00–60.00	858	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	62.00/cwt	61.50–63.00	916	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	53.32/cwt	50.00–58.00	699	48
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,286	1,071.68/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	13,782	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,149	2,128.63/cwt	2,000.00–2,200.00	24,458	31
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,042	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	13,546	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	34.37/cwt	30.00–40.00	402	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	25.16/cwt	20.00–30.00	261	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,201	48.31/cwt	40.00–52.00	580	32
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,608	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	20,100	4
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,728	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	26,784	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,484	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	22,260	8

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 Mar 1, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 238Last week 88Year ago 88

Replacement CattleReceipts 272Last week 16Year ago 20

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. A special bred cow sale was held at noon today.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	1,550.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,600	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,350	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,325	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,300	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	1,350.00	1,350.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,000	1,675.00	1,675.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,092	65.00–77.00	67.75
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,082	79.00–106.00	91.45
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,407	875.00–1,050.00	934.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,256	1,525.00–1,900.00	1,688.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,162	58.00	58.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,335	850.00–1,150.00	1,056.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,225	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,340	1,400.00–1,450.00	1,433.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,313	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,286	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,071.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,273	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,458	1,650.00–1,800.00	1,735.71
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,638	750.00–825.00	785.84
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,605	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,084.79
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,610	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,608	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,728	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,484	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	934	825.00–900.00	846.79
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,086	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,499.68
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,042	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,149	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,128.63

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,973	80.00–87.00	83.82
3	—	1,995	90.00–91.00	90.33
3	—	1,660	60.00–75.00	66.55
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,464	58.00–65.00	61.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,225	52.00–56.00	54.17
16	—	1,169	30.00–40.00	34.37
11	—	1,036	20.00–30.00	25.16
32	—	1,201	40.00–52.00	48.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,447	58.00–59.00	58.87
48	—	1,311	50.00–58.00	53.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,500	53.00–60.00	57.23
22	—	1,478	61.50–63.00	62.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,385	108.75	108.75

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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