Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2021-03-08

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Mar 8
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
199 head
39 vs last sale 238 123 vs year ago 76 · +161.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
212 vs last sale 272 28 vs year ago 32 · +87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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
BullsHigh1,75780.551,41628
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45158.0484249
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24854.5068038
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11742.0847063

Every lot, as filed

16 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30359.31/cwt58.00–60.007734
CowsLean 85-90%1,21853.22/cwt52.00–54.006486
Bulls1,89089.45/cwt88.00–90.001,6914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24153.93/cwt50.00–58.0066934
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46157.70/cwt52.00–60.0084344
CowsLean 85-90%1,13347.36/cwt40.00–50.0053733
CowsLean 85-90%1,03728.32/cwt25.00–30.0029412
CowsLean 85-90%1,10435.74/cwt32.00–38.0039512
Bulls1,47168.77/cwt50.00–77.501,0127
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36060.99/cwt60.50–61.508295
Bulls1,84483.31/cwt78.00–88.001,53617
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10062.51/cwt60.00–65.006883
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,19461.00/cwt61.00–61.007284
Stock CowsMedium and Large 199396.29/cwt79.00–118.0095623
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,025925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,4812
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,119837.50/cwt600.00–1,000.009,3728

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.