Sale reports / Missouri / St Joseph Stockyards Market / 2021-04-05

St Joseph Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · St Joseph, Missouri · Mon, Apr 5
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1510
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
15 vs last sale 114 3 vs year ago 96 · +3.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
22 vs last sale 0 11 vs year ago 11 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Breaker Utility cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 Higher, Boner Utility cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher and Lean Utility cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls sold with a firm undertone with not enough to compare for an accurate market trend.

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
BullsLow1,60487.981,41112
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47964.1894919
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25162.3678038
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08741.1844823

Every lot, as filed

12 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,14525.00/cwt25.00–25.002861
CowsLean 85-90%1,10334.09/cwt30.00–40.0037611
Bulls1,47370.18/cwt67.00–76.001,0342
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39569.03/cwt68.00–70.009632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28667.75/cwt66.00–71.008719
Bulls1,91397.56/cwt93.00–100.001,8665
CowsLean 85-90%1,06549.75/cwt45.00–55.0053011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48963.61/cwt60.00–66.0094717
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24060.69/cwt55.00–65.0075329
Bulls1,34785.52/cwt81.00–88.001,1525
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04775.06/cwt67.00–93.0078611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,234969.22/cwt900.00–1,010.0011,9608

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.