Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded 1.00-2.00 higher, and slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 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	—	Average	1,638	75.32	1,233	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	54.63	792	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,284	52.86	679	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,039	45.86	476	38
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,343	126.76	1,703	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	125.69	1,552	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,376	127.36	1,753	12

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	56.61/cwt	56.00–57.50	756	4
Bulls	—	—	1,740	80.76/cwt	77.00–83.50	1,405	4
Bulls	—	—	1,433	64.44/cwt	52.00–76.00	923	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	48.79/cwt	44.00–51.50	638	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	53.54/cwt	52.00–56.00	674	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	60.63/cwt	60.00–61.25	797	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	50.72/cwt	49.00–52.00	682	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	54.59/cwt	53.00–56.50	837	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	36.44/cwt	35.00–37.75	348	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	49.71/cwt	48.00–54.00	559	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	45.05/cwt	41.50–48.00	448	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,443	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	1,793	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,310	127.60/cwt	126.75–129.00	1,672	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,235	125.69/cwt	124.25–126.25	1,552	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	124.51/cwt	123.25–125.25	1,729	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,372	128.31/cwt	127.75–129.75	1,760	9

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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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon Apr 15, 2019

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Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded 1.00-2.00 higher, and slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,335	56.00–57.50	56.61
6	—	1,308	44.00–51.50	48.79
14	—	1,259	52.00–56.00	53.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	60.00–61.25	60.63
3	—	1,345	49.00–52.00	50.72
7	—	1,533	53.00–56.50	54.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	955	35.00–37.75	36.44
14	—	1,125	48.00–54.00	49.71
20	—	995	41.50–48.00	45.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,740	77.00–83.50	80.76
2	—	1,433	52.00–76.00	64.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	124.25	124.25
6	—	1,310	126.75–129.00	127.60
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,235	124.25–126.25	125.69
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,389	123.25–125.25	124.51
9	—	1,372	127.75–129.75	128.31

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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