Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter steers and heifers 4.00-5.00 lower. Demand and supply moderate.

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	1,753	83.08	1,456	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,430	58.28	833	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	55.70	696	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,041	48.50	505	52
Steers	Choice	Average	1,179	125.82	1,483	10
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,385	123.54	1,711	3thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight	—	1,570	67.52/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,060	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	53.09/cwt	50.00–55.00	760	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	935	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	56.32/cwt	54.00–59.00	689	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	47.75/cwt	40.50–52.50	490	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	53.96/cwt	52.50–56.00	580	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	36.46/cwt	32.50–40.00	355	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,385	123.54/cwt	123.25–124.25	1,711	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,179	125.82/cwt	125.75–126.00	1,483	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	62.13/cwt	62.00–62.25	758	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	58.71/cwt	56.00–61.00	822	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	52.85/cwt	49.00–55.00	673	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	60.94/cwt	60.50–61.50	720	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,780	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	854	1
Bulls	—	—	1,686	83.47/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,407	6
Bulls	—	—	1,997	88.30/cwt	87.50–89.50	1,763	3
Bulls	—	—	1,588	74.09/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,177	2

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 29, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

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Compared to last week, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter steers and heifers 4.00-5.00 lower. Demand and supply moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,570	67.00–68.00	67.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,431	50.00–55.00	53.09
1	—	1,450	64.50	64.50
20	—	1,400	56.00–61.00	58.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,223	54.00–59.00	56.32
10	—	1,274	49.00–55.00	52.85
5	—	1,181	60.50–61.50	60.94
1	—	1,780	48.00	48.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,026	40.50–52.50	47.75
18	—	1,074	52.50–56.00	53.96
9	—	973	32.50–40.00	36.46
2	—	1,220	62.00–62.25	62.13
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	123.25–124.25	123.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,179	125.75–126.00	125.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,686	81.00–86.00	83.47
3	—	1,997	87.50–89.50	88.30
2	—	1,588	71.00–77.00	74.09

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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