Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 6.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. The fire last Friday at the Tyson plant near Garden City, Kansas is the cause for the steep price decline on the fat steers and heifers.

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	1,659	87.70	1,455	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,468	63.93	938	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,289	60.33	778	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	57.83	600	27
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,061	104.74	1,111	17
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,245	81.00	1,008	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,307	109.14	1,426	33
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,180	105.07	1,240	16
Steers	Standard	Average	1,225	92.00	1,127	2thin

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%	—	1,495	56.47/cwt	55.50–57.50	844	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	55.29/cwt	54.00–56.50	518	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	60.43/cwt	57.00–63.50	793	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	63.92/cwt	62.50–66.50	705	8
Steers	Standard	—	1,225	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,127	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	65.59/cwt	64.00–68.25	841	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	59.21/cwt	57.75–62.00	671	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,180	105.07/cwt	98.00–107.25	1,240	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	54.14/cwt	50.00–57.50	680	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	47.28/cwt	44.50–48.75	480	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,307	109.14/cwt	108.25–110.00	1,426	33
Bulls	—	—	1,668	89.54/cwt	84.00–92.50	1,494	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	62.04/cwt	59.50–64.75	905	19
Heifers	Standard	—	1,245	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,008	2
Bulls	—	—	1,621	79.40/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,287	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	68.55/cwt	66.00–75.50	1,014	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,061	104.74/cwt	104.25–106.25	1,111	17

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 Aug 12, 2019

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	55.50–57.50	56.47
19	—	1,458	59.50–64.75	62.04
11	—	1,479	66.00–75.50	68.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	936	54.00–56.50	55.29
8	—	1,103	62.50–66.50	63.92
6	—	1,134	57.75–62.00	59.21
3	—	1,015	44.50–48.75	47.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,312	57.00–63.50	60.43
8	—	1,282	64.00–68.25	65.59
7	—	1,256	50.00–57.50	54.14
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	92.00	92.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,180	98.00–107.25	105.07
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,307	108.25–110.00	109.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,668	84.00–92.50	89.54
4	—	1,621	76.00–83.00	79.40
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,061	104.25–106.25	104.74

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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