Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, slaughter cows traded 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter steers and heifers 4.00-5.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,690	85.02	1,437	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,529	61.54	941	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,272	58.19	740	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	51.03	540	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,181	101.87	1,203	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,175	97.77	1,149	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,331	102.93	1,370	27
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,304	97.42	1,270	12

Every lot, as filed

15 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	55.00/cwt	53.00–57.50	613	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	52.68/cwt	51.50–54.50	689	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	52.14/cwt	51.00–53.00	566	5
Bulls	—	—	1,686	84.43/cwt	81.00–88.50	1,423	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	44.67/cwt	41.25–46.00	425	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,304	97.42/cwt	95.25–99.00	1,270	12
Bulls	—	—	1,788	92.97/cwt	92.50–94.00	1,662	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	63.63/cwt	60.00–66.50	981	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,331	102.93/cwt	101.25–103.50	1,370	27
Bulls	—	—	1,602	78.44/cwt	77.50–79.50	1,257	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	59.18/cwt	56.50–61.75	897	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,175	97.77/cwt	95.25–99.25	1,149	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	62.38/cwt	62.00–62.50	808	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,181	101.87/cwt	101.25–105.00	1,203	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	58.16/cwt	55.00–61.00	725	8

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

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Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, slaughter cows traded 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter steers and heifers 4.00-5.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,114	53.00–57.50	55.00
5	—	1,086	51.00–53.00	52.14
4	—	951	41.25–46.00	44.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,308	51.50–54.50	52.68
4	—	1,296	62.00–62.50	62.38
8	—	1,247	55.00–61.00	58.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,542	60.00–66.50	63.63
8	—	1,515	56.50–61.75	59.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,686	81.00–88.50	84.43
3	—	1,788	92.50–94.00	92.97
3	—	1,602	77.50–79.50	78.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,304	95.25–99.00	97.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,331	101.25–103.50	102.93
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,175	95.25–99.25	97.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,181	101.25–105.00	101.87

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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