Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-5.00 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	1,585	74.04	1,174	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	53.40	800	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	49.36	649	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,092	42.63	466	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,274	107.97	1,376	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,155	103.29	1,193	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,378	95.50	1,316	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,407	108.81	1,531	9thin

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
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,378	95.50/cwt	95.25–96.00	1,316	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	47.05/cwt	44.00–48.50	528	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	53.49/cwt	53.00–54.00	825	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	50.82/cwt	48.50–54.00	667	6
Bulls	—	—	1,637	80.47/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,317	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,155	103.29/cwt	101.25–104.75	1,193	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	44.39/cwt	42.50–46.50	520	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	48.85/cwt	48.50–49.50	711	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	47.82/cwt	45.50–49.25	622	9
Bulls	—	—	1,554	70.18/cwt	65.50–75.00	1,091	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,407	108.81/cwt	108.75–109.00	1,531	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,274	107.97/cwt	107.75–108.50	1,376	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	34.92/cwt	26.00–41.00	334	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	60.15/cwt	58.75–61.50	911	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	782	1

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 Oct 21, 2019

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-5.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,378	95.25–96.00	95.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,155	101.25–104.75	103.29
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,274	107.75–108.50	107.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,122	44.00–48.50	47.05
5	—	1,171	42.50–46.50	44.39
4	—	956	26.00–41.00	34.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,543	53.00–54.00	53.49
3	—	1,455	48.50–49.50	48.85
2	—	1,515	58.75–61.50	60.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,313	48.50–54.00	50.82
9	—	1,301	45.50–49.25	47.82
1	—	1,435	54.50	54.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,637	78.00–84.00	80.47
5	—	1,554	65.50–75.00	70.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,407	108.75–109.00	108.81

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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