Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

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	1,754	73.41	1,288	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,466	56.83	833	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,324	52.62	696	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,146	43.63	500	19
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,207	115.77	1,397	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,298	111.14	1,443	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,271	116.09	1,476	26

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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	614	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	67.22/cwt	64.00–70.00	971	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,400	27.19/cwt	25.00–30.00	381	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,186	111.98/cwt	111.25–113.00	1,328	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,271	116.09/cwt	114.50–117.50	1,476	26
Bulls	—	—	1,831	77.35/cwt	74.00–80.50	1,416	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	55.86/cwt	52.00–59.00	752	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	57.51/cwt	55.50–59.50	838	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	43.24/cwt	39.25–46.75	477	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,298	111.14/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,443	2
Bulls	—	—	1,613	66.19/cwt	61.00–71.00	1,068	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	50.14/cwt	48.00–53.00	644	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	53.61/cwt	51.50–55.00	795	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	48.19/cwt	45.50–50.00	545	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,212	116.76/cwt	114.00–117.50	1,415	23

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 Dec 2, 2019

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	42.50	42.50
10	—	1,347	52.00–59.00	55.86
9	—	1,284	48.00–53.00	50.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	64.00–70.00	67.22
12	—	1,457	55.50–59.50	57.51
9	—	1,482	51.50–55.00	53.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	25.00–30.00	27.19
9	—	1,102	39.25–46.75	43.24
8	—	1,131	45.50–50.00	48.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,186	111.25–113.00	111.98
23	—	1,212	114.00–117.50	116.76
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	110.00–112.00	111.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,271	114.50–117.50	116.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,831	74.00–80.50	77.35
6	—	1,613	61.00–71.00	66.19

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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