Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 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	1,624	73.35	1,191	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,548	55.39	858	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,306	46.59	609	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	34.03	346	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,171	116.75	1,367	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,389	117.54	1,633	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,198	114.46	1,371	2thin

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%	—	1,275	42.41/cwt	39.00–46.50	541	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,454	53.84/cwt	53.00–56.00	783	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	34.00/cwt	32.00–36.00	472	2
Bulls	—	—	1,708	76.62/cwt	74.00–81.50	1,309	11
Bulls	—	—	1,491	68.20/cwt	62.00–72.50	1,017	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	52.53/cwt	49.00–56.00	786	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	62.72/cwt	56.00–70.00	1,032	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	43.97/cwt	39.00–47.00	632	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	41.46/cwt	36.25–47.00	437	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	25.92/cwt	19.50–29.25	254	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	35.03/cwt	33.25–36.50	356	4
Steers	Select	—	1,198	114.46/cwt	113.50–115.25	1,371	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	117.54/cwt	116.50–119.25	1,633	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,171	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	1,367	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	47.49/cwt	44.00–51.00	608	25

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 16, 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 steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,275	39.00–46.50	42.41
5	—	1,454	53.00–56.00	53.84
2	—	1,388	32.00–36.00	34.00
25	—	1,280	44.00–51.00	47.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,496	49.00–56.00	52.53
16	—	1,645	56.00–70.00	62.72
6	—	1,438	39.00–47.00	43.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,054	36.25–47.00	41.46
6	—	981	19.50–29.25	25.92
4	—	1,015	33.25–36.50	35.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,708	74.00–81.50	76.62
7	—	1,491	62.00–72.50	68.20
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	113.50–115.25	114.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,389	116.50–119.25	117.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,171	116.75	116.75

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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