Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from three weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand good and supply moderate.

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	1,807	78.20	1,413	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	61.21	918	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	53.22	677	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	40.56	430	38
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,311	122.86	1,610	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,283	111.00	1,424	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,350	124.07	1,675	20
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	120.10	1,538	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,243	117.56	1,461	2thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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%	—	1,085	47.88/cwt	44.50–51.00	519	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	27.20/cwt	12.50–37.50	270	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	51.98/cwt	51.50–54.00	552	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	57.76/cwt	54.00–62.50	828	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	68.63/cwt	63.00–73.50	1,107	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	38.36/cwt	34.00–43.50	414	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,655	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	2,027	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,281	120.10/cwt	119.75–120.75	1,538	4
Steers	Select	—	1,243	117.56/cwt	115.25–120.00	1,461	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,283	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,424	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,274	124.58/cwt	123.00–125.75	1,587	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,378	119.71/cwt	118.25–122.00	1,650	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,316	124.24/cwt	123.00–125.75	1,635	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	53.58/cwt	53.00–54.25	772	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	54.64/cwt	51.00–57.50	691	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	49.91/cwt	47.00–52.50	630	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	58.94/cwt	57.00–61.00	780	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	37.75/cwt	37.75–37.75	498	1
Bulls	—	—	1,807	78.20/cwt	73.50–83.00	1,413	10

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 Jan 6, 2020

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

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Compared to the previous auction from three weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 5.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand good and supply moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,085	44.50–51.00	47.88
8	—	991	12.50–37.50	27.20
5	—	1,062	51.50–54.00	51.98
14	—	1,078	34.00–43.50	38.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,434	54.00–62.50	57.76
12	—	1,613	63.00–73.50	68.63
4	—	1,441	53.00–54.25	53.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,264	51.00–57.50	54.64
13	—	1,262	47.00–52.50	49.91
5	—	1,324	57.00–61.00	58.94
1	—	1,320	37.75	37.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,655	122.50	122.50
18	—	1,316	123.00–125.75	124.24
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	119.75–120.75	120.10
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	115.25–120.00	117.56
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,274	123.00–125.75	124.58
6	—	1,378	118.25–122.00	119.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,807	73.50–83.00	78.20

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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