Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a light test. 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	1,583	78.58	1,244	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	64.94	1,013	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,322	57.68	763	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,084	45.75	496	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,223	113.95	1,394	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,175	111.83	1,314	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,132	111.53	1,263	3thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,132	111.53/cwt	110.50–112.00	1,263	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	30.66/cwt	25.00–37.00	345	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	62.95/cwt	60.25–65.50	976	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	59.89/cwt	58.00–62.00	725	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	48.86/cwt	44.50–52.50	519	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	762	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	53.47/cwt	50.50–56.50	726	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	53.27/cwt	53.00–53.50	553	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	69.59/cwt	66.50–72.50	1,102	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	66.61/cwt	64.50–69.50	935	3
Bulls	—	—	1,836	85.61/cwt	82.00–90.50	1,572	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,175	111.83/cwt	111.50–112.50	1,314	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,223	113.95/cwt	113.00–114.75	1,394	7
Bulls	—	—	1,330	71.55/cwt	65.00–76.00	952	4

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 Mar 2, 2020

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 on a light test. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,132	110.50–112.00	111.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,124	25.00–37.00	30.66
9	—	1,063	44.50–52.50	48.86
1	—	1,210	63.00	63.00
2	—	1,038	53.00–53.50	53.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,550	60.25–65.50	62.95
3	—	1,583	66.50–72.50	69.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,210	58.00–62.00	59.89
9	—	1,358	50.50–56.50	53.47
3	—	1,403	64.50–69.50	66.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,836	82.00–90.50	85.61
4	—	1,330	65.00–76.00	71.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,175	111.50–112.50	111.83
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,223	113.00–114.75	113.95

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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