Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers near 10.00 lower 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	—	Low	1,710	80.21	1,372	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,537	62.59	962	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,293	57.28	741	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,055	46.60	492	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,159	96.00	1,113	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,105	101.50	1,122	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,570	94.00	1,476	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
Steers	Select	—	1,570	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,476	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,105	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	1,122	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	27.32/cwt	19.50–37.00	281	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	68.60/cwt	68.00–69.25	1,007	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	53.40/cwt	52.00–54.00	669	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	54.59/cwt	51.50–58.00	583	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	62.73/cwt	58.50–65.25	988	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	57.71/cwt	54.50–61.50	758	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	44.89/cwt	39.00–48.00	473	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	62.34/cwt	61.00–63.75	667	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	815	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	800	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,159	96.00/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,113	9
Bulls	—	—	1,768	67.39/cwt	58.00–76.00	1,191	2
Bulls	—	—	1,687	85.34/cwt	83.50–87.00	1,440	5

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 16, 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 near 10.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	94.00	94.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,105	101.50	101.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,028	19.50–37.00	27.32
5	—	1,068	51.50–58.00	54.59
8	—	1,053	39.00–48.00	44.89
2	—	1,070	61.00–63.75	62.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	68.00–69.25	68.60
8	—	1,575	58.50–65.25	62.73
2	—	1,455	56.00	56.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	52.00–54.00	53.40
9	—	1,314	54.50–61.50	57.71
1	—	1,230	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,159	95.00–97.00	96.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,768	58.00–76.00	67.39
5	—	1,687	83.50–87.00	85.34

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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