Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded near 15.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows 7.00-9.00 lower. Rumors of plant closures and reduced work schedules have pressured the prices for market ready cattle.

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	1,878	75.12	1,411	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	55.78	809	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	50.62	639	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	992	37.89	376	50
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,396	92.20	1,287	5thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,115	90.00	1,004	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,311	96.21	1,261	6thin

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	Choice	—	1,311	96.21/cwt	95.50–97.00	1,261	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	869	27.62/cwt	10.00–35.00	240	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	56.90/cwt	53.50–60.25	665	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	52.37/cwt	50.00–55.00	648	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	39.17/cwt	35.00–45.00	418	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	59.72/cwt	58.00–61.25	880	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	56.75/cwt	56.50–57.00	715	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	47.95/cwt	44.00–52.75	512	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	53.16/cwt	49.00–56.50	763	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	47.27/cwt	41.50–50.75	611	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,115	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,473	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,345	93.67/cwt	92.50–95.00	1,260	3
Bulls	—	—	1,878	75.12/cwt	74.00–76.50	1,411	3

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 Apr 6, 2020

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,311	95.50–97.00	96.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	869	10.00–35.00	27.62
2	—	1,168	53.50–60.25	56.90
13	—	1,068	35.00–45.00	39.17
15	—	1,067	44.00–52.75	47.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,238	50.00–55.00	52.37
2	—	1,260	56.50–57.00	56.75
11	—	1,292	41.50–50.75	47.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,473	58.00–61.25	59.72
9	—	1,435	49.00–56.50	53.16
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,345	92.50–95.00	93.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,878	74.00–76.50	75.12

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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