Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 6.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 higher.

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	1,718	80.09	1,376	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,508	56.30	849	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,193	55.09	657	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	39.89	403	25
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,293	88.00	1,138	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	90.25	1,324	10
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,158	86.62	1,003	10

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,293	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,138	15
Bulls	—	—	1,457	70.78/cwt	60.00–79.50	1,031	3
Bulls	—	—	1,973	89.56/cwt	88.50–90.50	1,767	2
Bulls	—	—	1,855	84.59/cwt	82.50–86.50	1,569	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	60.79/cwt	58.50–64.50	750	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	61.82/cwt	60.25–62.75	915	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	48.68/cwt	45.00–51.50	485	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	49.49/cwt	47.00–53.50	602	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	56.95/cwt	54.25–60.50	809	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	56.26/cwt	55.00–57.50	607	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	28.28/cwt	19.00–37.25	262	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	55.01/cwt	50.00–57.00	628	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	51.38/cwt	49.00–53.00	810	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	41.01/cwt	36.00–43.00	458	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,467	90.25/cwt	90.25–90.25	1,324	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,158	86.62/cwt	85.25–88.25	1,003	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 Apr 13, 2020

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

Receipts 130Last week 155Year ago 157

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 6.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,293	88.00	88.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	60.00–79.50	70.78
2	—	1,973	88.50–90.50	89.56
2	—	1,855	82.50–86.50	84.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	58.50–64.50	60.79
4	—	1,216	47.00–53.50	49.49
5	—	1,142	50.00–57.00	55.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,480	60.25–62.75	61.82
3	—	1,420	54.25–60.50	56.95
6	—	1,576	49.00–53.00	51.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	997	45.00–51.50	48.68
4	—	1,079	55.00–57.50	56.26
10	—	925	19.00–37.25	28.28
6	—	1,116	36.00–43.00	41.01
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,467	90.25	90.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,158	85.25–88.25	86.62

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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