Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter heifers traded 7.00-9.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 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	—	High	1,825	89.09	1,626	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,529	62.21	951	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	58.32	732	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	960	45.86	440	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,280	95.86	1,227	11

Every lot, as filed

13 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%	—	831	30.89/cwt	23.00–38.00	257	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	54.03/cwt	53.00–55.00	793	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	54.07/cwt	52.00–56.50	656	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	53.02/cwt	51.00–56.00	523	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	66.77/cwt	64.50–68.75	1,060	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	58.39/cwt	55.00–61.50	744	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	46.16/cwt	40.50–50.00	455	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	58.60/cwt	57.50–60.50	623	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	60.81/cwt	57.50–64.00	879	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	62.31/cwt	59.50–67.00	760	4
Bulls	—	—	2,025	93.57/cwt	92.50–95.00	1,895	2
Bulls	—	—	1,775	87.97/cwt	82.00–91.00	1,561	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,280	95.86/cwt	94.00–97.25	1,227	11

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 126Last week 130Year ago 25

Compared to last week, slaughter heifers traded 7.00-9.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	831	23.00–38.00	30.89
7	—	986	51.00–56.00	53.02
12	—	985	40.50–50.00	46.16
4	—	1,063	57.50–60.50	58.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,467	53.00–55.00	54.03
6	—	1,588	64.50–68.75	66.77
2	—	1,445	57.50–64.00	60.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,214	52.00–56.50	54.07
16	—	1,275	55.00–61.50	58.39
4	—	1,219	59.50–67.00	62.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,025	92.50–95.00	93.57
8	—	1,775	82.00–91.00	87.97
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,280	94.00–97.25	95.86

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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