Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 1.00 higher. 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	1,706	80.82	1,378	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	58.14	716	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	57.73	852	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,002	45.31	454	40
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,299	96.33	1,251	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,437	97.15	1,396	4thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,458	72.03/cwt	60.00–80.00	1,050	6
Bulls	—	—	1,929	86.76/cwt	80.50–89.50	1,674	5
Bulls	—	—	1,890	92.31/cwt	91.50–93.00	1,745	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,305	96.97/cwt	94.50–98.00	1,265	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,277	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,200	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	59.15/cwt	57.50–61.75	738	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	58.84/cwt	58.00–61.00	646	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	53.17/cwt	50.75–55.75	573	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	56.11/cwt	55.00–57.75	685	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	59.91/cwt	58.00–64.50	866	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	44.27/cwt	40.00–49.25	445	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	62.25/cwt	62.25–62.25	694	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	53.36/cwt	48.00–55.50	821	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	852	29.57/cwt	12.00–39.00	252	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,437	97.15/cwt	96.00–98.25	1,396	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 Apr 27, 2020

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

Receipts 148Last week 126Year ago 282

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,458	60.00–80.00	72.03
5	—	1,929	80.50–89.50	86.76
2	—	1,890	91.50–93.00	92.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,305	94.50–98.00	96.97
3	—	1,277	94.00	94.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,248	57.50–61.75	59.15
9	—	1,220	55.00–57.75	56.11
1	—	1,115	62.25	62.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,098	58.00–61.00	58.84
13	—	1,077	50.75–55.75	53.17
12	—	1,005	40.00–49.25	44.27
10	—	852	12.00–39.00	29.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,446	58.00–64.50	59.91
6	—	1,538	48.00–55.50	53.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,437	96.00–98.25	97.15

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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