Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 7.00-8.00 higher 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	—	Average	1,731	88.18	1,526	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,384	60.66	840	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	57.91	698	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,040	51.08	531	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,383	103.56	1,432	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,450	105.48	1,529	4thin

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	—	1,400	104.07/cwt	102.50–105.50	1,457	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,308	1
Bulls	—	—	1,669	88.49/cwt	86.00–91.50	1,477	10
Bulls	—	—	1,859	94.10/cwt	92.50–96.50	1,749	6
Bulls	—	—	1,700	80.46/cwt	77.00–83.50	1,368	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	58.76/cwt	55.00–62.50	730	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,381	60.30/cwt	57.00–63.50	833	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	58.38/cwt	58.00–59.00	623	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	53.71/cwt	52.50–55.00	613	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	64.28/cwt	63.25–65.25	914	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	46.68/cwt	44.75–49.50	494	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	63.55/cwt	63.00–64.50	747	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	717	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	35.71/cwt	35.00–36.50	371	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	52.82/cwt	50.50–56.50	541	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,450	105.48/cwt	105.00–107.25	1,529	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 May 4, 2020

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

Receipts 140Last week 148Year ago 44

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 7.00-8.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,400	102.50–105.50	104.07
1	—	1,295	101.00	101.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,669	86.00–91.50	88.49
6	—	1,859	92.50–96.50	94.10
5	—	1,700	77.00–83.50	80.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,243	55.00–62.50	58.76
9	—	1,141	52.50–55.00	53.71
4	—	1,176	63.00–64.50	63.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,381	57.00–63.50	60.30
3	—	1,422	63.25–65.25	64.28
1	—	1,315	54.50	54.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,067	58.00–59.00	58.38
4	—	1,058	44.75–49.50	46.68
2	—	1,040	35.00–36.50	35.71
11	—	1,024	50.50–56.50	52.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,450	105.00–107.25	105.48

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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