Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 8.00-10.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 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	—	Average	1,528	83.06	1,269	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,480	64.02	948	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,271	60.39	767	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,048	55.17	578	39
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	116.50	1,515	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,174	113.74	1,335	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,115	107.70	1,201	3thin

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	—	—	1,688	91.27/cwt	89.50–92.50	1,541	3
Bulls	—	—	1,367	74.85/cwt	70.00–83.00	1,023	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,515	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	66.30/cwt	62.50–70.00	845	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	758	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	37.65/cwt	36.00–39.75	350	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	59.11/cwt	54.50–62.00	615	13
Steers	Select	—	1,115	107.70/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,201	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	60.29/cwt	58.00–63.50	741	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	68.45/cwt	63.75–74.25	1,001	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	49.99/cwt	44.00–55.00	514	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,174	113.74/cwt	112.00–116.50	1,335	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	54.63/cwt	52.00–58.00	725	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	61.68/cwt	59.00–65.25	941	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	64.76/cwt	62.00–67.25	736	9

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 175Last week 302Year ago 41

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 8.00-10.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,688	89.50–92.50	91.27
3	—	1,367	70.00–83.00	74.85
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	116.50	116.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,275	62.50–70.00	66.30
16	—	1,229	58.00–63.50	60.29
11	—	1,327	52.00–58.00	54.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	54.50	54.50
8	—	1,463	63.75–74.25	68.45
7	—	1,526	59.00–65.25	61.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	929	36.00–39.75	37.65
13	—	1,041	54.50–62.00	59.11
13	—	1,029	44.00–55.00	49.99
9	—	1,137	62.00–67.25	64.76
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	107.00–108.00	107.70
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,174	112.00–116.50	113.74

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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