Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower.

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	1,851	88.23	1,633	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,400	67.51	945	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,329	64.37	855	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,035	57.12	591	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,146	103.11	1,182	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	95.00	1,145	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,272	103.21	1,313	9thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,357	99.83	1,355	3thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,357	99.83/cwt	99.50–100.00	1,355	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,272	103.21/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,313	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,205	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,145	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,146	103.11/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,182	11
Bulls	—	—	1,811	93.63/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,696	10
Bulls	—	—	1,664	86.62/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,441	5
Bulls	—	—	2,670	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	828	1
Bulls	—	—	2,370	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	2,358	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	59.61/cwt	55.50–62.25	807	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	41.89/cwt	36.50–44.50	411	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	70.73/cwt	70.00–72.00	975	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	66.92/cwt	66.50–67.25	673	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,338	65.96/cwt	64.50–68.75	883	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	73.27/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,024	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	61.51/cwt	61.00–62.25	952	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	61.87/cwt	58.50–65.00	653	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	65.96/cwt	63.00–68.75	857	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	54.81/cwt	49.50–58.75	572	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 Aug 10, 2020

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

Receipts 151Last week 100Year ago 317

Compared to the previous auction, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,357	99.50–100.00	99.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,272	101.00–104.50	103.21
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,146	101.00–104.50	103.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,811	90.00–97.50	93.63
5	—	1,664	84.00–89.00	86.62
1	—	2,670	31.00	31.00
1	—	2,370	99.50	99.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,354	55.50–62.25	59.61
3	—	1,378	70.00–72.00	70.73
12	—	1,300	63.00–68.75	65.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	981	36.50–44.50	41.89
3	—	1,005	66.50–67.25	66.92
11	—	1,056	58.50–65.00	61.87
9	—	1,044	49.50–58.75	54.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,338	64.50–68.75	65.96
5	—	1,398	70.00–76.00	73.27
3	—	1,547	61.00–62.25	61.51

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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