Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 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	1,629	90.26	1,471	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,559	69.38	1,082	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,246	61.54	767	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	58.08	626	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,210	105.77	1,280	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,177	97.00	1,142	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,260	105.69	1,332	19
Steers	Standard	Average	1,210	92.00	1,113	1thin

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	Select and Choice	—	1,177	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,142	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,210	105.77/cwt	105.25–107.00	1,280	8
Steers	Standard	—	1,210	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,113	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,260	105.69/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,332	19
Bulls	—	—	1,554	92.33/cwt	88.50–96.50	1,435	5
Bulls	—	—	1,818	85.08/cwt	84.50–85.50	1,547	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	871	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	60.82/cwt	58.00–63.50	648	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	62.16/cwt	58.00–65.50	755	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	53.29/cwt	47.25–58.25	585	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	56.49/cwt	54.50–58.00	724	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	65.49/cwt	65.25–65.75	766	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	66.96/cwt	66.00–69.00	872	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	380	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,656	72.18/cwt	69.75–76.00	1,195	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	66.75/cwt	63.75–69.00	938	3

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon Aug 24, 2020

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

Receipts 124Last week 14Year ago 196

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,177	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,210	105.25–107.00	105.77
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	92.00	92.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,260	105.00–107.00	105.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,554	88.50–96.50	92.33
2	—	1,818	84.50–85.50	85.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	60.50	60.50
6	—	1,656	69.75–76.00	72.18
3	—	1,405	63.75–69.00	66.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,066	58.00–63.50	60.82
5	—	1,097	47.25–58.25	53.29
2	—	1,170	65.25–65.75	65.49
1	—	895	42.50	42.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,214	58.00–65.50	62.16
6	—	1,282	54.50–58.00	56.49
4	—	1,303	66.00–69.00	66.96

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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