Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. 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	1,706	85.64	1,461	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,537	64.12	986	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	62.01	776	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,046	52.35	548	25
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	100.84	1,348	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,174	97.40	1,143	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,317	103.94	1,369	35
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,211	96.52	1,169	4thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	1,174	97.40/cwt	95.00–99.50	1,143	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,317	103.34/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,361	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,384	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,315	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,317	103.94/cwt	101.00–105.75	1,369	35
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,211	96.52/cwt	95.00–98.50	1,169	4
Bulls	—	—	1,746	87.54/cwt	83.00–91.00	1,528	9
Bulls	—	—	1,553	75.59/cwt	66.00–80.00	1,174	3
Bulls	—	—	1,810	98.75/cwt	98.75–98.75	1,787	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	62.00/cwt	59.00–64.00	764	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	38.59/cwt	35.00–42.00	379	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	57.28/cwt	55.00–59.00	731	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	658	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	70.61/cwt	67.75–73.00	921	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	64.99/cwt	63.00–67.00	972	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	56.73/cwt	54.50–60.00	857	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,614	72.68/cwt	69.00–76.00	1,173	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	59.39/cwt	56.50–63.00	638	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	909	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	50.82/cwt	45.00–55.00	536	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 Sep 14, 2020

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

Receipts 228Last week 17Year ago 18

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,174	95.00–99.50	97.40
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,317	101.00–105.00	103.34
3	—	1,384	95.00	95.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,317	101.00–105.75	103.94
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,211	95.00–98.50	96.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,746	83.00–91.00	87.54
3	—	1,553	66.00–80.00	75.59
1	—	1,810	98.75	98.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,233	59.00–64.00	62.00
9	—	1,276	55.00–59.00	57.28
5	—	1,305	67.75–73.00	70.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	981	35.00–42.00	38.59
1	—	1,020	64.50	64.50
10	—	1,075	56.50–63.00	59.39
9	—	1,054	45.00–55.00	50.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,496	63.00–67.00	64.99
8	—	1,510	54.50–60.00	56.73
7	—	1,614	69.00–76.00	72.68
1	—	1,715	53.00	53.00

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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