Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. 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	1,696	76.72	1,301	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,573	58.11	914	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	54.46	706	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	45.53	496	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,261	104.87	1,322	29
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,625	90.20	1,466	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,401	106.06	1,486	15

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
Bulls	—	—	1,804	79.92/cwt	76.50–85.00	1,442	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,252	105.53/cwt	104.00–107.75	1,321	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,401	106.06/cwt	104.00–107.50	1,486	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,383	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,328	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,625	90.20/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,466	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	49.65/cwt	45.50–52.00	543	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,915	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	728	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	35.82/cwt	32.50–39.00	380	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	56.17/cwt	54.00–57.50	748	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	60.03/cwt	57.00–63.00	888	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	56.75/cwt	56.75–56.75	602	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	67.16/cwt	64.50–70.00	1,105	3
Bulls	—	—	1,481	70.31/cwt	65.00–73.00	1,041	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	53.26/cwt	50.50–55.50	868	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	51.61/cwt	50.00–53.50	638	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	43.64/cwt	42.00–45.00	480	8

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 Nov 16, 2020

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

Receipts 166Last week 40Year ago 136

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,804	76.50–85.00	79.92
4	—	1,481	65.00–73.00	70.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,252	104.00–107.75	105.53
2	—	1,383	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,625	90.00–91.00	90.20
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,401	104.00–107.50	106.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,093	45.50–52.00	49.65
3	—	1,062	32.50–39.00	35.82
1	—	1,060	56.75	56.75
8	—	1,101	42.00–45.00	43.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	38.00	38.00
9	—	1,480	57.00–63.00	60.03
3	—	1,645	64.50–70.00	67.16
5	—	1,630	50.50–55.50	53.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,332	54.00–57.50	56.17
3	—	1,237	50.00–53.50	51.61

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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