Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 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	1,766	77.35	1,366	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,478	54.94	812	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,279	50.68	648	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,122	38.94	437	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,144	102.75	1,175	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	99.52	1,219	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,395	102.17	1,425	6thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,090	100.50	1,095	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,268	89.08	1,130	6thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,737	76.40/cwt	74.50–79.50	1,327	7
Steers	Select	—	1,268	89.08/cwt	82.00–95.00	1,130	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,144	102.75/cwt	102.00–103.00	1,175	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	102.17/cwt	101.50–103.00	1,425	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,225	99.52/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,219	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,090	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,095	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	578	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	46.95/cwt	44.00–50.00	587	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	48.60/cwt	45.00–50.50	686	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	39.22/cwt	30.50–43.00	460	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	529	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	14.42/cwt	10.00–24.50	135	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	53.15/cwt	49.00–55.00	701	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	54.91/cwt	51.50–59.00	784	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	49.93/cwt	49.00–52.00	579	5
Bulls	—	—	1,970	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,655	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	63.89/cwt	61.50–67.00	772	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,658	64.06/cwt	60.00–66.00	1,062	7

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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Receipts 183Last week 297Year ago 65

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,737	74.50–79.50	76.40
1	—	1,970	84.00	84.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,268	82.00–95.00	89.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,395	101.50–103.00	102.17
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	100.50	100.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,144	102.00–103.00	102.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	99.00–100.00	99.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	55.00	55.00
9	—	1,173	30.50–43.00	39.22
3	—	933	10.00–24.50	14.42
5	—	1,159	49.00–52.00	49.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,251	44.00–50.00	46.95
1	—	1,260	42.00	42.00
14	—	1,319	49.00–55.00	53.15
2	—	1,208	61.50–67.00	63.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,412	45.00–50.50	48.60
12	—	1,427	51.50–59.00	54.91
7	—	1,658	60.00–66.00	64.06

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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