Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction from three weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 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	—	Low	1,853	76.87	1,424	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,531	56.25	861	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,311	52.91	694	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,058	44.26	468	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,256	109.83	1,379	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,387	101.28	1,405	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,220	100.50	1,226	2thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,203	91.00	1,095	4thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,383	108.92	1,506	16
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,084	104.39	1,132	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,441	101.32	1,460	7thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,189	92.36	1,098	12

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	57.88/cwt	57.50–58.25	601	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	51.55/cwt	48.25–53.25	801	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	49.78/cwt	42.00–53.50	680	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,406	101.05/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,421	16
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,084	104.39/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,132	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,085	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,139	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	977	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	1,594	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	24.24/cwt	10.00–35.00	275	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,188	109.49/cwt	108.00–112.50	1,301	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	44.50/cwt	44.50–44.50	389	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,256	109.83/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,379	7
Steers	Standard	—	1,189	92.36/cwt	88.00–93.50	1,098	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	57.30/cwt	55.00–60.25	870	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	55.82/cwt	53.50–58.50	703	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,604	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,724	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	51.78/cwt	49.00–54.50	542	7
Heifers	Standard	—	1,203	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,095	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,220	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,226	2
Steers	Select	—	1,441	101.32/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,460	7
Bulls	—	—	1,665	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	1,174	1
Bulls	—	—	2,245	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,919	1
Bulls	—	—	1,785	76.11/cwt	75.50–77.00	1,359	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.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon Jan 4, 2021

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

Receipts 180Last week 257Year ago 369

Compared to the last auction from three weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	57.50–58.25	57.88
4	—	1,134	10.00–35.00	24.24
1	—	875	44.50	44.50
7	—	1,046	49.00–54.50	51.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,553	48.25–53.25	51.55
1	—	1,550	63.00	63.00
7	—	1,519	55.00–60.25	57.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,367	42.00–53.50	49.78
14	—	1,259	53.50–58.50	55.82
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,406	100.00–102.00	101.05
1	—	1,085	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,256	108.00–111.00	109.83
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,203	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	100.50	100.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,084	103.00–105.00	104.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	114.25	114.25
8	—	1,188	108.00–112.50	109.49
7	—	1,604	107.50	107.50
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,189	88.00–93.50	92.36
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,441	100.00–102.00	101.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	70.50	70.50
1	—	2,245	85.50	85.50
3	—	1,785	75.50–77.00	76.11

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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