Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 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	—	Low	1,902	77.77	1,479	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,598	57.82	924	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,336	47.89	640	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,030	32.98	340	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,287	105.30	1,355	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,255	95.37	1,197	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,401	105.03	1,471	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	100.71	1,380	11

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	50.75/cwt	48.00–53.00	751	3
Bulls	—	—	1,848	73.54/cwt	70.00–75.50	1,359	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,719	63.68/cwt	62.00–68.00	1,095	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	647	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	57.63/cwt	54.00–61.50	915	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	53.39/cwt	51.00–56.00	700	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	23.75/cwt	10.00–35.00	246	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	31.72/cwt	21.00–42.00	449	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	39.72/cwt	35.00–45.50	400	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	46.47/cwt	42.00–52.50	623	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	45.85/cwt	44.00–47.50	485	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,370	100.71/cwt	98.00–102.50	1,380	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,255	95.37/cwt	94.00–100.50	1,197	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,401	105.03/cwt	103.00–106.50	1,471	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,287	105.30/cwt	102.50–106.00	1,355	29
Bulls	—	—	1,943	80.94/cwt	76.50–84.50	1,573	4

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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 201Last week 264Year ago 73

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,480	48.00–53.00	50.75
4	—	1,719	62.00–68.00	63.68
12	—	1,587	54.00–61.50	57.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	55.50	55.50
14	—	1,037	10.00–35.00	23.75
12	—	1,006	35.00–45.50	39.72
2	—	1,058	44.00–47.50	45.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,312	51.00–56.00	53.39
2	—	1,415	21.00–42.00	31.72
16	—	1,341	42.00–52.50	46.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,848	70.00–75.50	73.54
4	—	1,943	76.50–84.50	80.94
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,370	98.00–102.50	100.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,401	103.00–106.50	105.03
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,255	94.00–100.50	95.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,287	102.50–106.00	105.30

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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