Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks auction, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 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	—	Average	1,710	83.40	1,426	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	57.39	838	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,254	55.46	695	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,109	42.34	470	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,324	112.74	1,493	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,205	103.74	1,250	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	113.97	1,646	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,223	107.57	1,316	6thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,330	99.08	1,318	6thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	—	1,738	85.34/cwt	82.50–88.00	1,483	10
Steers	Standard	—	1,330	99.08/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,318	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,324	112.74/cwt	111.50–115.00	1,493	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,444	113.97/cwt	112.00–114.75	1,646	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	57.90/cwt	55.50–60.50	866	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	53.21/cwt	49.50–57.00	583	10
Bulls	—	—	1,417	69.94/cwt	61.00–77.00	991	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	51.29/cwt	45.00–55.00	655	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	45.73/cwt	43.50–49.00	508	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	52.03/cwt	51.00–53.00	713	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	23.89/cwt	10.00–35.50	270	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,205	103.74/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,250	4
Steers	Select	—	1,223	107.57/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,316	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	56.88/cwt	55.00–60.00	713	11
Bulls	—	—	2,010	93.86/cwt	93.00–94.75	1,887	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	62.28/cwt	61.00–63.50	729	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	778	1

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 Mar 15, 2021

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

Receipts 208Last week 276Year ago 94

Compared to last weeks auction, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,738	82.50–88.00	85.34
3	—	1,417	61.00–77.00	69.94
2	—	2,010	93.00–94.75	93.86
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,330	94.00–102.00	99.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,444	112.00–114.75	113.97
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,223	107.00–108.00	107.57
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,324	111.50–115.00	112.74
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,205	103.00–104.00	103.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,496	55.50–60.50	57.90
2	—	1,370	51.00–53.00	52.03
1	—	1,245	62.50	62.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,095	49.50–57.00	53.21
6	—	1,110	43.50–49.00	45.73
7	—	1,129	10.00–35.50	23.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,277	45.00–55.00	51.29
11	—	1,254	55.00–60.00	56.88
2	—	1,170	61.00–63.50	62.28

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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