Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers traded 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 higher than the market from two weeks ago.

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	1,675	84.55	1,416	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,278	62.04	793	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,550	61.78	957	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,029	40.16	413	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,296	115.21	1,493	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,438	116.97	1,682	10
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	110.07	1,452	5thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	57.17/cwt	55.00–58.50	744	6
Bulls	—	—	1,581	77.94/cwt	65.00–82.50	1,232	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,712	68.00/cwt	67.50–68.50	1,164	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	768	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	66.85/cwt	65.00–68.00	801	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	56.81/cwt	53.00–60.50	647	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	25.13/cwt	10.00–41.00	237	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,586	58.18/cwt	55.00–60.50	923	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	53.04/cwt	51.50–54.50	568	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	61.67/cwt	59.50–64.50	887	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	62.50/cwt	60.50–64.50	814	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,296	115.21/cwt	113.00–116.50	1,493	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,319	110.07/cwt	107.50–114.00	1,452	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,438	116.97/cwt	115.50–117.50	1,682	10
Bulls	—	—	1,737	88.95/cwt	87.00–92.50	1,545	9

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 29, 2021

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

Receipts 168Last week 52Year ago 234

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers traded 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 higher than the market from two weeks ago.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,302	55.00–58.50	57.17
5	—	1,198	65.00–68.00	66.85
11	—	1,302	60.50–64.50	62.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,712	67.50–68.50	68.00
5	—	1,586	55.00–60.50	58.18
6	—	1,438	59.50–64.50	61.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	66.50	66.50
5	—	1,139	53.00–60.50	56.81
9	—	944	10.00–41.00	25.13
2	—	1,070	51.50–54.50	53.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,581	65.00–82.50	77.94
9	—	1,737	87.00–92.50	88.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,296	113.00–116.50	115.21
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,319	107.50–114.00	110.07
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,438	115.50–117.50	116.97

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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