Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00-6.00 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	1,871	80.72	1,510	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,562	68.89	1,076	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,247	65.75	820	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,011	57.64	583	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,306	122.57	1,601	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	119.35	1,516	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,123	110.24	1,238	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,403	123.14	1,728	11
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,193	117.00	1,396	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,257	109.96	1,382	6thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	1,903	88.37/cwt	84.50–91.50	1,682	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,123	110.24/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,238	5
Steers	Select	—	1,257	109.96/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,382	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,193	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,396	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,306	122.57/cwt	121.00–125.50	1,601	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	69.90/cwt	65.50–72.00	1,094	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	25.07/cwt	10.00–40.50	243	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	70.85/cwt	69.25–72.50	835	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	69.64/cwt	63.00–72.00	755	7
Bulls	—	—	1,847	71.25/cwt	53.00–79.50	1,316	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	61.49/cwt	60.00–64.00	910	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	59.62/cwt	52.00–63.50	726	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	53.54/cwt	50.00–57.00	501	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	68.03/cwt	64.00–71.00	865	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	62.77/cwt	56.50–66.50	637	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,403	123.14/cwt	121.50–125.00	1,728	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	119.35/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,516	4
Bulls	—	—	1,865	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,818	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,185	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 Apr 12, 2021

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

Receipts 250Last week 168Year ago 130

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00-6.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,903	84.50–91.50	88.37
5	—	1,847	53.00–79.50	71.25
1	—	1,865	97.50	97.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,123	108.00–114.00	110.24
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,306	121.00–125.50	122.57
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,270	117.00–120.00	119.35
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,257	108.00–114.00	109.96
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,193	117.00	117.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,403	121.50–125.00	123.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,565	65.50–72.00	69.90
4	—	1,480	60.00–64.00	61.49
4	—	1,635	72.50	72.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	968	10.00–40.50	25.07
7	—	1,084	63.00–72.00	69.64
5	—	935	50.00–57.00	53.54
13	—	1,015	56.50–66.50	62.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,179	69.25–72.50	70.85
13	—	1,217	52.00–63.50	59.62
26	—	1,272	64.00–71.00	68.03

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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