Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 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	1,842	81.40	1,500	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,509	66.75	1,007	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,278	64.36	822	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	998	49.57	495	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,254	122.16	1,532	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,088	117.65	1,280	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,319	124.89	1,647	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,048	119.42	1,252	9thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,563	63.48/cwt	50.00–77.00	992	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	68.66/cwt	68.50–69.00	951	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	70.99/cwt	70.50–71.50	1,186	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	67.07/cwt	66.25–68.00	676	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	61.99/cwt	59.50–64.50	631	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	67.00/cwt	64.00–70.00	1,005	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	27.50/cwt	20.00–39.00	255	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	59.05/cwt	55.50–62.75	745	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	60.24/cwt	58.00–62.50	858	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	53.34/cwt	46.00–59.00	576	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	65.42/cwt	62.50–67.50	828	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,319	124.89/cwt	124.50–125.00	1,647	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,254	122.16/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,532	5
Steers	Select	—	1,048	119.42/cwt	118.50–120.50	1,252	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,088	117.65/cwt	115.50–119.50	1,280	5
Bulls	—	—	1,954	88.57/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,731	5

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon Apr 19, 2021

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

Receipts 162Last week 250Year ago 126

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	50.00–77.00	63.48
5	—	1,954	84.00–95.00	88.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	68.50–69.00	68.66
6	—	1,262	55.50–62.75	59.05
18	—	1,265	62.50–67.50	65.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,670	70.50–71.50	70.99
18	—	1,500	64.00–70.00	67.00
2	—	1,425	58.00–62.50	60.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,008	66.25–68.00	67.07
7	—	1,018	59.50–64.50	61.99
7	—	928	20.00–39.00	27.50
4	—	1,079	46.00–59.00	53.34
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,319	124.50–125.00	124.89
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,048	118.50–120.50	119.42
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,254	120.00–124.00	122.16
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,088	115.50–119.50	117.65

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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