Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a light test. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 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	—	High	1,627	94.66	1,540	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,421	74.84	1,063	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,183	70.84	838	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,343	69.87	938	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	972	62.85	611	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,440	120.69	1,738	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,312	120.00	1,574	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,272	116.46	1,481	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,070	103.05	1,103	3thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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%	—	1,395	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	1,025	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	73.95/cwt	73.50–75.50	884	6
Bulls	—	—	1,605	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,677	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,421	74.84/cwt	72.50–78.00	1,063	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	64.28/cwt	62.50–66.50	651	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,321	70.09/cwt	67.50–72.00	926	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	690	42.20/cwt	37.50–46.50	291	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	56.51/cwt	53.00–59.50	575	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	66.23/cwt	66.00–66.50	995	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	803	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,350	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	70.77/cwt	68.00–74.50	696	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	69.67/cwt	65.00–72.50	816	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,272	116.46/cwt	115.50–117.00	1,481	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,312	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,574	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,440	120.69/cwt	119.50–125.00	1,738	6
Steers	Select	—	1,070	103.05/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,103	3
Bulls	—	—	1,661	94.59/cwt	91.00–97.50	1,571	8

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 Jun 21, 2021

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

Receipts 170Last week 300Year ago 30

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a light test. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	73.50	73.50
17	—	1,321	67.50–72.00	70.09
2	—	1,503	66.00–66.50	66.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,195	73.50–75.50	73.95
1	—	1,235	65.00	65.00
11	—	1,171	65.00–72.50	69.67
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,421	72.50–78.00	74.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,013	62.50–66.50	64.28
2	—	690	37.50–46.50	42.20
3	—	1,018	53.00–59.50	56.51
6	—	983	68.00–74.50	70.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	104.50	104.50
2	—	1,500	90.00	90.00
8	—	1,661	91.00–97.50	94.59
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,272	115.50–117.00	116.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,312	120.00	120.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,070	102.00–105.00	103.05
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,440	119.50–125.00	120.69

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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