Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction, slaughter steers and heifers not well tested on a light supply. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 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	1,740	91.44	1,591	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,505	76.90	1,158	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	75.35	964	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,073	65.27	700	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,143	121.75	1,392	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	995	114.00	1,134	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,313	124.51	1,635	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,137	113.71	1,293	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
Bulls	—	—	1,916	98.21/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,882	6
Heifers	Select	—	995	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,134	1
Steers	Select	—	1,137	113.71/cwt	110.00–118.50	1,293	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,143	121.75/cwt	121.50–122.50	1,392	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,313	124.51/cwt	123.50–125.00	1,635	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	73.02/cwt	68.50–74.50	921	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	62.87/cwt	60.50–64.50	619	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	841	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	45.28/cwt	20.00–56.50	456	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	74.13/cwt	71.50–76.00	1,012	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	68.47/cwt	64.50–74.00	720	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	77.68/cwt	73.50–81.50	1,008	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	78.52/cwt	75.50–84.50	1,231	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	75.42/cwt	71.00–81.00	872	10
Bulls	—	—	1,528	83.31/cwt	70.00–90.00	1,273	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.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon Aug 9, 2021

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

Receipts 150Last week 52Year ago 151

Compared to the previous auction, slaughter steers and heifers not well tested on a light supply. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,916	95.00–102.00	98.21
5	—	1,528	70.00–90.00	83.31
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,143	121.50–122.50	121.75
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,137	110.00–118.50	113.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	123.50–125.00	124.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,261	68.50–74.50	73.02
12	—	1,297	73.50–81.50	77.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	985	60.50–64.50	62.87
6	—	1,008	20.00–56.50	45.28
8	—	1,051	64.50–74.00	68.47
10	—	1,156	71.00–81.00	75.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	66.50	66.50
5	—	1,365	71.50–76.00	74.13
15	—	1,568	75.50–84.50	78.52

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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