Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a light test. Slaughter cows steady.

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	1,882	83.40	1,570	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,613	73.74	1,190	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	65.81	819	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,066	55.52	592	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,406	123.16	1,731	5thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,199	120.76	1,448	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	122.24	1,801	8thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	120.50	1,470	2thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	—	2,186	92.02/cwt	88.00–95.00	2,012	4
Bulls	—	—	1,680	77.66/cwt	73.00–83.00	1,305	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	67.90/cwt	65.50–70.50	854	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	63.64/cwt	61.50–65.00	780	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	716	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	69.31/cwt	67.50–72.50	1,026	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,199	120.76/cwt	120.50–121.00	1,448	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,474	122.49/cwt	122.00–122.75	1,806	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,470	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,786	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,220	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,470	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	60.74/cwt	59.00–62.50	929	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	42.50/cwt	30.00–49.50	464	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	63.13/cwt	61.00–66.50	674	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	57.50/cwt	56.50–60.00	599	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,717	79.76/cwt	74.50–82.50	1,369	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,365	125.28/cwt	124.50–126.00	1,710	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,433	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	1,745	3

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 Oct 4, 2021

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a light test. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,186	88.00–95.00	92.02
6	—	1,680	73.00–83.00	77.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,258	65.50–70.50	67.90
7	—	1,226	61.50–65.00	63.64
1	—	1,235	58.00	58.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,481	67.50–72.50	69.31
2	—	1,530	59.00–62.50	60.74
8	—	1,717	74.50–82.50	79.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,092	30.00–49.50	42.50
7	—	1,068	61.00–66.50	63.13
6	—	1,041	56.50–60.00	57.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,199	120.50–121.00	120.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	124.50–126.00	125.28
3	—	1,433	121.75	121.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,474	122.00–122.75	122.49
2	—	1,470	121.50	121.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	120.50	120.50

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