Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded 8.00-9.00 higher on a very active market. Slaughter cows steady to 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	1,821	81.32	1,481	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,534	62.02	952	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,313	51.86	681	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	42.15	455	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	133.32	1,782	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,375	131.84	1,813	21

Every lot, as filed

14 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	42.33/cwt	39.00–46.00	469	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	53.10/cwt	51.50–55.00	585	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,375	131.84/cwt	130.50–134.00	1,813	21
Heifers	Choice	—	1,337	133.32/cwt	131.50–135.00	1,782	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,693	71.60/cwt	69.50–74.00	1,212	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	62.14/cwt	58.00–66.50	949	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	55.37/cwt	54.50–56.50	800	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	37.15/cwt	33.50–39.00	380	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,434	42.81/cwt	41.50–44.00	614	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	50.11/cwt	47.00–52.50	648	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	855	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	56.61/cwt	54.50–59.50	726	9
Bulls	—	—	1,828	74.04/cwt	72.00–75.50	1,353	2
Bulls	—	—	1,819	83.40/cwt	81.00–87.50	1,517	7

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 Nov 15, 2021

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

Receipts 180Last week 195Year ago 166

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded 8.00-9.00 higher on a very active market. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,108	39.00–46.00	42.33
3	—	1,102	51.50–55.00	53.10
7	—	1,022	33.50–39.00	37.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	69.50–74.00	71.60
7	—	1,527	58.00–66.50	62.14
3	—	1,445	54.50–56.50	55.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,434	41.50–44.00	42.81
11	—	1,294	47.00–52.50	50.11
1	—	1,325	64.50	64.50
9	—	1,282	54.50–59.50	56.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,375	130.50–134.00	131.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,337	131.50–135.00	133.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,828	72.00–75.50	74.04
7	—	1,819	81.00–87.50	83.40

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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