Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 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	—	Low	1,777	78.89	1,402	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,656	71.34	1,181	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,517	61.42	932	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,282	53.75	689	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,053	44.04	464	32
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,259	136.50	1,719	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,427	135.31	1,931	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,268	132.23	1,677	5thin

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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	34.14/cwt	30.50–37.50	357	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	42.21/cwt	40.00–47.00	433	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	50.73/cwt	47.50–53.00	641	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	774	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	56.19/cwt	53.00–60.00	725	27
Bulls	—	—	1,708	73.23/cwt	61.00–78.50	1,251	6
Bulls	—	—	1,970	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,822	1
Bulls	—	—	1,821	82.96/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,511	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	57.56/cwt	56.00–60.50	612	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	51.02/cwt	47.00–53.00	563	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	54.82/cwt	52.50–57.50	829	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,559	67.95/cwt	67.50–70.00	1,059	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	61.84/cwt	58.50–65.50	926	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	405	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,268	132.23/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,677	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,427	135.31/cwt	135.00–135.50	1,931	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,259	136.50/cwt	135.50–137.25	1,719	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,656	71.34/cwt	69.00–72.50	1,181	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 Dec 6, 2021

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

Receipts 266Last week 226Year ago 183

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,047	30.50–37.50	34.14
13	—	1,026	40.00–47.00	42.21
4	—	1,063	56.00–60.50	57.56
7	—	1,104	47.00–53.00	51.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,264	47.50–53.00	50.73
1	—	1,290	60.00	60.00
27	—	1,290	53.00–60.00	56.19
1	—	1,350	30.00	30.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,513	52.50–57.50	54.82
9	—	1,559	67.50–70.00	67.95
17	—	1,498	58.50–65.50	61.84
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,656	69.00–72.50	71.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,708	61.00–78.50	73.23
1	—	1,970	92.50	92.50
5	—	1,821	80.00–86.00	82.96
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,268	127.00–134.00	132.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,427	135.00–135.50	135.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,259	135.50–137.25	136.50

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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