Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. 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	1,716	75.87	1,302	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,748	74.00	1,294	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,528	59.22	905	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,327	53.87	715	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,118	47.10	526	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,388	136.72	1,898	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	127.42	1,618	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	134.73	1,910	9thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,372	130.50	1,790	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,230	124.47	1,531	4thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,885	86.15/cwt	85.00–87.50	1,624	5
Bulls	—	—	1,584	71.59/cwt	56.00–82.00	1,134	11
Bulls	—	—	2,330	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	1,666	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,745	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	820	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	56.86/cwt	54.00–60.00	741	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	51.97/cwt	49.50–54.50	676	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	56.25/cwt	56.00–56.50	599	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,388	136.72/cwt	136.50–137.50	1,898	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	788	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	70.30/cwt	68.00–72.00	1,011	2
Steers	Select	—	1,230	124.47/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,531	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,372	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,790	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,265	34.73/cwt	31.00–38.00	439	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	50.15/cwt	49.00–53.00	557	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	55.51/cwt	53.00–57.00	857	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	43.24/cwt	41.00–45.50	470	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	127.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,618	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	134.73/cwt	134.50–135.50	1,910	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,748	74.00/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,294	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	61.62/cwt	57.50–66.50	934	10

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 13, 2021

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

Receipts 254Last week 266Year ago 257

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,885	85.00–87.50	86.15
11	—	1,584	56.00–82.00	71.59
1	—	2,330	71.50	71.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	47.00	47.00
8	—	1,304	54.00–60.00	56.86
9	—	1,301	49.50–54.50	51.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	56.00–56.50	56.25
3	—	1,265	31.00–38.00	34.73
15	—	1,110	49.00–53.00	50.15
7	—	1,086	41.00–45.50	43.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	46.50	46.50
2	—	1,438	68.00–72.00	70.30
9	—	1,543	53.00–57.00	55.51
10	—	1,515	57.50–66.50	61.62
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,748	73.00–75.00	74.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,388	136.50–137.50	136.72
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	125.00–130.00	127.42
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,230	123.00–125.00	124.47
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,372	130.50	130.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,418	134.50–135.50	134.73

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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