Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 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	1,875	74.07	1,389	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,675	75.16	1,259	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,494	63.37	947	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,298	55.90	725	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,103	52.08	574	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,301	137.84	1,793	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,355	127.50	1,728	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,322	135.65	1,793	10
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,359	129.56	1,761	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,345	124.00	1,668	2thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,184	121.05	1,433	4thin

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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	62.45/cwt	59.50–65.50	911	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	52.46/cwt	44.00–56.50	697	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	848	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	58.87/cwt	55.50–62.00	744	12
Bulls	—	—	1,875	74.07/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,389	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,301	137.84/cwt	134.50–141.50	1,793	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	71.98/cwt	67.50–75.50	1,058	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,675	75.16/cwt	72.00–78.50	1,259	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	412	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	45.36/cwt	43.50–47.00	541	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	61.91/cwt	59.00–64.50	664	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	51.84/cwt	48.00–56.50	567	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	57.48/cwt	55.50–60.00	887	9
Steers	Standard	—	1,184	121.05/cwt	119.50–122.50	1,433	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,359	129.56/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,761	5
Steers	Select	—	1,345	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,668	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,322	135.65/cwt	134.50–136.00	1,793	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,355	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,728	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 20, 2021

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,459	59.50–65.50	62.45
7	—	1,470	67.50–75.50	71.98
9	—	1,543	55.50–60.00	57.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,328	44.00–56.50	52.46
1	—	1,305	65.00	65.00
12	—	1,264	55.50–62.00	58.87
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,675	72.00–78.50	75.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	38.00	38.00
2	—	1,193	43.50–47.00	45.36
3	—	1,072	59.00–64.50	61.91
8	—	1,094	48.00–56.50	51.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,875	68.00–79.00	74.07
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,301	134.50–141.50	137.84
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,355	127.50	127.50
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,184	119.50–122.50	121.05
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,359	125.00–131.00	129.56
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	124.00	124.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,322	134.50–136.00	135.65

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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