Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers near steady. Very few Choice cattle offered with almost the entire supply of fed cattle needing more days in the feedlot. Slaughter cows traded 4.00-6.00 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	—	Average	1,867	92.93	1,735	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,648	78.18	1,288	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	72.24	1,120	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	64.39	810	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,107	53.45	592	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,228	134.50	1,652	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,211	128.27	1,553	13
Heifers	Select	Average	1,065	121.78	1,297	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,365	131.00	1,788	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,271	123.06	1,564	10
Steers	Standard	Average	1,120	111.29	1,246	12

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	1,935	90.80/cwt	87.50–93.00	1,757	4
Bulls	—	—	1,730	97.20/cwt	96.50–98.00	1,682	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	64.22/cwt	62.00–68.50	811	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	69.78/cwt	67.50–72.25	851	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	58.39/cwt	54.50–61.50	754	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	68.70/cwt	64.50–72.50	1,013	8
Steers	Standard	—	1,120	111.29/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,246	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	50.45/cwt	48.00–53.00	560	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,365	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,788	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,648	78.18/cwt	77.50–80.00	1,288	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,211	128.27/cwt	125.00–130.50	1,553	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,228	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,652	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,065	121.78/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,297	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,183	38.68/cwt	35.50–42.50	458	2
Steers	Select	—	1,271	123.06/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,564	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	61.24/cwt	61.00–61.50	671	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	62.51/cwt	60.50–63.50	963	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	76.35/cwt	74.00–79.50	1,218	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	56.31/cwt	53.00–60.50	613	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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon Jan 24, 2022

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

Receipts 196Last week 219Year ago 125

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,935	87.50–93.00	90.80
2	—	1,730	96.50–98.00	97.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,263	62.00–68.50	64.22
7	—	1,219	67.50–72.25	69.78
6	—	1,292	54.50–61.50	58.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,475	64.50–72.50	68.70
3	—	1,540	60.50–63.50	62.51
14	—	1,595	74.00–79.50	76.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	48.00–53.00	50.45
2	—	1,183	35.50–42.50	38.68
2	—	1,095	61.00–61.50	61.24
7	—	1,088	53.00–60.50	56.31
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,648	77.50–80.00	78.18
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,120	107.00–114.00	111.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	131.00	131.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,271	121.00–125.00	123.06
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,211	125.00–130.50	128.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,065	118.00–125.00	121.78

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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