Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. 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	1,818	89.60	1,629	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,516	76.51	1,159	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,323	70.85	937	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	57.93	605	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,267	144.00	1,824	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,048	135.00	1,415	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,311	143.22	1,878	11
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,363	138.83	1,892	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,233	135.40	1,669	7thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	—	2,004	101.34/cwt	97.50–105.50	2,031	4
Bulls	—	—	1,570	73.94/cwt	65.50–86.00	1,161	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	79.16/cwt	78.50–79.50	1,094	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	64.56/cwt	62.50–67.50	828	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	72.98/cwt	69.00–76.50	973	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	77.41/cwt	72.50–80.50	1,176	9
Steers	Select	—	1,233	135.40/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,669	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,363	138.83/cwt	137.00–139.50	1,892	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	63.10/cwt	61.00–66.00	681	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	56.67/cwt	52.50–58.50	605	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	49.23/cwt	46.50–51.50	445	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,733	83.16/cwt	81.50–85.00	1,441	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	69.37/cwt	68.00–71.50	943	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,267	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,824	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,048	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,415	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,311	143.22/cwt	140.50–145.00	1,878	11

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 Feb 21, 2022

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

Receipts 104Last week 241Year ago 271

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,004	97.50–105.50	101.34
3	—	1,570	65.50–86.00	73.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,382	78.50–79.50	79.16
6	—	1,283	62.50–67.50	64.56
6	—	1,333	69.00–76.50	72.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,519	72.50–80.50	77.41
2	—	1,733	81.50–85.00	83.16
3	—	1,360	68.00–71.50	69.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,079	61.00–66.00	63.10
8	—	1,068	52.50–58.50	56.67
3	—	903	46.50–51.50	49.23
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,233	135.00–138.00	135.40
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,363	137.00–139.50	138.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,311	140.50–145.00	143.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,267	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	135.00	135.00

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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