Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand very good and supply moderate.

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	1,905	105.02	2,001	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	81.86	1,047	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,514	81.00	1,227	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,001	70.20	703	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,249	144.46	1,804	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,357	146.97	1,995	18
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	142.21	1,897	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,318	135.00	1,779	2thin

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,148	141.38/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,623	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,399	148.09/cwt	146.00–151.00	2,072	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,249	144.46/cwt	143.00–146.00	1,804	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,579	69.19/cwt	65.00–74.50	1,093	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	88.24/cwt	85.00–92.50	1,337	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	62.44/cwt	56.50–65.50	628	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	82.40/cwt	78.00–86.50	820	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	70.04/cwt	66.00–73.00	701	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,334	142.21/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,897	5
Steers	Select	—	1,318	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,779	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	81.33/cwt	76.50–84.50	1,190	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	77.36/cwt	74.50–80.50	994	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	71.82/cwt	70.00–73.50	997	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	87.01/cwt	83.50–90.50	1,091	10
Bulls	—	—	1,717	97.02/cwt	89.50–101.00	1,666	3
Bulls	—	—	1,999	109.02/cwt	103.00–115.00	2,179	6

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 196Last week 104Year ago 163

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand very good and supply moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,148	140.00–144.00	141.38
15	—	1,399	146.00–151.00	148.09
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,334	140.00–145.00	142.21
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	143.00–146.00	144.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,579	65.00–74.50	69.19
11	—	1,515	85.00–92.50	88.24
9	—	1,463	76.50–84.50	81.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,005	56.50–65.50	62.44
2	—	995	78.00–86.50	82.40
7	—	1,001	66.00–73.00	70.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,285	74.50–80.50	77.36
2	—	1,388	70.00–73.50	71.82
10	—	1,254	83.50–90.50	87.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,717	89.50–101.00	97.02
6	—	1,999	103.00–115.00	109.02

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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