Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 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	1,823	100.21	1,827	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,500	82.57	1,239	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,314	79.62	1,046	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	68.05	706	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,284	140.11	1,799	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,140	133.31	1,520	6thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,295	121.00	1,567	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,290	139.10	1,794	22
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,282	133.23	1,708	4thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,218	116.00	1,413	2thin

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	—	—	1,874	104.61/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,960	8
Bulls	—	—	1,618	82.59/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,336	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	867	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	79.57/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,033	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	86.78/cwt	84.00–90.50	1,153	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	70.80/cwt	65.50–74.50	926	6
Steers	Standard	—	1,218	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,413	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	71.46/cwt	67.50–74.50	767	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,282	133.23/cwt	130.50–134.50	1,708	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	55.41/cwt	53.00–59.50	520	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	140.11/cwt	137.50–142.50	1,799	8
Heifers	Standard	—	1,295	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,567	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,140	133.31/cwt	132.50–133.50	1,520	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	63.61/cwt	60.00–68.50	642	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,290	139.10/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,794	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	81.81/cwt	79.00–87.50	890	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,628	73.15/cwt	70.50–74.50	1,191	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	89.25/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,326	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	81.49/cwt	75.50–85.50	1,200	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 Mar 21, 2022

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

Receipts 216Last week 294Year ago 52

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,874	100.00–109.00	104.61
2	—	1,618	81.00–85.00	82.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	61.50	61.50
14	—	1,298	75.00–84.00	79.57
10	—	1,329	84.00–90.50	86.78
6	—	1,308	65.50–74.50	70.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,074	67.50–74.50	71.46
3	—	938	53.00–59.50	55.41
10	—	1,010	60.00–68.50	63.61
3	—	1,088	79.00–87.50	81.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,628	70.50–74.50	73.15
6	—	1,486	86.00–93.00	89.25
11	—	1,473	75.50–85.50	81.49
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,218	116.00	116.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,282	130.50–134.50	133.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,290	138.00–142.00	139.10
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,284	137.50–142.50	140.11
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,140	132.50–133.50	133.31

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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