Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 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	1,885	111.33	2,099	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	87.21	1,306	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,252	83.49	1,045	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	955	70.08	669	44
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,290	139.63	1,801	5thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,217	135.98	1,655	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,187	130.39	1,548	5thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,447	143.30	2,073	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,289	134.20	1,730	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,195	128.00	1,530	1thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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%	—	1,452	84.70/cwt	81.50–86.00	1,230	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	74.24/cwt	74.00–74.50	1,032	2
Steers	Select	—	1,195	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,530	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,510	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,235	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	58.91/cwt	54.00–61.50	501	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	73.86/cwt	72.00–76.50	691	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,290	139.63/cwt	138.50–141.50	1,801	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	82.83/cwt	80.00–87.50	905	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,289	134.20/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,730	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,436	142.52/cwt	142.00–144.00	2,047	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	65.38/cwt	62.00–70.00	650	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	90.94/cwt	88.00–96.50	1,406	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,217	135.98/cwt	133.00–137.50	1,655	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,187	130.39/cwt	128.50–132.00	1,548	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	73.27/cwt	69.50–76.50	917	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	90.09/cwt	87.50–93.50	1,155	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	82.21/cwt	77.50–85.50	1,009	21
Bulls	—	—	1,500	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,515	1
Bulls	—	—	2,080	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	2,506	1
Bulls	—	—	1,909	111.48/cwt	105.00–115.00	2,128	8

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 290Last week 216Year ago 168

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,452	81.50–86.00	84.70
2	—	1,390	74.00–74.50	74.24
13	—	1,546	88.00–96.50	90.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	850	54.00–61.50	58.91
15	—	936	72.00–76.50	73.86
9	—	1,093	80.00–87.50	82.83
8	—	994	62.00–70.00	65.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,251	69.50–76.50	73.27
18	—	1,282	87.50–93.50	90.09
21	—	1,227	77.50–85.50	82.21
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	128.00	128.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	148.00	148.00
6	—	1,436	142.00–144.00	142.52
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,289	132.00–136.00	134.20
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,290	138.50–141.50	139.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,217	133.00–137.50	135.98
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,187	128.50–132.00	130.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	101.00	101.00
1	—	2,080	120.50	120.50
8	—	1,909	105.00–115.00	111.48

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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