Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded 4.00-5.00 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	1,692	102.67	1,737	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	80.19	1,211	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	77.91	990	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,075	64.35	692	38
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,214	144.34	1,752	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,249	137.20	1,714	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,165	132.33	1,542	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,379	148.39	2,046	21
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,378	141.96	1,956	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,197	136.71	1,636	3thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,160	111.90	1,298	3thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	—	1,637	106.41/cwt	103.50–108.50	1,742	10
Bulls	—	—	1,678	92.28/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,548	2
Bulls	—	—	2,265	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,948	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	80.20/cwt	77.50–84.00	992	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	86.40/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,102	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	73.52/cwt	69.50–76.50	964	19
Steers	Standard	—	1,160	111.90/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,298	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,379	148.39/cwt	145.00–149.50	2,046	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	66.00/cwt	65.00–66.50	774	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	81.79/cwt	79.50–84.00	1,187	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,165	132.33/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,542	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,249	137.20/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,714	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	85.49/cwt	85.00–86.50	1,352	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	75.41/cwt	74.50–76.50	1,106	5
Steers	Select	—	1,197	136.71/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,636	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,378	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,956	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	1,046	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	76.90/cwt	75.50–79.00	862	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	61.83/cwt	58.00–67.00	663	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	53.42/cwt	48.50–57.50	557	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	72.93/cwt	70.00–74.50	787	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,214	144.34/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,752	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.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon Apr 25, 2022

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

Receipts 275Last week 425Year ago 99

Compared to the last auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded 4.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,637	103.50–108.50	106.41
2	—	1,678	91.00–94.00	92.28
1	—	2,265	86.00	86.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,237	77.50–84.00	80.20
10	—	1,276	84.00–90.00	86.40
19	—	1,311	69.50–76.50	73.52
3	—	1,173	65.00–66.50	66.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,451	79.50–84.00	81.79
6	—	1,582	85.00–86.50	85.49
5	—	1,467	74.50–76.50	75.41
1	—	1,715	61.00	61.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,121	75.50–79.00	76.90
22	—	1,073	58.00–67.00	61.83
5	—	1,043	48.50–57.50	53.42
7	—	1,079	70.00–74.50	72.93
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	110.00–116.00	111.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,379	145.00–149.50	148.39
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,197	135.00–139.00	136.71
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,378	140.00–144.00	141.96
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,165	131.00–133.00	132.33
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,249	135.00–138.00	137.20
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,214	143.00–147.00	144.34

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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