Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-4.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower.

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	1,811	103.07	1,866	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,509	79.83	1,204	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	75.65	967	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	64.06	660	33
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,324	143.75	1,903	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,200	131.00	1,572	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,336	124.67	1,666	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,348	143.37	1,933	8thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	139.00	1,765	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,180	125.00	1,475	1thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,015	111.00	1,127	1thin

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	—	—	1,871	104.48/cwt	100.50–109.00	1,955	5
Bulls	—	—	1,510	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,450	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	77.76/cwt	74.00–81.50	995	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	83.11/cwt	81.00–86.50	1,111	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	71.17/cwt	67.50–74.00	892	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	732	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,015	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,127	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,348	143.37/cwt	142.50–143.50	1,933	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,617	84.37/cwt	82.00–89.50	1,364	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	68.54/cwt	65.00–73.00	748	10
Heifers	Select	—	1,200	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,572	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,336	124.67/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,666	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	73.37/cwt	72.50–74.00	1,058	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	965	1
Steers	Select	—	1,180	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,475	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,765	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	76.94/cwt	75.50–78.00	769	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	60.36/cwt	56.00–65.00	602	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	53.88/cwt	49.50–55.50	560	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	78.88/cwt	75.00–82.50	1,154	26
Heifers	Choice	—	1,170	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,341	143.05/cwt	142.50–143.50	1,918	9

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon May 2, 2022

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

Receipts 260Last week 275Year ago 126

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-4.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,871	100.50–109.00	104.48
1	—	1,510	96.00	96.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,280	74.00–81.50	77.76
7	—	1,337	81.00–86.50	83.11
15	—	1,253	67.50–74.00	71.17
1	—	1,200	61.00	61.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,617	82.00–89.50	84.37
3	—	1,442	72.50–74.00	73.37
1	—	1,485	65.00	65.00
26	—	1,463	75.00–82.50	78.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,091	65.00–73.00	68.54
4	—	999	75.50–78.00	76.94
15	—	997	56.00–65.00	60.36
4	—	1,040	49.50–55.50	53.88
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	111.00	111.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,348	142.50–143.50	143.37
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	125.00	125.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,336	121.00–127.00	124.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	150.00	150.00
9	—	1,341	142.50–143.50	143.05

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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