Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, not enough slaughter steers or heifers for a good test. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower on a heavy supply.

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	1,932	106.96	2,067	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	76.26	1,155	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	75.07	947	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,012	65.12	659	34
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,255	141.00	1,770	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,255	139.00	1,744	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,143	128.00	1,463	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,230	141.50	1,740	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,197	138.98	1,664	5thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	—	1,939	106.27/cwt	99.00–110.50	2,061	8
Bulls	—	—	1,880	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	2,115	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	76.63/cwt	72.50–79.50	949	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	82.69/cwt	80.50–85.00	1,061	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	69.16/cwt	66.00–72.50	880	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	77.33/cwt	73.50–80.50	1,137	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	49.81/cwt	42.00–56.50	505	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,255	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,143	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,463	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,255	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,744	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,230	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,740	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,197	138.98/cwt	138.00–139.50	1,664	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	83.10/cwt	81.00–84.50	1,291	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	68.72/cwt	66.50–72.50	1,094	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	64.29/cwt	63.50–65.00	941	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	70.46/cwt	67.00–73.50	747	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	77.52/cwt	76.00–79.00	771	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	63.39/cwt	58.00–66.50	630	18

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 May 9, 2022

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

Receipts 300Last week 260Year ago 56

Compared to the auction from last week, not enough slaughter steers or heifers for a good test. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower on a heavy supply.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,939	99.00–110.50	106.27
1	—	1,880	112.50	112.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,239	72.50–79.50	76.63
8	—	1,283	80.50–85.00	82.69
14	—	1,273	66.00–72.50	69.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,470	73.50–80.50	77.33
10	—	1,554	81.00–84.50	83.10
9	—	1,592	66.50–72.50	68.72
2	—	1,463	63.50–65.00	64.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,013	42.00–56.50	49.81
8	—	1,060	67.00–73.50	70.46
4	—	994	76.00–79.00	77.52
18	—	994	58.00–66.50	63.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	139.00	139.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	141.50	141.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,197	138.00–139.50	138.98

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