Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 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	—	Average	1,695	94.63	1,604	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,493	84.38	1,260	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,218	81.34	990	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	71.51	730	36
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,214	144.98	1,760	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,107	141.61	1,568	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,269	145.19	1,843	29
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,262	141.53	1,786	3thin

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	—	—	1,898	106.77/cwt	102.50–111.00	2,026	2
Bulls	—	—	1,560	86.53/cwt	76.00–93.00	1,350	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	910	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	79.69/cwt	77.50–83.00	958	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	85.79/cwt	83.00–87.50	1,054	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	72.30/cwt	71.00–74.50	864	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,262	145.07/cwt	143.50–146.50	1,831	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	65.65/cwt	60.50–69.50	649	13
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,262	141.53/cwt	141.00–142.50	1,786	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	73.43/cwt	72.50–74.50	1,162	2
Heifers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,220	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,213	144.26/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,750	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,107	141.61/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,568	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	480	1
Steers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,470	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	2,183	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	87.72/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,275	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	80.67/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,255	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	79.77/cwt	76.50–82.50	864	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	73.85/cwt	69.50–76.50	753	14

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 16, 2022

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

Receipts 198Last week 300Year ago 147

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,898	102.50–111.00	106.77
3	—	1,560	76.00–93.00	86.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	70.00	70.00
9	—	1,202	77.50–83.00	79.69
12	—	1,228	83.00–87.50	85.79
3	—	1,195	71.00–74.50	72.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	989	60.50–69.50	65.65
1	—	980	49.00	49.00
8	—	1,083	76.50–82.50	79.77
14	—	1,019	69.50–76.50	73.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,583	72.50–74.50	73.43
11	—	1,454	84.00–91.00	87.72
4	—	1,556	79.00–82.00	80.67
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,262	143.50–146.50	145.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,262	141.00–142.50	141.53
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,213	144.00–146.00	144.26
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,107	140.00–142.50	141.61

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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