Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steers and heifers near steady with the last good test from three weeks ago. Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows 6.00-10.00 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	—	Low	1,779	95.21	1,694	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,460	76.49	1,117	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,235	68.28	843	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	59.71	638	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,302	146.93	1,913	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,157	141.20	1,634	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,210	126.58	1,532	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,417	145.38	2,060	14
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	138.50	1,787	2thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	138.50/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,787	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,417	145.38/cwt	143.50–147.50	2,060	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,302	146.93/cwt	144.50–148.00	1,913	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,157	141.20/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,634	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,210	126.58/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,532	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	69.57/cwt	66.00–72.50	975	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	83.47/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,344	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	62.11/cwt	56.50–66.50	652	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	54.65/cwt	50.00–57.00	607	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	76.46/cwt	73.00–82.00	1,082	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,026	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	70.68/cwt	67.00–77.00	863	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	62.04/cwt	59.00–64.50	780	10
Bulls	—	—	1,628	74.90/cwt	65.00–87.00	1,219	2
Bulls	—	—	1,839	103.34/cwt	99.50–108.00	1,900	5

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

Tue Oct 18, 2022

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

Receipts 235Last week 171Year ago 167

Slaughter steers and heifers near steady with the last good test from three weeks ago. Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter cows 6.00-10.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	135.00–142.00	138.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,417	143.50–147.50	145.38
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,302	144.50–148.00	146.93
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,157	140.00–142.00	141.20
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	125.00–128.00	126.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,401	66.00–72.50	69.57
5	—	1,610	83.00–85.00	83.47
10	—	1,415	73.00–82.00	76.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,049	56.50–66.50	62.11
9	—	1,111	50.00–57.00	54.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	78.00	78.00
22	—	1,221	67.00–77.00	70.68
10	—	1,258	59.00–64.50	62.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,628	65.00–87.00	74.90
5	—	1,839	99.50–108.00	103.34

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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