Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 5.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 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	1,751	91.38	1,600	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	70.37	1,061	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,276	62.89	802	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	51.52	528	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,339	156.84	2,100	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,184	151.62	1,795	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,305	159.35	2,080	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,303	150.41	1,960	6thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,819	94.97/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,728	10
Bulls	—	—	1,653	86.25/cwt	81.00–92.00	1,426	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	681	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	65.13/cwt	62.00–69.50	830	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	911	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	58.78/cwt	54.00–63.00	748	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	52.32/cwt	48.00–54.00	524	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	42.39/cwt	34.50–46.00	433	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	59.95/cwt	55.00–63.50	627	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	76.38/cwt	73.00–82.00	1,201	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	66.08/cwt	63.00–69.50	967	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,184	151.62/cwt	149.00–153.50	1,795	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,339	156.84/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,100	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,305	159.35/cwt	156.50–163.50	2,080	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,303	150.41/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,960	6

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

Tue Dec 6, 2022

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

Receipts 243Last week 283Year ago 266

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 5.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,819	90.00–100.00	94.97
7	—	1,653	81.00–92.00	86.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	51.00	51.00
27	—	1,275	62.00–69.50	65.13
1	—	1,265	72.00	72.00
14	—	1,273	54.00–63.00	58.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,002	48.00–54.00	52.32
8	—	1,021	34.50–46.00	42.39
8	—	1,046	55.00–63.50	59.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,572	73.00–82.00	76.38
14	—	1,463	63.00–69.50	66.08
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,184	149.00–153.50	151.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,339	155.00–160.00	156.84
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,305	156.50–163.50	159.35
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,303	146.00–153.00	150.41

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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