Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks active market, slaughter steers and heifers traded 5.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 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	1,761	90.63	1,596	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,546	71.90	1,111	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,281	64.71	829	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	54.05	561	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,339	150.45	2,015	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,291	146.75	1,895	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,442	152.67	2,202	26
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,643	148.49	2,440	4thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,307	145.25	1,898	7thin

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	66.83/cwt	63.50–70.50	991	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	59.52/cwt	59.00–60.50	903	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	60.07/cwt	58.00–63.00	610	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	52.03/cwt	48.00–57.00	568	11
Bulls	—	—	1,843	98.64/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,818	5
Bulls	—	—	1,679	82.62/cwt	79.00–88.00	1,387	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	726	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	66.51/cwt	63.00–71.50	848	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	74.51/cwt	72.50–76.50	937	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	59.95/cwt	58.00–62.00	773	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	41.61/cwt	37.00–45.00	407	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,339	150.45/cwt	148.50–154.50	2,015	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,291	146.75/cwt	145.00–147.50	1,895	15
Steers	Choice	—	1,442	152.67/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,202	26
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,643	148.49/cwt	148.00–150.00	2,440	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,307	145.25/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,898	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	75.71/cwt	73.00–79.50	1,162	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,708	84.14/cwt	82.50–85.50	1,437	8

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 13, 2022

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

Receipts 353Last week 243Year ago 254

Compared to last weeks active market, slaughter steers and heifers traded 5.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,483	63.50–70.50	66.83
3	—	1,517	59.00–60.50	59.52
8	—	1,535	73.00–79.50	75.71
8	—	1,708	82.50–85.50	84.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,016	58.00–63.00	60.07
11	—	1,092	48.00–57.00	52.03
5	—	979	37.00–45.00	41.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	53.00	53.00
22	—	1,275	63.00–71.50	66.51
3	—	1,258	72.50–76.50	74.51
12	—	1,289	58.00–62.00	59.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,843	93.00–103.00	98.64
5	—	1,679	79.00–88.00	82.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,339	148.50–154.50	150.45
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,291	145.00–147.50	146.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,442	149.00–154.00	152.67
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,643	148.00–150.00	148.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,307	143.00–147.00	145.25

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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