Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from three weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 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	—	High	1,831	101.04	1,851	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,517	75.21	1,141	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,272	69.76	888	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,019	60.54	617	54
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,237	158.99	1,967	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,075	153.07	1,646	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,430	163.14	2,333	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,392	156.94	2,184	25
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,201	151.77	1,823	6thin

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%	—	1,593	85.06/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,355	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	49.50/cwt	44.50–54.00	449	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	58.33/cwt	53.50–62.00	599	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	74.45/cwt	72.00–76.00	764	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	65.56/cwt	62.00–70.00	701	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	68.97/cwt	65.00–72.00	1,043	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,201	151.77/cwt	147.00–154.50	1,823	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,800	139.95/cwt	139.00–141.00	2,519	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,430	163.14/cwt	161.00–164.50	2,333	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,356	158.42/cwt	155.50–160.50	2,148	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,075	153.07/cwt	152.00–154.00	1,646	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,237	158.99/cwt	157.00–164.50	1,967	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	76.40/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,137	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	59.76/cwt	59.00–60.50	776	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	66.33/cwt	63.50–68.50	831	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	72.46/cwt	69.00–77.50	929	29
Bulls	—	—	1,938	106.23/cwt	106.00–106.50	2,059	2
Bulls	—	—	1,801	99.56/cwt	95.00–104.50	1,793	7

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 Jan 10, 2023

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

Receipts 346Last week 237Year ago 219

Compared to the previous auction from three weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,593	83.00–88.00	85.06
10	—	1,512	65.00–72.00	68.97
11	—	1,488	74.00–82.00	76.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	908	44.50–54.00	49.50
18	—	1,027	53.50–62.00	58.33
4	—	1,026	72.00–76.00	74.45
21	—	1,070	62.00–70.00	65.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	59.00–60.50	59.76
17	—	1,253	63.50–68.50	66.33
29	—	1,282	69.00–77.50	72.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,201	147.00–154.50	151.77
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,800	139.00–141.00	139.95
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,430	161.00–164.50	163.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,356	155.50–160.50	158.42
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	152.00–154.00	153.07
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,237	157.00–164.50	158.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,938	106.00–106.50	106.23
7	—	1,801	95.00–104.50	99.56

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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