Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 3.00-5.00 lower on very limited comparisons. 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	—	Average	1,895	99.35	1,883	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,520	76.04	1,156	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	74.56	935	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	67.72	687	32
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,355	150.30	2,037	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,464	151.80	2,222	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,214	147.46	1,790	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,742	144.00	2,508	5thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,133	129.00	1,462	3thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	—	1,969	101.69/cwt	98.00–108.00	2,002	5
Bulls	—	—	1,900	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,090	1
Bulls	—	—	1,580	94.03/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,486	3
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,465	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	2,292	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	75.19/cwt	72.00–79.00	926	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	80.87/cwt	78.50–84.00	1,029	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,464	151.80/cwt	151.00–152.50	2,222	9
Steers	Standard	—	1,133	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,462	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	72.58/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,076	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	70.33/cwt	68.00–73.00	717	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,243	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,896	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,523	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,239	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	69.86/cwt	68.00–72.00	894	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	65.08/cwt	64.00–67.50	1,030	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,742	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,508	5
Steers	Select	—	1,214	147.46/cwt	143.50–149.50	1,790	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	48.24/cwt	44.50–51.00	461	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,430	64.53/cwt	64.00–65.00	923	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	79.18/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,200	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,612	86.06/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,387	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	75.28/cwt	73.00–78.00	778	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	60.10/cwt	56.00–65.00	600	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 24, 2023

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

Receipts 264Last week 207Year ago 196

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded 3.00-5.00 lower on very limited comparisons. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,969	98.00–108.00	101.69
1	—	1,900	110.00	110.00
3	—	1,580	91.00–98.00	94.03
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,465	93.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,232	72.00–79.00	75.19
10	—	1,273	78.50–84.00	80.87
12	—	1,279	68.00–72.00	69.86
4	—	1,430	64.00–65.00	64.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,483	69.00–75.00	72.58
3	—	1,583	64.00–67.50	65.08
13	—	1,515	75.00–84.00	79.18
3	—	1,612	85.00–88.00	86.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,020	68.00–73.00	70.33
3	—	955	44.50–51.00	48.24
11	—	1,034	73.00–78.00	75.28
7	—	999	56.00–65.00	60.10
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,464	151.00–152.50	151.80
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,133	129.00	129.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,742	144.00	144.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,214	143.50–149.50	147.46
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	152.50	152.50
2	—	1,523	147.00	147.00

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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