Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, too few slaughter steers and heifers for a good test. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher on an active market.

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	1,728	119.98	2,073	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,564	93.23	1,458	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	88.61	1,090	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	925	74.97	693	34
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,428	160.59	2,293	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,410	162.00	2,284	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,165	155.00	1,806	1thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,210	134.00	1,621	1thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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%	—	1,492	90.44/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,349	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	81.25/cwt	78.00–85.00	793	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	863	58.11/cwt	52.50–64.00	501	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	73.85/cwt	70.00–75.50	645	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	88.97/cwt	85.50–91.00	863	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	83.77/cwt	83.00–84.00	1,257	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,676	99.86/cwt	97.00–103.50	1,674	12
Steers	Standard	—	1,210	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,621	1
Steers	Select	—	1,165	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,806	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,410	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,284	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,428	160.59/cwt	159.00–163.00	2,293	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	81.63/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,020	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	94.38/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,150	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	88.12/cwt	85.50–92.50	1,082	11
Bulls	—	—	1,570	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,774	1
Bulls	—	—	1,610	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	2,069	1
Bulls	—	—	1,753	119.84/cwt	115.50–125.50	2,101	11

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 Feb 21, 2023

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

Receipts 241Last week 20Year ago 104

Compared to last week, too few slaughter steers and heifers for a good test. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher on an active market.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,492	88.00–93.00	90.44
4	—	1,500	83.00–84.00	83.77
12	—	1,676	97.00–103.50	99.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	976	78.00–85.00	81.25
8	—	863	52.50–64.00	58.11
8	—	874	70.00–75.50	73.85
4	—	970	85.50–91.00	88.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,249	77.00–85.00	81.63
7	—	1,218	92.00–98.00	94.38
11	—	1,228	85.50–92.50	88.12
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	134.00	134.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	155.00	155.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	159.00–163.00	160.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	113.00	113.00
1	—	1,610	128.50	128.50
11	—	1,753	115.50–125.50	119.84

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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