Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

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	1,817	126.92	2,306	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,529	91.95	1,406	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,250	85.62	1,070	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	77.76	836	26
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,296	167.02	2,165	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,321	160.71	2,123	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,210	150.95	1,826	8thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,119	133.77	1,497	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,376	166.37	2,289	26
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	161.31	2,078	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,260	150.83	1,900	9thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	81.36/cwt	79.00–84.00	893	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	101.58/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,671	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	85.94/cwt	82.50–88.00	1,278	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	72.98/cwt	69.00–76.50	777	8
Steers	Select	—	1,260	150.83/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,900	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	61.96/cwt	55.00–68.00	597	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,210	150.95/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,826	8
Heifers	Standard	—	1,119	133.77/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,497	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,296	167.02/cwt	166.00–168.00	2,165	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,321	160.71/cwt	160.00–163.00	2,123	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,288	161.31/cwt	160.00–163.00	2,078	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	87.50/cwt	87.00–88.00	928	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	166.37/cwt	164.50–168.25	2,289	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	94.68/cwt	93.00–98.50	1,446	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	96.60/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,215	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	87.09/cwt	84.00–91.50	1,072	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	80.52/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,021	19
Bulls	—	—	2,090	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	2,790	1
Bulls	—	—	1,762	125.60/cwt	121.50–128.50	2,213	5

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 Mar 7, 2023

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

Receipts 238Last week 30Year ago 148

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,098	79.00–84.00	81.36
8	—	1,065	69.00–76.50	72.98
2	—	963	55.00–68.00	61.96
2	—	1,060	87.00–88.00	87.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,645	99.00–104.00	101.58
8	—	1,487	82.50–88.00	85.94
7	—	1,527	93.00–98.50	94.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,258	95.00–99.00	96.60
21	—	1,231	84.00–91.50	87.09
19	—	1,268	77.00–84.00	80.52
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,260	145.00–155.00	150.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,288	160.00–163.00	161.31
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,376	164.50–168.25	166.37
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,210	145.00–155.00	150.95
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,119	130.00–136.00	133.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,296	166.00–168.00	167.02
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,321	160.00–163.00	160.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,090	133.50	133.50
5	—	1,762	121.50–128.50	125.60

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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