Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a light test. 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	—	Low	1,845	117.70	2,172	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,520	93.30	1,419	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,282	90.06	1,155	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,023	75.41	771	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,295	169.10	2,190	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	154.98	2,162	4thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,398	162.00	2,265	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,200	154.07	1,849	2thin

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	169.10/cwt	166.00–171.00	2,190	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,607	101.93/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,638	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	87.47/cwt	86.50–89.00	979	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	82.16/cwt	80.00–84.50	866	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	63.78/cwt	55.00–70.00	597	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	72.98/cwt	72.00–74.00	755	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	86.89/cwt	82.50–89.00	1,303	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,398	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,265	2
Steers	Select	—	1,200	154.07/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,849	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,440	153.97/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,217	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,260	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,991	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	94.11/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,412	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	82.74/cwt	78.50–84.00	1,074	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	95.57/cwt	92.50–99.50	1,258	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	89.14/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,124	16
Bulls	—	—	1,660	108.91/cwt	104.50–114.00	1,808	2
Bulls	—	—	1,907	120.63/cwt	116.00–128.50	2,300	6

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Mar 21, 2023

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

Receipts 207Last week 232Year ago 216

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a light test. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,295	166.00–171.00	169.10
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,440	152.00–155.00	153.97
1	—	1,260	158.00	158.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,607	99.00–107.00	101.93
15	—	1,500	82.50–89.00	86.89
23	—	1,500	90.00–98.50	94.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,119	86.50–89.00	87.47
6	—	1,054	80.00–84.50	82.16
7	—	936	55.00–70.00	63.78
3	—	1,035	72.00–74.00	72.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,298	78.50–84.00	82.74
8	—	1,316	92.50–99.50	95.57
16	—	1,261	87.00–93.00	89.14
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	162.00	162.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	152.00–156.00	154.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	104.50–114.00	108.91
6	—	1,907	116.00–128.50	120.63

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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