Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steers and heifers traded with a higher undertone compared to the last tested market from two weeks ago, although much of today's offering could use more days on feed for the buyers to extend prices to the top end of the range. Slaughter cows sold steady with last week.

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	1,649	116.89	1,928	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	91.61	1,136	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,509	91.15	1,375	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,074	84.13	903	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,224	174.00	2,129	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,188	172.16	2,045	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,287	170.37	2,193	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,250	165.97	2,075	4thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,677	119.94/cwt	112.00–124.00	2,011	9
Bulls	—	—	1,460	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,883	1
Bulls	—	—	1,618	97.10/cwt	92.00–103.50	1,571	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	87.21/cwt	82.00–91.50	1,090	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	94.39/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,145	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	78.37/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,018	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,234	174.83/cwt	174.00–176.00	2,157	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,192	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	2,044	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	87.91/cwt	85.00–90.50	1,365	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	93.18/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,365	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,360	172.87/cwt	170.00–175.50	2,351	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,229	168.37/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,069	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	86.62/cwt	83.00–90.00	948	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	69.44/cwt	60.00–74.00	759	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	93.50/cwt	90.50–97.00	1,017	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	77.37/cwt	76.50–79.00	737	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,188	172.16/cwt	171.50–173.00	2,045	2
Steers	Select	—	1,250	165.97/cwt	164.00–167.00	2,075	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	102.46/cwt	99.50–104.00	1,256	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,456	1

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 Apr 18, 2023

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

Receipts 172Last week 244Year ago 425

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,677	112.00–124.00	119.94
1	—	1,460	129.00	129.00
2	—	1,618	92.00–103.50	97.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,250	82.00–91.50	87.21
14	—	1,213	91.00–99.00	94.39
6	—	1,299	74.00–81.00	78.37
9	—	1,226	99.50–104.00	102.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,553	85.00–90.50	87.91
4	—	1,465	92.00–95.00	93.18
1	—	1,420	102.50	102.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,094	83.00–90.00	86.62
5	—	1,093	60.00–74.00	69.44
7	—	1,088	90.50–97.00	93.50
4	—	953	76.50–79.00	77.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,234	174.00–176.00	174.83
2	—	1,192	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	171.50–173.00	172.16
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,360	170.00–175.50	172.87
5	—	1,229	164.00–170.00	168.37
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	164.00–167.00	165.97

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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