Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00-4.00 higher and slaughter cows steady. The best offering of fed cattle that has past through the barn in several weeks as some of the reputation feeders in the area were moving cattle.

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	1,766	125.37	2,213	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,521	95.00	1,445	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	88.21	1,111	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,029	79.75	821	39
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,334	178.45	2,381	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,175	161.00	1,892	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,271	159.34	2,025	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	178.63	2,585	22
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,417	172.10	2,439	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,395	167.11	2,331	2thin

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	77.59/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,213	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	85.52/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,277	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,447	178.63/cwt	176.00–181.00	2,585	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,271	159.34/cwt	156.00–162.00	2,025	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	68.41/cwt	58.00–71.00	672	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	76.78/cwt	74.50–79.00	778	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	89.77/cwt	88.00–93.50	935	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	84.52/cwt	81.00–87.50	893	18
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,417	172.10/cwt	171.00–174.00	2,439	3
Steers	Select	—	1,395	167.11/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,331	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	102.59/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,598	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	96.77/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,440	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,175	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,334	178.45/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,381	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	100.71/cwt	98.50–103.00	1,282	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	92.73/cwt	89.00–97.50	1,167	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	75.05/cwt	71.00–77.00	992	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	84.76/cwt	81.50–88.00	1,021	8
Bulls	—	—	1,920	133.65/cwt	130.00–136.50	2,566	4
Bulls	—	—	1,611	117.08/cwt	111.00–129.00	1,886	4

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 May 2, 2023

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

Receipts 250Last week 172Year ago 260

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	75.00–80.00	77.59
6	—	1,493	82.00–90.00	85.52
10	—	1,558	100.00–104.00	102.59
9	—	1,488	94.00–98.00	96.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	983	58.00–71.00	68.41
8	—	1,013	74.50–79.00	76.78
4	—	1,041	88.00–93.50	89.77
18	—	1,057	81.00–87.50	84.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,273	98.50–103.00	100.71
7	—	1,259	89.00–97.50	92.73
6	—	1,322	71.00–77.00	75.05
8	—	1,204	81.50–88.00	84.76
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,447	176.00–181.00	178.63
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,417	171.00–174.00	172.10
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	165.00–169.00	167.11
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,271	156.00–162.00	159.34
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,334	174.00–180.00	178.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,920	130.00–136.50	133.65
4	—	1,611	111.00–129.00	117.08

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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