Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

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	1,910	127.55	2,436	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,489	96.33	1,434	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,274	90.97	1,159	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	957	84.40	808	42
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,330	177.50	2,361	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,133	167.39	1,897	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,350	175.54	2,370	14
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	170.71	2,279	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,098	164.37	1,805	5thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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%	—	902	76.25/cwt	73.00–79.00	688	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	92.47/cwt	89.00–96.50	901	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	85.80/cwt	82.00–88.50	836	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	86.23/cwt	83.50–89.00	1,298	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	103.18/cwt	99.00–109.50	1,559	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	95.24/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,388	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,335	170.71/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,279	9
Steers	Select	—	1,098	164.37/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,805	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,350	175.54/cwt	174.00–177.50	2,370	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,133	167.39/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,897	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,330	177.50/cwt	176.50–178.50	2,361	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	69.71/cwt	69.00–71.50	616	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,397	79.27/cwt	77.50–80.00	1,107	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	86.42/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,085	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	104.01/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,368	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	94.29/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,150	7
Bulls	—	—	1,938	134.57/cwt	131.50–139.00	2,608	4
Bulls	—	—	1,872	118.20/cwt	112.50–124.00	2,213	3

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 May 16, 2023

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

Receipts 220Last week 366Year ago 198

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	902	73.00–79.00	76.25
7	—	974	89.00–96.50	92.47
26	—	974	82.00–88.50	85.80
3	—	883	69.00–71.50	69.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,505	83.50–89.00	86.23
7	—	1,511	99.00–109.50	103.18
7	—	1,457	92.00–98.00	95.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,397	77.50–80.00	79.27
6	—	1,256	83.00–89.00	86.42
3	—	1,315	101.00–109.00	104.01
7	—	1,220	90.00–98.50	94.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,335	169.00–173.00	170.71
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,098	164.00–166.00	164.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,350	174.00–177.50	175.54
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,133	163.00–170.00	167.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,330	176.50–178.50	177.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,938	131.50–139.00	134.57
3	—	1,872	112.50–124.00	118.20

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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