Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market from three weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 8.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 higher.

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	1,862	128.00	2,383	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,488	111.28	1,656	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,412	105.35	1,487	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	101.35	1,239	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	968	82.83	802	55
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,285	184.88	2,375	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	179.36	2,294	4thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,565	185.50	2,903	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,393	183.41	2,555	27
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	181.72	2,348	8thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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%	—	979	81.14/cwt	77.00–86.00	794	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	891	72.25/cwt	68.50–74.00	644	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	100.01/cwt	97.00–106.50	983	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	91.64/cwt	89.00–96.00	985	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	95.34/cwt	92.00–96.50	1,350	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	112.21/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,651	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,500	182.23/cwt	181.00–183.00	2,733	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	104.70/cwt	100.50–108.50	1,438	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,279	179.36/cwt	178.50–182.00	2,294	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,240	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,344	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,233	185.33/cwt	183.50–187.25	2,285	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,488	111.28/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,656	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	110.61/cwt	106.00–114.50	1,412	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,292	181.72/cwt	180.50–182.50	2,348	8
Steers	Prime	—	1,565	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,903	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,367	185.05/cwt	183.50–186.50	2,530	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,542	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,683	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	91.46/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,115	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	101.82/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,231	29
Bulls	—	—	1,460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,606	1
Bulls	—	—	1,926	133.42/cwt	132.00–136.00	2,570	4
Bulls	—	—	1,876	127.63/cwt	121.00–130.00	2,394	10

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 Jun 6, 2023

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

Receipts 364Last week 220Year ago 208

Compared to the last tested market from three weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 8.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	979	77.00–86.00	81.14
16	—	891	68.50–74.00	72.25
8	—	983	97.00–106.50	100.01
8	—	1,075	89.00–96.00	91.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,416	92.00–96.50	95.34
12	—	1,471	109.00–116.00	112.21
19	—	1,373	100.50–108.50	104.70
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,488	108.00–114.50	111.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,277	106.00–114.50	110.61
1	—	1,205	83.00	83.00
7	—	1,219	87.00–95.00	91.46
29	—	1,209	95.00–106.00	101.82
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,500	181.00–183.00	182.23
1	—	1,240	189.00	189.00
20	—	1,233	183.50–187.25	185.33
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,279	178.50–182.00	179.36
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,292	180.50–182.50	181.72
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,565	185.50	185.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,367	183.50–186.50	185.05
4	—	1,542	174.00	174.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,926	132.00–136.00	133.42
10	—	1,876	121.00–130.00	127.63

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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