Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower.

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	1,712	125.31	2,145	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,622	111.93	1,816	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,444	99.63	1,439	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	97.49	1,178	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	997	84.75	845	38
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,268	181.26	2,299	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,126	177.50	1,999	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,472	169.50	2,495	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,310	183.73	2,407	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,223	173.29	2,119	5thin

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	—	—	1,653	124.65/cwt	120.00–130.00	2,060	13
Bulls	—	—	2,052	134.62/cwt	133.00–136.00	2,762	3
Bulls	—	—	1,455	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,542	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	106.09/cwt	104.50–108.00	1,338	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	89.98/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,109	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	98.50/cwt	94.00–103.00	1,172	37
Heifers	Choice	—	1,280	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,227	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,266	182.82/cwt	181.50–185.50	2,315	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	92.19/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,358	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	99.24/cwt	94.00–105.00	1,434	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,310	183.73/cwt	181.50–185.50	2,407	7
Steers	Select	—	1,223	173.29/cwt	173.00–173.50	2,119	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	69.47/cwt	68.00–71.50	596	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	97.04/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,019	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	107.60/cwt	105.50–109.50	1,523	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	89.93/cwt	84.50–95.00	913	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,126	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,999	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,472	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	2,495	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	79.98/cwt	73.00–84.50	817	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,622	111.93/cwt	108.00–115.50	1,816	18

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 20, 2023

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

Receipts 313Last week 364Year ago 66

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,653	120.00–130.00	124.65
3	—	2,052	133.00–136.00	134.62
1	—	1,455	106.00	106.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,261	104.50–108.00	106.09
13	—	1,232	83.00–93.00	89.98
37	—	1,190	94.00–103.00	98.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,473	88.00–95.00	92.19
11	—	1,445	94.00–105.00	99.24
8	—	1,415	105.50–109.50	107.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	858	68.00–71.50	69.47
5	—	1,050	94.00–102.00	97.04
16	—	1,015	84.50–95.00	89.93
11	—	1,021	73.00–84.50	79.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,622	108.00–115.50	111.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	174.00	174.00
14	—	1,266	181.50–185.50	182.82
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,126	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,472	169.50	169.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,310	181.50–185.50	183.73
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,223	173.00–173.50	173.29

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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