Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 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	—	Average	1,866	134.76	2,515	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,453	114.42	1,662	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	108.55	1,354	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	981	97.51	956	31
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,229	186.14	2,288	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,052	180.00	1,894	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,164	174.50	2,031	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,320	186.50	2,462	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,183	181.80	2,151	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,187	170.77	2,027	3thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	—	1,724	130.57/cwt	124.00–136.00	2,251	6
Bulls	—	—	2,037	139.78/cwt	137.50–142.50	2,847	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	110.41/cwt	106.50–114.00	1,367	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	117.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,427	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	102.27/cwt	96.00–105.50	1,303	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	119.43/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,715	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,052	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,894	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,320	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,462	1
Steers	Select	—	1,187	170.77/cwt	169.00–175.00	2,027	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,183	181.80/cwt	180.50–183.50	2,151	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	84.05/cwt	78.00–89.00	738	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	105.76/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,104	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	111.27/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,038	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	92.97/cwt	90.00–95.00	950	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	110.12/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,615	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,229	186.14/cwt	185.00–188.00	2,288	11
Heifers	Select	—	1,164	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	2,031	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 Jul 25, 2023

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

Receipts 156Last week 287Year ago 119

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,724	124.00–136.00	130.57
5	—	2,037	137.50–142.50	139.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,238	106.50–114.00	110.41
4	—	1,215	115.00–120.00	117.47
11	—	1,274	96.00–105.50	102.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,436	117.00–123.00	119.43
7	—	1,467	107.00–113.00	110.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	878	78.00–89.00	84.05
13	—	1,044	103.00–109.00	105.76
3	—	933	109.00–113.00	111.27
6	—	1,022	90.00–95.00	92.97
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,052	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,229	185.00–188.00	186.14
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,164	174.50	174.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	186.50	186.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,187	169.00–175.00	170.77
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,183	180.50–183.50	181.80

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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