Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 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	1,711	129.85	2,222	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	120.84	1,750	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,241	112.26	1,393	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	99.63	1,011	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,245	185.27	2,307	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,219	173.97	2,121	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,356	185.06	2,509	21

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	—	1,574	128.88/cwt	128.00–131.00	2,029	4
Bulls	—	—	1,560	114.55/cwt	110.50–119.50	1,787	2
Bulls	—	—	1,995	141.33/cwt	139.50–145.50	2,820	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	121.79/cwt	119.00–123.00	1,608	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	104.14/cwt	102.00–106.50	1,276	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	111.43/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,367	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,219	173.97/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,121	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,356	185.06/cwt	183.50–186.50	2,509	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	117.93/cwt	113.50–122.00	1,738	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	103.33/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,019	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	110.11/cwt	109.50–111.00	1,255	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	92.87/cwt	91.00–95.00	931	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	81.08/cwt	77.00–84.00	786	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	126.56/cwt	123.50–130.00	1,820	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,303	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,245	185.27/cwt	182.00–186.50	2,307	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 Aug 29, 2023

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

Receipts 146Last week 132Year ago 24

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,574	128.00–131.00	128.88
2	—	1,560	110.50–119.50	114.55
3	—	1,995	139.50–145.50	141.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,320	119.00–123.00	121.79
2	—	1,225	102.00–106.50	104.14
15	—	1,227	107.00–118.00	111.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,474	113.50–122.00	117.93
13	—	1,438	123.50–130.00	126.56
2	—	1,303	107.00	107.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	986	98.00–108.00	103.33
4	—	1,140	109.50–111.00	110.11
4	—	1,003	91.00–95.00	92.87
3	—	970	77.00–84.00	81.08
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,219	171.00–179.00	173.97
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,245	182.00–186.50	185.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,356	183.50–186.50	185.06

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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