Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. Although a week to week trend is not placed on bulls do to limited numbers, this weeks pound bull prices were sharply higher with a top of 160.00.

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	1,766	145.60	2,572	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,442	123.16	1,776	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,218	112.85	1,375	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	99.48	1,025	24
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,222	184.16	2,250	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,257	173.17	2,177	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,105	165.19	1,825	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	183.23	2,712	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,330	176.69	2,350	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,330	171.42	2,280	4thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	1,813	159.05/cwt	157.00–160.00	2,884	4
Bulls	—	—	1,641	138.06/cwt	134.00–147.50	2,266	5
Bulls	—	—	2,205	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	2,855	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	102.20/cwt	97.50–105.50	1,283	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	113.30/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,357	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	120.83/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,475	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,330	176.69/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,350	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	89.45/cwt	85.00–95.50	909	6
Steers	Select	—	1,330	171.42/cwt	169.00–174.50	2,280	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	110.26/cwt	108.00–115.50	1,185	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,222	184.16/cwt	184.00–184.50	2,250	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,257	173.17/cwt	169.50–176.00	2,177	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,105	165.19/cwt	164.00–166.50	1,825	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	102.53/cwt	95.50–107.50	1,054	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	183.23/cwt	181.50–185.00	2,712	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	739	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	129.69/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,949	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	119.86/cwt	113.00–124.50	1,650	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	108.58/cwt	107.00–109.50	1,527	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.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Sep 12, 2023

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

Receipts 251Last week 146Year ago 320

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,813	157.00–160.00	159.05
5	—	1,641	134.00–147.50	138.06
1	—	2,205	129.50	129.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,255	97.50–105.50	102.20
18	—	1,198	108.00–118.00	113.30
11	—	1,221	118.00–127.00	120.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,016	85.00–95.50	89.45
4	—	1,075	108.00–115.50	110.26
13	—	1,028	95.50–107.50	102.53
1	—	960	77.00	77.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,503	125.00–134.00	129.69
12	—	1,377	113.00–124.50	119.86
4	—	1,406	107.00–109.50	108.58
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,330	174.00–180.00	176.69
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,330	169.00–174.50	171.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	181.50–185.00	183.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,222	184.00–184.50	184.16
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,257	169.50–176.00	173.17
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,105	164.00–166.50	165.19

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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