Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady on a very light test. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 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	—	Low	1,745	141.06	2,462	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,528	128.31	1,961	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,447	113.60	1,644	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,245	104.40	1,299	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,004	92.47	928	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,480	183.50	2,716	1thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,520	181.89	2,764	9thin

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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,528	128.31/cwt	125.50–134.00	1,961	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	714	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	88.64/cwt	81.00–92.00	859	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	104.52/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,121	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	96.35/cwt	92.00–101.50	979	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	104.94/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,521	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	119.65/cwt	118.50–121.50	1,750	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,413	176.25/cwt	176.25–176.25	2,490	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,550	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	2,844	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,480	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	2,716	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	113.90/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,641	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	96.47/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,204	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	115.13/cwt	111.50–119.00	1,511	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	105.38/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,273	10
Bulls	—	—	1,425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,639	1
Bulls	—	—	1,733	152.38/cwt	150.00–154.50	2,641	2
Bulls	—	—	1,803	141.63/cwt	134.00–146.50	2,554	6

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 26, 2023

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

Receipts 152Last week 251Year ago 171

Compared to the last reported auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady on a very light test. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,528	125.50–134.00	128.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	68.00	68.00
8	—	969	81.00–92.00	88.64
2	—	1,073	104.00–105.00	104.52
8	—	1,016	92.00–101.50	96.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,449	101.00–109.00	104.94
5	—	1,463	118.50–121.50	119.65
15	—	1,441	110.00–118.00	113.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,248	91.00–100.00	96.47
5	—	1,312	111.50–119.00	115.13
10	—	1,208	102.00–108.00	105.38
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	176.25	176.25
7	—	1,550	183.50	183.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	183.50	183.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	115.00	115.00
2	—	1,733	150.00–154.50	152.38
6	—	1,803	134.00–146.50	141.63

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