Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, too few slaughter steers and heifers for a market test. 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	1,860	128.77	2,395	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,505	107.77	1,622	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	98.08	1,244	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	83.75	830	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,108	172.78	1,914	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,236	176.03	2,176	12

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	—	1,265	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,765	1
Bulls	—	—	1,900	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,641	1
Bulls	—	—	2,138	118.28/cwt	115.00–122.00	2,529	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	102.21/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,275	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	86.21/cwt	84.00–87.50	1,097	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	108.04/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,410	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	95.23/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,393	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	94.62/cwt	89.00–102.00	986	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	84.76/cwt	80.50–89.00	840	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	71.21/cwt	67.00–78.00	668	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	95.61/cwt	94.00–98.50	1,225	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	107.79/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,600	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	115.28/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,798	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,108	172.78/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,914	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,236	176.03/cwt	174.50–177.50	2,176	12

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 Oct 3, 2023

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

Receipts 162Last week 152Year ago 171

Compared to last week, too few slaughter steers and heifers for a market test. 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
1	—	1,265	139.50	139.50
1	—	1,900	139.00	139.00
2	—	2,138	115.00–122.00	118.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,247	99.00–106.00	102.21
3	—	1,272	84.00–87.50	86.21
2	—	1,305	107.00–109.00	108.04
12	—	1,281	94.00–98.50	95.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,463	90.00–99.00	95.23
7	—	1,484	103.00–112.00	107.79
5	—	1,560	114.00–118.00	115.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,042	89.00–102.00	94.62
10	—	991	80.50–89.00	84.76
6	—	938	67.00–78.00	71.21
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	170.00–176.00	172.78
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,236	174.50–177.50	176.03

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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