Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold with a firm undertone with a nice supply of top quality fats in today's offering. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 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	1,699	135.32	2,300	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	106.74	1,591	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,281	98.33	1,260	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,037	87.63	908	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,379	181.91	2,509	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,401	183.45	2,570	31
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	178.45	2,414	3thin

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,379	181.91/cwt	181.50–183.00	2,509	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	107.22/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,580	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	107.27/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,230	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	76.25/cwt	74.00–78.00	759	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	84.89/cwt	81.50–88.00	851	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	92.39/cwt	88.00–96.50	984	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	96.22/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,434	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	115.81/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,783	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,353	178.45/cwt	177.50–179.00	2,414	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,401	183.45/cwt	181.00–185.00	2,570	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	100.16/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,271	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,570	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,303	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	93.11/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,229	11
Bulls	—	—	1,573	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,951	2
Bulls	—	—	1,788	142.10/cwt	140.00–145.50	2,541	6
Bulls	—	—	1,653	132.31/cwt	126.50–139.00	2,187	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 Oct 17, 2023

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

Receipts 220Last week 162Year ago 235

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers sold with a firm undertone with a nice supply of top quality fats in today's offering. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,379	181.50–183.00	181.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,474	102.00–112.00	107.22
5	—	1,490	91.00–99.00	96.22
5	—	1,540	113.00–118.00	115.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,147	105.00–110.00	107.27
25	—	1,269	96.00–105.00	100.16
1	—	1,570	83.00	83.00
11	—	1,320	89.00–96.00	93.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	995	74.00–78.00	76.25
6	—	1,003	81.50–88.00	84.89
13	—	1,065	88.00–96.50	92.39
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,353	177.50–179.00	178.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,401	181.00–185.00	183.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	124.00	124.00
6	—	1,788	140.00–145.50	142.10
6	—	1,653	126.50–139.00	132.31

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