Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded with a lower undertone on a very limited test. Slaughter cows steady.

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	1,853	130.22	2,413	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,523	108.66	1,655	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	98.12	1,212	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	86.17	934	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,225	175.41	2,149	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,460	177.55	2,592	4thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,345	171.50	2,307	2thin

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	—	—	1,855	133.21/cwt	128.50–137.50	2,471	4
Bulls	—	—	2,180	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	3,107	1
Bulls	—	—	1,520	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,611	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	99.32/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,225	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	110.34/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,348	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	91.78/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,141	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	90.50/cwt	86.00–93.50	1,008	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	80.94/cwt	79.00–86.00	864	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	72.80/cwt	68.00–77.00	694	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	109.50/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,647	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,671	118.41/cwt	116.50–123.00	1,979	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	100.90/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,466	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,225	175.41/cwt	173.00–179.00	2,149	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,460	177.55/cwt	177.00–179.00	2,592	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,345	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	2,307	2

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 31, 2023

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

Receipts 179Last week 220Year ago 204

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded with a lower undertone on a very limited test. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,855	128.50–137.50	133.21
1	—	2,180	142.50	142.50
1	—	1,520	106.00	106.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,233	95.00–105.00	99.32
3	—	1,222	105.00–114.00	110.34
9	—	1,243	86.00–95.00	91.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,114	86.00–93.50	90.50
4	—	1,068	79.00–86.00	80.94
2	—	953	68.00–77.00	72.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,504	105.00–115.00	109.50
8	—	1,671	116.50–123.00	118.41
12	—	1,453	95.00–104.00	100.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,225	173.00–179.00	175.41
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,460	177.00–179.00	177.55
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	171.50	171.50

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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