Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent comparisons to establish a good trend on the slaughter steers and heifers. Slaughter cows steady with two weeks ago.

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	1,620	104.04	1,685	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,823	90.39	1,648	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,577	83.34	1,315	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,241	78.43	973	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,039	64.88	674	24
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,215	166.43	2,023	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,255	152.00	1,908	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,358	168.16	2,284	19
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,338	163.81	2,192	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,302	143.41	1,867	5thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,563	94.74/cwt	81.00–101.00	1,481	4
Bulls	—	—	1,652	109.36/cwt	103.00–115.00	1,807	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	83.90/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,044	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	71.18/cwt	67.00–74.00	895	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	78.65/cwt	75.00–82.00	972	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	83.03/cwt	79.00–85.50	1,307	26
Heifers	Select	—	1,255	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,908	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,188	164.86/cwt	163.00–167.50	1,959	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	73.88/cwt	70.00–77.00	830	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	974	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,281	164.25/cwt	163.50–165.00	2,104	10
Steers	Select	—	1,302	143.41/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,867	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	76.52/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,169	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,325	172.70/cwt	172.00–173.50	2,288	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,823	90.39/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,648	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	86.55/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,387	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,444	172.51/cwt	169.50–174.50	2,491	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,338	163.81/cwt	160.00–167.00	2,192	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	66.67/cwt	61.00–70.00	695	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	57.19/cwt	50.00–61.00	560	10

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 Dec 5, 2023

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

Receipts 240Last week 130Year ago 243

No recent comparisons to establish a good trend on the slaughter steers and heifers. Slaughter cows steady with two weeks ago.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,563	81.00–101.00	94.74
7	—	1,652	103.00–115.00	109.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,244	82.00–86.00	83.90
6	—	1,257	67.00–74.00	71.18
23	—	1,236	75.00–82.00	78.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,574	79.00–85.50	83.03
4	—	1,528	74.00–78.00	76.52
11	—	1,603	86.00–88.00	86.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,124	70.00–77.00	73.88
1	—	1,180	82.50	82.50
8	—	1,043	61.00–70.00	66.67
10	—	980	50.00–61.00	57.19
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,823	88.00–94.00	90.39
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,255	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,188	163.00–167.50	164.86
2	—	1,325	172.00–173.50	172.70
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,281	163.50–165.00	164.25
9	—	1,444	169.50–174.50	172.51
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,302	141.00–145.00	143.41
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,338	160.00–167.00	163.81

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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