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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 6.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

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	1,720	103.96	1,788	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,757	93.80	1,648	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	82.53	1,266	71
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	79.89	1,022	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	66.95	705	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,350	164.88	2,226	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,341	157.93	2,118	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,495	164.10	2,454	10

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	—	1,816	111.84/cwt	106.00–115.00	2,031	7
Bulls	—	—	1,585	92.93/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,473	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	80.82/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,044	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	85.82/cwt	85.50–86.00	1,040	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	73.84/cwt	69.00–77.00	919	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	82.32/cwt	78.00–86.00	1,246	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	75.41/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,128	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	70.35/cwt	68.00–73.00	784	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,341	157.93/cwt	152.00–161.00	2,118	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	164.88/cwt	163.50–165.50	2,226	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,472	165.63/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,438	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,588	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,509	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	78.61/cwt	78.00–79.00	881	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	65.42/cwt	63.00–68.00	688	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	49.40/cwt	41.00–54.00	436	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,745	95.13/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,660	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,840	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	1,555	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,644	88.77/cwt	86.50–93.00	1,459	13

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 12, 2023

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

Receipts 308Last week 240Year ago 353

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 6.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,816	106.00–115.00	111.84
5	—	1,585	90.00–97.00	92.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,292	77.00–85.00	80.82
3	—	1,212	85.50–86.00	85.82
10	—	1,244	69.00–77.00	73.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,513	78.00–86.00	82.32
10	—	1,496	71.00–79.00	75.41
13	—	1,644	86.50–93.00	88.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,115	68.00–73.00	70.35
4	—	1,121	78.00–79.00	78.61
5	—	1,051	63.00–68.00	65.42
3	—	883	41.00–54.00	49.40
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,745	92.00–100.00	95.13
1	—	1,840	84.50	84.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,341	152.00–161.00	157.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,350	163.50–165.50	164.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,472	163.00–167.00	165.63
2	—	1,588	158.00	158.00

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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