Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 8.00-10.00 higher.

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	—	High	1,760	117.73	2,072	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,581	99.50	1,573	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,251	99.16	1,240	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,059	88.77	940	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	176.85	2,299	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,189	171.63	2,041	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	176.26	2,595	6thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,240	170.89	2,119	19

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	77.72/cwt	73.00–81.00	849	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	97.56/cwt	96.50–99.00	1,037	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,240	170.89/cwt	167.00–173.50	2,119	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,472	176.26/cwt	175.00–176.50	2,595	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	176.85/cwt	175.50–179.00	2,299	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,189	171.63/cwt	167.00–173.50	2,041	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,674	93.96/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,573	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	89.90/cwt	88.00–92.00	935	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	102.27/cwt	97.50–107.50	1,569	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,052	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	103.37/cwt	101.50–105.50	1,267	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	97.75/cwt	93.50–100.00	1,238	16
Bulls	—	—	2,155	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,672	2
Bulls	—	—	1,628	115.64/cwt	109.00–122.00	1,883	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 Jan 23, 2024

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

Receipts 186Last week 215Year ago 264

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 8.00-10.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,092	73.00–81.00	77.72
3	—	1,063	96.50–99.00	97.56
6	—	1,040	88.00–92.00	89.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,674	87.00–97.00	93.96
8	—	1,534	97.50–107.50	102.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	88.00	88.00
8	—	1,226	101.50–105.50	103.37
16	—	1,267	93.50–100.00	97.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,240	167.00–173.50	170.89
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,472	175.00–176.50	176.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,300	175.50–179.00	176.85
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,189	167.00–173.50	171.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,155	124.00	124.00
6	—	1,628	109.00–122.00	115.64

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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