Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 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	—	Average	2,056	120.47	2,477	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,768	108.37	1,916	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,577	101.76	1,605	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	98.99	1,261	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,023	90.57	926	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,235	175.55	2,168	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,231	169.69	2,089	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,195	161.23	1,927	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,319	175.52	2,315	22
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,309	169.45	2,218	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,180	161.61	1,907	5thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	2,108	124.46/cwt	122.00–126.00	2,624	4
Bulls	—	—	1,850	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,933	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	99.82/cwt	96.50–103.50	1,269	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	104.50/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,378	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	90.91/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,145	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	95.53/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,471	2
Steers	Select	—	1,180	161.61/cwt	161.00–162.00	1,907	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	98.67/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,010	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,319	175.52/cwt	174.50–178.00	2,315	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	100.63/cwt	97.00–103.50	1,546	18
Heifers	Select	—	1,195	161.23/cwt	159.50–162.00	1,927	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,231	169.69/cwt	168.00–171.50	2,089	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,235	175.55/cwt	174.00–179.00	2,168	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,668	105.41/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,758	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,309	169.45/cwt	167.00–173.50	2,218	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	81.72/cwt	79.00–84.00	818	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	581	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	92.76/cwt	88.00–95.00	978	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,768	108.37/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,916	3

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 281Last week 186Year ago 95

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,108	122.00–126.00	124.46
1	—	1,850	104.50	104.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,271	96.50–103.50	99.82
4	—	1,319	104.00–105.00	104.50
6	—	1,259	86.00–95.00	90.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	95.00–96.00	95.53
18	—	1,536	97.00–103.50	100.63
9	—	1,668	105.00–108.00	105.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,024	96.00–103.00	98.67
4	—	1,001	79.00–84.00	81.72
1	—	855	68.00	68.00
8	—	1,054	88.00–95.00	92.76
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,768	107.00–110.00	108.37
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,180	161.00–162.00	161.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,319	174.50–178.00	175.52
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,309	167.00–173.50	169.45
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,195	159.50–162.00	161.23
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,231	168.00–171.50	169.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,235	174.00–179.00	175.55

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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