Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. 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	—	Low	1,874	125.38	2,349	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,739	107.19	1,864	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	101.55	1,513	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,222	98.36	1,202	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	936	88.07	825	41
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,196	176.63	2,112	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,262	169.97	2,145	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,389	176.44	2,451	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,316	170.99	2,250	19

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	102.53/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,532	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	90.94/cwt	84.00–97.50	1,319	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,739	107.19/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,864	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	794	67.95/cwt	60.00–74.00	540	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	79.25/cwt	74.00–81.00	759	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	96.94/cwt	93.00–103.00	935	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	176.44/cwt	175.00–177.00	2,451	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,316	170.99/cwt	168.00–172.00	2,250	19
Heifers	Choice	—	1,196	176.63/cwt	175.50–177.00	2,112	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,262	169.97/cwt	167.00–172.00	2,145	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	89.91/cwt	87.00–93.00	846	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	106.35/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,602	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	90.63/cwt	83.00–95.50	1,133	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	106.01/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,320	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	100.45/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,212	26
Bulls	—	—	1,493	102.69/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,533	2
Bulls	—	—	2,014	135.77/cwt	133.00–137.00	2,734	4
Bulls	—	—	1,892	125.72/cwt	121.00–129.00	2,379	11

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 Feb 6, 2024

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

Receipts 452Last week 281Year ago 321

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,494	98.00–105.00	102.53
5	—	1,450	84.00–97.50	90.94
7	—	1,506	105.00–112.00	106.35
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,739	106.00–110.00	107.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	794	60.00–74.00	67.95
8	—	958	74.00–81.00	79.25
17	—	965	93.00–103.00	96.94
11	—	941	87.00–93.00	89.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,250	83.00–95.50	90.63
4	—	1,245	105.00–107.00	106.01
26	—	1,207	96.00–104.00	100.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,389	175.00–177.00	176.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,316	168.00–172.00	170.99
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,196	175.50–177.00	176.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,262	167.00–172.00	169.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	95.00–110.00	102.69
4	—	2,014	133.00–137.00	135.77
11	—	1,892	121.00–129.00	125.72

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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