Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a very light test. 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	—	Average	1,752	119.54	2,094	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,472	99.76	1,469	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,232	96.39	1,187	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,046	84.19	881	26
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,459	173.18	2,527	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,280	168.00	2,150	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	174.04	2,529	11
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,380	168.66	2,328	3thin

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	—	—	1,893	125.78/cwt	116.00–130.00	2,381	12
Bulls	—	—	1,840	137.76/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,535	2
Bulls	—	—	1,440	100.97/cwt	90.00–113.00	1,454	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	71.50/cwt	70.00–73.00	996	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	100.05/cwt	96.00–104.50	1,206	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,353	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,394	174.10/cwt	173.50–175.00	2,427	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	89.16/cwt	83.00–94.00	1,090	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,380	168.66/cwt	168.50–169.00	2,328	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,544	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	101.18/cwt	97.50–104.50	1,505	18
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,280	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,524	172.26/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,625	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	87.99/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,234	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,453	174.04/cwt	173.50–175.50	2,529	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	80.70/cwt	72.00–84.00	922	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	89.63/cwt	87.00–95.00	907	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	66.18/cwt	54.00–70.00	666	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	99.24/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,005	4

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 Feb 13, 2024

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

Receipts 221Last week 452Year ago 20

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a very light test. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,893	116.00–130.00	125.78
2	—	1,840	135.00–140.00	137.76
6	—	1,440	90.00–113.00	100.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	70.00–73.00	71.50
16	—	1,205	96.00–104.50	100.05
3	—	1,282	105.00–106.00	105.50
5	—	1,222	83.00–94.00	89.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	109.50	109.50
18	—	1,487	97.50–104.50	101.18
3	—	1,403	85.00–94.00	87.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,143	72.00–84.00	80.70
10	—	1,012	87.00–95.00	89.63
5	—	1,007	54.00–70.00	66.18
4	—	1,013	97.00–102.00	99.24
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,394	173.50–175.00	174.10
5	—	1,524	170.00–173.00	172.26
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	168.00	168.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,380	168.50–169.00	168.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,453	173.50–175.50	174.04

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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