Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows steady. Slaughter steers and heifers near steady with the last comparable market from three weeks ago.

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	1,837	157.61	2,895	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,605	137.18	2,202	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,492	127.52	1,903	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	120.79	1,503	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	965	94.41	911	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,345	184.27	2,478	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	185.22	2,629	32
Steers	Select	Average	1,225	176.00	2,156	2thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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%	—	1,468	134.07/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,968	2
Bulls	—	—	2,023	173.97/cwt	169.00–180.00	3,519	6
Bulls	—	—	1,855	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,562	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	121.93/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,512	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,428	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	2,620	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,425	185.90/cwt	184.00–188.50	2,649	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	106.88/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,371	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	100.41/cwt	98.00–103.50	979	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,988	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	182.27/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,543	6
Bulls	—	—	1,685	134.94/cwt	130.00–144.00	2,274	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	129.85/cwt	126.50–133.00	1,631	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	100.31/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,187	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	81.20/cwt	80.00–84.00	731	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	182.61/cwt	180.00–183.50	2,431	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,340	185.91/cwt	185.00–188.50	2,491	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,232	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,605	137.18/cwt	134.00–140.00	2,202	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	127.75/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,883	17
Steers	Select	—	1,225	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,156	2
Bulls	—	—	1,781	158.48/cwt	152.00–164.00	2,823	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 Apr 9, 2024

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

Receipts 231Last week 154Year ago 244

Compared to last week, slaughter cows steady. Slaughter steers and heifers near steady with the last comparable market from three weeks ago.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	133.00–135.00	134.07
2	—	1,670	118.00–120.00	119.02
17	—	1,474	121.00–132.00	127.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,240	115.00–126.00	121.93
3	—	1,283	104.00–109.00	106.88
10	—	1,256	126.50–133.00	129.85
3	—	1,183	96.00–103.00	100.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	975	98.00–103.50	100.41
3	—	900	80.00–84.00	81.20
1	—	1,120	110.00	110.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	134.00–140.00	137.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,023	169.00–180.00	173.97
1	—	1,855	192.00	192.00
6	—	1,685	130.00–144.00	134.94
4	—	1,781	152.00–164.00	158.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	183.50	183.50
9	—	1,331	180.00–183.50	182.61
10	—	1,340	185.00–188.50	185.91
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,425	184.00–188.50	185.90
6	—	1,395	180.00–184.00	182.27
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	176.00	176.00

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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