Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 lower on a light test. 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	1,822	166.92	3,041	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,518	138.86	2,108	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	132.00	1,946	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	129.50	1,637	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	98.57	1,066	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,288	181.24	2,334	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,362	181.63	2,474	8thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,432	178.33	2,554	8thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,768	162.14/cwt	150.00–170.00	2,867	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,432	178.33/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,554	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	181.24/cwt	181.00–182.00	2,334	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,362	181.63/cwt	181.50–182.00	2,474	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	126.73/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,540	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	129.05/cwt	126.00–131.00	1,955	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,518	138.86/cwt	134.50–144.00	2,108	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	108.18/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,238	4
Bulls	—	—	1,908	174.56/cwt	171.00–179.00	3,331	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	136.07/cwt	131.50–142.00	1,962	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	135.23/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,707	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	115.49/cwt	112.00–121.00	1,750	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	93.76/cwt	87.00–104.00	984	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	119.72/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,602	8

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 May 7, 2024

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

Receipts 183Last week 238Year ago 366

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 lower on a light test. 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
8	—	1,768	150.00–170.00	162.14
5	—	1,908	171.00–179.00	174.56
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,432	178.00–180.00	178.33
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,362	181.50–182.00	181.63
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,288	181.00–182.00	181.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,215	123.00–129.00	126.73
19	—	1,262	131.00–140.00	135.23
8	—	1,338	115.00–121.00	119.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,515	126.00–131.00	129.05
23	—	1,442	131.50–142.00	136.07
3	—	1,515	112.00–121.00	115.49
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,518	134.50–144.00	138.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,144	104.00–110.00	108.18
8	—	1,050	87.00–104.00	93.76

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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