Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows near 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	1,847	170.06	3,141	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,457	135.64	1,976	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,232	134.06	1,652	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,010	116.33	1,175	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,217	192.53	2,343	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,244	191.30	2,380	35
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	189.25	2,290	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,225	185.04	2,267	2thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,210	189.25/cwt	188.75–189.75	2,290	2
Steers	Select	—	1,225	185.04/cwt	184.00–186.00	2,267	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,244	191.30/cwt	190.00–191.75	2,380	35
Heifers	Choice	—	1,217	192.53/cwt	190.00–193.50	2,343	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	876	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,292	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,386	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	134.20/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,919	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,958	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	145.24/cwt	142.00–148.00	2,219	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	126.08/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,544	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	142.60/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,771	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	134.29/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,652	8
Bulls	—	—	1,645	155.46/cwt	143.00–169.00	2,557	3
Bulls	—	—	1,948	177.36/cwt	171.00–184.00	3,455	6

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 Aug 13, 2024

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

Receipts 149Last week 40Year ago 132

Compared to the last tested market, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows near steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	188.75–189.75	189.25
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	184.00–186.00	185.04
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,244	190.00–191.75	191.30
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,217	190.00–193.50	192.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	99.00	99.00
1	—	1,095	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,050	132.00	132.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,430	130.00–139.00	134.20
1	—	1,530	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,528	142.00–148.00	145.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,225	120.00–130.00	126.08
11	—	1,242	140.00–147.00	142.60
8	—	1,230	130.00–136.00	134.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,645	143.00–169.00	155.46
6	—	1,948	171.00–184.00	177.36

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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