Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. 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	—	High	1,684	167.62	2,823	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,845	148.32	2,737	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,448	137.17	1,986	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	133.17	1,681	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,128	109.84	1,239	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,307	188.94	2,469	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,296	188.71	2,446	13

Every lot, as filed

17 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	—	—	1,295	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,590	1
Bulls	—	—	1,798	172.24/cwt	171.00–174.00	3,097	6
Bulls	—	—	1,625	155.60/cwt	146.00–162.00	2,529	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	133.71/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,698	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,581	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	139.45/cwt	138.00–142.50	1,701	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,934	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	123.08/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,435	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,307	188.94/cwt	188.00–189.50	2,469	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,296	188.71/cwt	186.00–190.00	2,446	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	133.28/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,457	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	107.74/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,230	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	91.72/cwt	72.00–100.00	987	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,845	148.32/cwt	145.00–151.00	2,737	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	126.71/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,623	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	136.41/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,985	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	141.97/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,995	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 Aug 20, 2024

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

Receipts 166Last week 149Year ago 132

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	200.00	200.00
6	—	1,798	171.00–174.00	172.24
5	—	1,625	146.00–162.00	155.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,270	128.00–138.00	133.71
1	—	1,375	115.00	115.00
7	—	1,220	138.00–142.50	139.45
5	—	1,281	124.00–129.00	126.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	124.00	124.00
8	—	1,455	134.00–139.00	136.41
4	—	1,405	141.00–143.00	141.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,166	118.00–126.00	123.08
2	—	1,093	130.00–137.00	133.28
10	—	1,142	100.00–114.00	107.74
8	—	1,076	72.00–100.00	91.72
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,845	145.00–151.00	148.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,307	188.00–189.50	188.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,296	186.00–190.00	188.71

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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