Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower.

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	1,755	149.82	2,629	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,549	127.72	1,979	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,305	122.53	1,599	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	101.42	1,013	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,266	183.78	2,327	8thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	179.61	2,324	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,376	182.95	2,517	14
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	179.17	2,315	5thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	—	1,815	159.32/cwt	157.00–161.00	2,892	3
Bulls	—	—	1,729	145.75/cwt	139.00–151.00	2,520	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	125.25/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,665	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	131.08/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,646	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	118.08/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,503	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	103.99/cwt	98.00–110.00	1,440	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,292	179.17/cwt	179.00–180.00	2,315	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	182.95/cwt	182.00–184.00	2,517	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	116.48/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,741	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	125.89/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,886	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,661	134.83/cwt	131.00–140.00	2,240	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	118.79/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,307	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	882	105.41/cwt	97.00–111.00	930	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	83.54/cwt	71.00–91.00	865	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,294	179.61/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,324	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,266	183.78/cwt	182.00–185.00	2,327	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.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Sep 17, 2024

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,815	157.00–161.00	159.32
7	—	1,729	139.00–151.00	145.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,329	120.00–129.00	125.25
8	—	1,256	129.00–135.00	131.08
3	—	1,273	115.00–120.00	118.08
4	—	1,385	98.00–110.00	103.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	116.00–117.00	116.48
11	—	1,498	124.00–129.00	125.89
6	—	1,661	131.00–140.00	134.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,100	117.00–122.00	118.79
5	—	882	97.00–111.00	105.41
5	—	1,036	71.00–91.00	83.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,292	179.00–180.00	179.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,376	182.00–184.00	182.95
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,294	178.00–180.00	179.61
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,266	182.00–185.00	183.78

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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