Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 2.00-10.00 lower with the full decline on the lean cows.

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	1,791	155.59	2,787	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,774	135.21	2,399	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,520	130.64	1,986	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,290	118.49	1,528	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,048	87.85	921	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,294	183.78	2,378	19
Heifers	Select	Average	1,105	172.35	1,904	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,481	180.78	2,678	21
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,363	178.71	2,436	16

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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,363	178.71/cwt	176.00–180.00	2,436	16
Heifers	Select	—	1,105	172.35/cwt	171.00–173.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,294	183.78/cwt	183.00–185.00	2,378	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,774	135.21/cwt	133.50–136.50	2,399	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	72.97/cwt	60.00–89.00	714	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	98.77/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,104	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	106.71/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,192	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	133.15/cwt	130.00–137.50	2,092	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,383	183.31/cwt	182.50–184.50	2,535	16
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,795	172.70/cwt	170.00–177.00	3,100	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	126.55/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,820	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,481	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	111.90/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,441	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,631	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	120.26/cwt	116.00–124.50	1,541	8
Bulls	—	—	1,791	155.59/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,787	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 Sep 24, 2024

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

Receipts 150Last week 190Year ago 152

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 2.00-10.00 lower with the full decline on the lean cows.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,363	176.00–180.00	178.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,383	182.50–184.50	183.31
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,795	170.00–177.00	172.70
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,105	171.00–173.00	172.35
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,294	183.00–185.00	183.78
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,774	133.50–136.50	135.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	979	60.00–89.00	72.97
5	—	1,118	94.00–100.00	98.77
5	—	1,117	103.00–110.00	106.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,571	130.00–137.50	133.15
8	—	1,438	121.00–129.00	126.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	105.00	105.00
2	—	1,288	110.00–114.00	111.90
1	—	1,245	131.00	131.00
8	—	1,281	116.00–124.50	120.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,791	152.00–160.00	155.59

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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