Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher and slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, all on a light test.

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	1,726	146.94	2,535	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,828	138.01	2,523	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,463	128.41	1,879	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	120.94	1,490	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,007	93.39	940	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,530	186.00	2,846	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,486	185.24	2,753	4thin

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	—	—	1,948	153.95/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,999	4
Bulls	—	—	1,503	139.93/cwt	133.00–147.00	2,103	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	119.40/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,484	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	128.38/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,542	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	109.91/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,394	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	121.87/cwt	121.00–123.50	1,785	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	122.01/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,108	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	899	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,828	138.01/cwt	137.00–139.00	2,523	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	133.64/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,954	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,530	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,846	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,486	185.24/cwt	185.00–186.00	2,753	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	74.51/cwt	67.00–87.00	753	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	109.55/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,207	3

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 Oct 8, 2024

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

Receipts 61Last week 150Year ago 162

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher and slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, all on a light test.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,948	150.00–165.00	153.95
4	—	1,503	133.00–147.00	139.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,243	117.00–124.00	119.40
4	—	1,201	125.00–131.00	128.38
2	—	1,268	107.00–113.00	109.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,465	121.00–123.50	121.87
5	—	1,462	129.00–139.00	133.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	908	120.00–124.00	122.01
1	—	890	101.00	101.00
6	—	1,011	67.00–87.00	74.51
3	—	1,102	107.00–113.00	109.55
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,828	137.00–139.00	138.01
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,530	186.00	186.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,486	185.00–186.00	185.24

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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