Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 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	1,708	150.97	2,578	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,807	125.67	2,270	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,523	119.03	1,813	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,327	116.41	1,545	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,123	100.68	1,131	26
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,257	188.80	2,373	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,411	188.42	2,659	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,285	181.82	2,336	2thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	1,666	155.23/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,586	7
Bulls	—	—	2,020	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	3,343	1
Bulls	—	—	1,740	141.27/cwt	134.00–147.00	2,458	2
Bulls	—	—	1,625	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,048	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	109.41/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,418	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	119.15/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,588	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,257	188.80/cwt	188.00–189.50	2,373	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	81.36/cwt	81.00–82.00	899	3
Steers	Select	—	1,285	181.82/cwt	179.00–184.00	2,336	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,747	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,647	127.87/cwt	127.00–129.00	2,106	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	121.31/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,783	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	113.21/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,729	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	2,060	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,637	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,411	188.42/cwt	186.50–189.00	2,659	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,680	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	2,092	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	107.51/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,217	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,422	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	95.32/cwt	85.00–99.00	1,056	9

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 175Last week 80Year ago 179

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,666	150.00–160.00	155.23
1	—	2,020	165.50	165.50
2	—	1,740	134.00–147.00	141.27
1	—	1,625	126.00	126.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,296	104.00–115.00	109.41
12	—	1,333	116.00–122.00	119.15
2	—	1,403	124.00–125.00	124.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,105	81.00–82.00	81.36
13	—	1,132	103.00–113.00	107.51
1	—	1,205	118.00	118.00
9	—	1,108	85.00–99.00	95.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,647	127.00–129.00	127.87
15	—	1,470	118.00–126.00	121.31
15	—	1,527	107.00–118.00	113.21
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,060	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,680	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,257	188.00–189.50	188.80
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	179.00–184.00	181.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,411	186.50–189.00	188.42

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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