Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-4.00 lower on a light test. 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	—	Average	1,908	155.00	2,957	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,774	124.78	2,214	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	119.87	1,808	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	111.75	1,428	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,106	95.47	1,056	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	180.35	2,411	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	178.00	2,652	4thin

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	—	—	1,970	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	3,073	1
Bulls	—	—	2,155	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,750	1
Bulls	—	—	1,753	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,542	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	115.11/cwt	112.50–119.00	1,461	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	121.27/cwt	120.50–122.00	1,637	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	103.53/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,313	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	101.53/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,116	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	111.02/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,235	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,337	180.35/cwt	178.00–182.00	2,411	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,490	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,652	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	90.96/cwt	83.00–96.00	1,015	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	71.26/cwt	61.00–80.00	784	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,873	120.01/cwt	118.00–122.00	2,248	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,725	127.16/cwt	124.00–130.00	2,194	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	117.97/cwt	113.00–122.00	1,805	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	125.81/cwt	122.50–128.00	1,867	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	110.43/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,612	2

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Nov 19, 2024

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

Receipts 132Last week 213Year ago 130

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-4.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	156.00	156.00
1	—	2,155	174.00	174.00
2	—	1,753	145.00	145.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,269	112.50–119.00	115.11
2	—	1,350	120.50–122.00	121.27
6	—	1,268	98.00–107.00	103.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,099	99.00–105.00	101.53
3	—	1,112	110.00–112.00	111.02
5	—	1,116	83.00–96.00	90.96
3	—	1,100	61.00–80.00	71.26
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,873	118.00–122.00	120.01
4	—	1,725	124.00–130.00	127.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,530	113.00–122.00	117.97
7	—	1,484	122.50–128.00	125.81
2	—	1,460	108.00–113.00	110.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,337	178.00–182.00	180.35
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,490	178.00	178.00

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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