Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

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	1,787	151.55	2,709	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,688	123.51	2,085	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	117.21	1,769	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	116.51	1,482	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,052	94.55	994	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,308	187.92	2,458	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,395	189.82	2,648	18
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,392	181.85	2,531	12

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	—	—	1,810	158.05/cwt	156.00–159.00	2,861	3
Bulls	—	—	2,070	164.50/cwt	164.00–165.00	3,405	2
Bulls	—	—	1,682	143.98/cwt	138.00–148.00	2,422	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	114.21/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,429	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	120.99/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,580	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	106.98/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,321	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,093	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,308	187.92/cwt	186.00–190.50	2,458	14
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,392	181.85/cwt	180.00–186.00	2,531	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	189.82/cwt	188.00–192.00	2,648	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	87.74/cwt	80.00–92.00	957	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	71.20/cwt	65.00–77.00	637	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,688	123.51/cwt	123.00–124.00	2,085	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	116.14/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,730	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	123.42/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,906	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	107.44/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,655	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	101.66/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,084	10

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 Dec 10, 2024

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

Receipts 229Last week 30Year ago 308

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,810	156.00–159.00	158.05
2	—	2,070	164.00–165.00	164.50
6	—	1,682	138.00–148.00	143.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,251	110.00–118.00	114.21
13	—	1,306	118.00–127.00	120.99
2	—	1,235	103.00–111.00	106.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	111.00	111.00
6	—	1,091	80.00–92.00	87.74
2	—	895	65.00–77.00	71.20
10	—	1,066	96.00–105.00	101.66
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	123.00–124.00	123.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,490	113.00–119.00	116.14
8	—	1,544	121.00–130.00	123.42
3	—	1,540	103.00–111.00	107.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,308	186.00–190.50	187.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,392	180.00–186.00	181.85
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,395	188.00–192.00	189.82

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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