Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 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	—	Low	1,814	155.26	2,817	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,540	119.77	1,845	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,284	114.52	1,470	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,033	94.92	981	13
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,285	189.06	2,429	30
Steers	Choice	Average	1,416	189.07	2,677	44
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,351	183.62	2,481	20

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	110.52/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,534	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,684	127.02/cwt	126.00–129.00	2,139	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	118.72/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,796	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	102.50/cwt	102.00–103.00	1,276	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	94.27/cwt	91.00–97.00	983	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	104.50/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,155	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	78.47/cwt	75.00–80.00	709	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,416	189.07/cwt	188.50–192.00	2,677	44
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,351	183.62/cwt	179.00–185.00	2,481	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,263	185.44/cwt	184.00–186.00	2,342	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	189.62/cwt	188.50–192.00	2,442	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,538	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	115.47/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,479	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	100.49/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,417	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,144	1
Bulls	—	—	2,040	163.91/cwt	163.00–165.00	3,344	3
Bulls	—	—	1,672	152.69/cwt	148.00–158.00	2,553	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 Dec 17, 2024

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

Receipts 169Last week 229Year ago 174

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	108.00–113.00	110.52
4	—	1,684	126.00–129.00	127.02
10	—	1,513	114.00–122.00	118.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	102.00–103.00	102.50
5	—	1,256	120.00–125.00	122.48
13	—	1,281	112.00–120.00	115.47
2	—	1,410	100.00–101.00	100.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,043	91.00–97.00	94.27
7	—	1,105	100.00–109.00	104.50
4	—	903	75.00–80.00	78.47
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,416	188.50–192.00	189.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,351	179.00–185.00	183.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,263	184.00–186.00	185.44
26	—	1,288	188.50–192.00	189.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	137.00	137.00
3	—	2,040	163.00–165.00	163.91
3	—	1,672	148.00–158.00	152.69

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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