Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steers and heifers selling at all time record high prices, which is at least 10.00-12.00 higher than the previous sale from last month. Slaughter cows also trading with a firm to higher undertone compared to a month ago.

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	1,710	169.90	2,906	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,514	122.68	1,858	70
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,302	122.29	1,593	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,066	96.61	1,030	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,255	202.62	2,543	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,185	198.50	2,352	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,235	188.08	2,323	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,382	201.67	2,787	31
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,215	193.62	2,352	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,324	189.78	2,513	11

Every lot, as filed

18 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,112	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	113.54/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,745	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	127.26/cwt	123.00–139.00	1,965	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	120.45/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,794	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	76.78/cwt	65.00–89.00	767	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	115.55/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,305	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,382	201.67/cwt	199.00–204.50	2,787	31
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,215	193.62/cwt	192.50–196.50	2,352	7
Steers	Select	—	1,324	189.78/cwt	188.00–190.00	2,513	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,255	202.62/cwt	201.50–205.00	2,543	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,185	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	2,352	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,235	188.08/cwt	184.00–190.00	2,323	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	110.99/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,417	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	127.21/cwt	122.50–138.00	1,660	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	119.26/cwt	115.00–122.50	1,555	30
Bulls	—	—	1,525	155.17/cwt	149.00–160.00	2,366	4
Bulls	—	—	1,951	182.11/cwt	179.00–186.00	3,553	5
Bulls	—	—	1,644	169.60/cwt	164.00–178.00	2,788	7

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 Jan 14, 2025

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	102.00	102.00
6	—	999	65.00–89.00	76.78
6	—	1,129	114.00–119.00	115.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,537	109.00–116.00	113.54
28	—	1,544	123.00–139.00	127.26
37	—	1,489	115.00–123.00	120.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,277	108.00–114.50	110.99
30	—	1,305	122.50–138.00	127.21
30	—	1,304	115.00–122.50	119.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,382	199.00–204.50	201.67
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,215	192.50–196.50	193.62
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,324	188.00–190.00	189.78
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,255	201.50–205.00	202.62
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	198.50	198.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,235	184.00–190.00	188.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,525	149.00–160.00	155.17
5	—	1,951	179.00–186.00	182.11
7	—	1,644	164.00–178.00	169.60

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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