Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 10.00-15.00 lower. Cattle feeders remain very cautious about new purchases as lower slaughter prices and incredible uncertainty continues to grip the market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.02/cwt on 165 head.

Average price

$142.02

165 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$30

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$33.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.07

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	144.23	757	7thin
Medium and Large 1	568	142.93	811	153
Medium and Large 2	709	111.00	787	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.23/cwt here — about −$30 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale165 hd

142.02

—

MO average16 barns · 9,850 hd

139.94

+2.07

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · F and T Livestock Market Feeder/Replacement 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	674	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	476	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	160.84/cwt	158.00–163.00	605	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	566	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	775	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	152.96/cwt	149.00–158.00	802	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	901	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	498	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	717	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	871	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	154.54/cwt	150.00–156.00	609	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	157.01/cwt	147.50–163.00	889	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	151.61/cwt	149.00–154.50	717	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	709	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	493	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	695	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	153.12/cwt	151.00–160.00	642	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	953	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	134.49/cwt	133.50–135.00	850	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	144.23/cwt	142.00–146.00	757	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	374	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	139.17/cwt	131.00–146.00	575	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	714	107.18/cwt	102.50–108.00	765	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	728	36
Heifers	Medium 2	—	719	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	548	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	649	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	141.60/cwt	139.00–147.00	551	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	118.65/cwt	118.00–120.00	645	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	121.66/cwt	120.50–122.00	572	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	128.31/cwt	125.00–132.00	621	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	670	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.

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

F and T Livestock Market Feeder/Replacement Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon Apr 6, 2020

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

Receipts 461Last week 1,042Year ago 200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	721	93.50	93.50
3	—	307	155.00	155.00
2	—	580	164.00	164.00
9	—	376	158.00–163.00	160.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	566	137.00	137.00
9	—	655	133.00	133.00
9	—	493	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	524	149.00–158.00	152.96
17	—	760	118.50	118.50
8	—	394	150.00–156.00	154.54
16	—	566	147.50–163.00	157.01
29	—	473	149.00–154.50	151.61
7	—	419	151.00–160.00	153.12
13	—	669	142.50	142.50
20	—	632	133.50–135.00	134.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	498	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	709	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	142.00–146.00	144.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	374	136.00	136.00
16	—	548	118.50	118.50
9	—	470	120.50–122.00	121.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	413	131.00–146.00	139.17
19	—	389	139.00–147.00	141.60
16	—	484	125.00–132.00	128.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	714	102.50–108.00	107.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	614	118.50	118.50
12	—	544	118.00–120.00	118.65
9	—	573	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	719	101.50	101.50

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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