Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 5.00-15.00 higher with instances as much as 20.00 higher. Quality was attractive and buyers responded by bidding up to prices not seen in many weeks. Demand was good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.84/cwt on 408 head.

Average price

$153.84

408 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$173

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

$44.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.76

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	315	160.00	504	4thin
Medium and Large 1	542	155.62	843	271
Medium and Large 1-2	591	151.08	893	129
Medium and Large 2	584	116.00	677	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about −$173 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 sale408 hd

153.84

—

MO average15 barns · 7,658 hd

145.08

+8.76

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

40 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	726	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	140.17/cwt	140.00–140.50	792	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	177.35/cwt	172.00–181.00	665	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	162.33/cwt	156.00–165.00	765	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	156.21/cwt	151.00–165.00	826	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,025	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	152.64/cwt	148.50–155.25	896	96
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	315	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	751	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	890	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	168.80/cwt	159.00–177.50	716	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	154.41/cwt	152.00–155.75	1,013	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	906	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	425	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	565	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	144.00/cwt	143.00–145.00	485	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	140.37/cwt	135.00–143.00	722	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	144.17/cwt	137.00–148.50	678	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	832	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	140.58/cwt	139.00–142.25	811	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	856	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	144.67/cwt	143.00–149.00	556	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	559	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	138.74/cwt	134.00–141.00	712	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	893	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	599	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	139.59/cwt	136.00–146.00	609	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	532	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	134.37/cwt	124.50–136.50	911	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	135.21/cwt	131.00–136.75	845	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	735	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	131.53/cwt	120.00–141.00	827	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	303	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,041	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	155.91/cwt	150.50–158.00	884	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	956	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	677	4

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 20, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	726	126.00	126.00
17	—	565	140.00–140.50	140.17
12	—	525	143.00	143.00
9	—	629	120.00–141.00	131.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	172.00–181.00	177.35
38	—	471	156.00–165.00	162.33
57	—	529	151.00–165.00	156.21
3	—	612	145.50	145.50
36	—	424	159.00–177.50	168.80
43	—	656	152.00–155.75	154.41
2	—	303	171.00	171.00
6	—	733	142.00	142.00
39	—	567	150.50–158.00	155.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	766	133.75	133.75
96	—	587	148.50–155.25	152.64
4	—	610	148.50	148.50
15	—	465	158.00	158.00
3	—	800	129.00	129.00
6	—	703	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	584	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	337	143.00–145.00	144.00
25	—	514	135.00–143.00	140.37
54	—	470	137.00–148.50	144.17
3	—	560	139.00	139.00
10	—	616	139.00	139.00
31	—	384	143.00–149.00	144.67
7	—	673	132.75	132.75
26	—	436	136.00–146.00	139.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	714	116.50	116.50
44	—	577	139.00–142.25	140.58
27	—	513	134.00–141.00	138.74
23	—	678	124.50–136.50	134.37
95	—	625	131.00–136.75	135.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	559	126.00	126.00
3	—	532	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	394	152.00	152.00
4	—	458	153.00	153.00

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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