Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady, over 500 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower on a light test. A lighter run of feeders this week with the schizophrenic market giving back some of last weeks sharp gains.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.46/cwt on 210 head.

Average price

$144.46

210 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$54.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.63

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	493	160.89	793	67
Medium 1-2	585	143.00	837	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	671	137.41	922	133
Medium 2	491	106.00	520	4thin

One grade step is worth $54.89/cwt here — about $273 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 sale210 hd

144.46

—

MO average18 barns · 13,060 hd

138.83

+5.63

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
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	585	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	167.94/cwt	164.00–170.00	767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	160.21/cwt	159.50–160.50	830	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	152.07/cwt	147.00–155.00	855	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	169.71/cwt	169.50–170.00	726	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	157.10/cwt	156.00–158.00	825	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	135.58/cwt	134.75–141.00	940	79
Steers	Medium 2	—	491	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	520	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	869	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	127.56/cwt	127.00–127.75	932	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	742	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	734	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	432	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	703	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	671	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	726	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	139.74/cwt	134.00–145.00	657	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	130.24/cwt	127.00–132.00	694	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	532	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	147.64/cwt	143.00–150.00	633	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	113.88/cwt	110.00–116.00	758	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.

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

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

Mon Apr 27, 2020

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

Receipts 521Last week 1,000Year ago 1,853

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	585	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	457	164.00–170.00	167.94
21	—	518	159.50–160.50	160.21
4	—	311	171.00	171.00
19	—	428	169.50–170.00	169.71
17	—	591	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	562	147.00–155.00	152.07
13	—	525	156.00–158.00	157.10
79	—	693	134.75–141.00	135.58
4	—	753	115.00	115.00
23	—	731	127.00–127.75	127.56
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	491	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	145.00	145.00
4	—	716	102.50	102.50
4	—	435	160.00	160.00
6	—	468	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	272	159.00	159.00
11	—	517	136.00	136.00
5	—	561	133.00	133.00
23	—	470	134.00–145.00	139.74
5	—	357	149.00	149.00
23	—	429	143.00–150.00	147.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	574	126.50	126.50
7	—	496	127.00	127.00
14	—	533	127.00–132.00	130.24
4	—	608	125.50	125.50
10	—	666	110.00–116.00	113.88
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	635	120.00	120.00

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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