Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers traded steady to 3.00 higher, and feeder heifers steady. Mostly weaned calves in the offering with several of those reputation strings. Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.24/cwt on 362 head.

Average price

$156.24

362 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$933

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$255

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

$27.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.32

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	352	176.00	619	4thin
Medium and Large 1	555	163.53	907	178
Medium and Large 1-2	653	148.60	970	157
Medium and Large 2	588	148.50	873	23

One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about −$255 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 sale362 hd

156.24

—

MO average18 barns · 11,306 hd

145.92

+10.32

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

38 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 1-2Fleshy	—	641	136.19/cwt	135.50–139.00	873	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	970	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	141.73/cwt	140.00–144.00	812	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	723	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	535	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	563	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	861	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	146.28/cwt	145.00–147.00	765	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	147.08/cwt	146.50–148.00	1,046	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	801	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	390	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	706	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	313	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	353	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	474	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	488	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	678	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,024	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	145.43/cwt	141.50–152.00	919	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	873	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	139.25/cwt	133.00–142.50	862	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	935	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	178.13/cwt	169.00–185.00	855	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	171.51/cwt	170.00–174.00	900	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	149.79/cwt	146.50–152.00	722	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	150.18/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,018	79
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	133.77/cwt	133.00–135.00	841	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	782	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,048	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	785	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	158.25/cwt	153.00–167.00	614	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	898	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	156.68/cwt	155.00–163.00	693	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	160.37/cwt	160.00–164.00	916	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	539	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	860	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	693	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	891	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	149.13/cwt	147.00–151.00	780	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	555	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	877	18

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 Sep 28, 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 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	641	135.50–139.00	136.19
4	—	535	151.00	151.00
9	—	563	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	711	146.50–148.00	147.08
7	—	504	159.00	159.00
30	—	632	141.50–152.00	145.43
79	—	678	145.00–155.00	150.18
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	181.00	181.00
2	—	313	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	721	142.00	142.00
9	—	619	151.00	151.00
32	—	480	169.00–185.00	178.13
38	—	525	170.00–174.00	171.51
4	—	361	190.00	190.00
50	—	571	160.00–164.00	160.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	588	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	782	134.00	134.00
8	—	539	159.50	159.50
4	—	578	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	555	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	693	140.00	140.00
37	—	573	140.00–144.00	141.73
25	—	523	145.00–147.00	146.28
28	—	619	133.00–142.50	139.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	723	126.50	126.50
4	—	635	130.00	130.00
4	—	693	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	147.00	147.00
4	—	474	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	488	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	482	146.50–152.00	149.79
6	—	553	142.00	142.00
20	—	388	153.00–167.00	158.25
23	—	442	155.00–163.00	156.68
15	—	523	147.00–151.00	149.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	629	133.00–135.00	133.77
3	—	558	145.00	145.00
4	—	745	120.50	120.50

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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