Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 5.00-10.00 lower. The feeder market has eroded over the past couple of weeks as grain prices have pushed higher and the fat cattle market has been disappointing. Demand moderate and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.03/cwt on 250 head.

Average price

$149.03

250 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$73

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

$18.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.91

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	156.99	861	116
Medium 1-2	487	152.84	745	29
Medium and Large 2	614	144.00	884	5thin
Large 1-2	596	140.00	834	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	672	138.91	934	96

One grade step is worth $18.08/cwt here — about −$73 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 sale250 hd

149.03

—

MO average17 barns · 7,653 hd

151.94

−2.91

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
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	496	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	670	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	161.22/cwt	157.00–164.00	816	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	613	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	143.15/cwt	141.00–149.00	885	22
Steers	Large 1-2	—	596	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	834	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	662	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	695	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	496	151.70/cwt	145.00–157.00	752	25
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	413	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	915	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	170.41/cwt	169.00–173.00	823	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	611	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	869	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	665	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	150.31/cwt	150.00–151.00	607	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	150.24/cwt	149.00–152.00	871	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	509	136.34/cwt	135.00–139.00	694	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,044	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	127.78/cwt	124.00–129.00	795	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	884	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	163.05/cwt	161.00–165.00	784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,121	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	181.88/cwt	178.00–183.00	693	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	152.05/cwt	146.00–160.00	725	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	782	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	976	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,007	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	142.98/cwt	142.00–144.00	824	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	751	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	344	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	485	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	668	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	778	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	143.18/cwt	143.00–143.25	965	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	880	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	434	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	694	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	564	128.45/cwt	128.00–129.00	724	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	493	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	140.64/cwt	139.00–142.00	928	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	512	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 May 3, 2021

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

Receipts 665Last week 1,985Year ago 523

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	496	135.00	135.00
2	—	413	138.00	138.00
3	—	395	145.00	145.00
4	—	344	141.00	141.00
6	—	668	116.50	116.50
9	—	564	128.00–129.00	128.45
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	732	125.00	125.00
25	—	622	124.00–129.00	127.78
6	—	578	130.00	130.00
3	—	765	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	387	158.00	158.00
13	—	404	150.00–151.00	150.31
27	—	477	146.00–160.00	152.05
13	—	553	141.50	141.50
2	—	510	144.00	144.00
4	—	339	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	509	135.00–139.00	136.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	493	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	506	157.00–164.00	161.22
22	—	618	141.00–149.00	143.15
30	—	483	169.00–173.00	170.41
28	—	580	149.00–152.00	150.24
4	—	735	142.00	142.00
2	—	310	189.00	189.00
9	—	381	178.00–183.00	181.88
11	—	660	139.00–142.00	140.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	613	131.00	131.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	596	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	496	145.00–157.00	151.70
4	—	434	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	612	142.00	142.00
8	—	398	167.00	167.00
6	—	481	161.00–165.00	163.05
5	—	911	123.00	123.00
14	—	728	134.00	134.00
25	—	788	127.75	127.75
8	—	576	142.00–144.00	142.98
17	—	674	143.00–143.25	143.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	614	144.00	144.00

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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