Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested feeder sale from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers under 650 lbs steady, over 650 lbs firm to 5.00 higher. The market was surprisingly active considering a major winter storm is about to blow in. Demand was good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.09/cwt on 249 head.

Average price

$183.09

249 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$497

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

$36.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.31

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	187.61	1,169	191
Medium and Large 1-2	577	183.00	1,055	23
Medium 1-2	530	169.82	899	14thin
Small and Medium 1-2	445	150.95	672	21

One grade step is worth $36.66/cwt here — about $497 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 sale249 hd

183.09

—

MO average16 barns · 11,248 hd

184.40

−1.31

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

44 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 and Large 1Fleshy	—	581	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	889	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	495	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	580	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	887	7
Heifers	Medium 3	—	430	96.87/cwt	91.00–100.00	417	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	929	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	833	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	674	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,213	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	624	180.28/cwt	179.50–181.50	1,125	28
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	599	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	946	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	751	177.25/cwt	177.25–177.25	1,331	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	979	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	189.07/cwt	173.00–195.00	1,063	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	733	183.11/cwt	174.50–185.00	1,342	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	198.64/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,023	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,091	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	465	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	569	190.30/cwt	183.50–197.50	1,083	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	443	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	654	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,138	40
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	606	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	951	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	437	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	966	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	439	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	645	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	744	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,246	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	568	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	960	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	933	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	344	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	519	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	501	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	857	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	530	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium 3	—	528	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,034	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,138	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	614	140.52/cwt	132.00–146.50	863	29
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	355	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,006	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	646	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,017	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	513	169.32/cwt	168.00–171.00	869	9
Heifers	Medium 3	—	371	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	323	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	427	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	683	3

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

Tue Dec 20, 2022

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

Receipts 718Last week 0Year ago 756

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	581	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	580	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	91.00–100.00	96.87
2	—	528	107.00	107.00
4	—	371	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	531	175.00	175.00
9	—	459	181.50	181.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	443	177.50	177.50
40	—	654	174.00	174.00
8	—	568	169.00	169.00
9	—	513	168.00–171.00	169.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	744	167.50	167.50
8	—	501	171.00	171.00
7	—	646	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	150.00	150.00
3	—	355	166.00	166.00
3	—	427	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	614	132.00–146.50	140.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	534	167.00	167.00
8	—	616	163.25	163.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	161.00	161.00
7	—	657	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	674	180.00	180.00
28	—	624	179.50–181.50	180.28
15	—	751	177.25	177.25
18	—	475	206.00	206.00
50	—	733	174.50–185.00	183.11
13	—	515	198.00–200.00	198.64
20	—	569	183.50–197.50	190.30
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	599	158.00	158.00
9	—	439	147.00	147.00
7	—	344	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	562	173.00–195.00	189.07
3	—	547	176.00	176.00
5	—	638	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	182.00	182.00
7	—	606	157.00	157.00
3	—	437	183.50	183.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	462	209.00	209.00
8	—	438	213.00	213.00
4	—	525	197.00	197.00
10	—	617	184.50	184.50

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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