Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested feeder auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded steady to 5.00 higher, with instances up to 10.00 higher, especially on yearling heifers. Certainly the highlight of the day was the final load from a brother partnership that has been in the cattle business all of their lives, and are now turning the operation over to a younger generation. With many of their family members in attendance, their last load of 771 pounders scorched the yearling heifer market at 189.50 and was capped off with an enthusiastic round of applause. Demand was good to very good and the supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.47/cwt on 345 head.

Average price

$192.47

345 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$728

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

$12.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.96

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	332	198.29	659	7thin
Medium and Large 1	534	197.15	1,052	189
Medium and Large 1-2	745	186.27	1,387	149

One grade step is worth $12.02/cwt here — about −$728 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 sale345 hd

192.47

—

MO average18 barns · 11,678 hd

187.51

+4.96

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

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,082	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	771	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,461	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	206.32/cwt	201.00–212.00	875	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	954	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	314	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,266	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	960	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	436	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	530	228.14/cwt	222.00–236.00	1,209	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	206.39/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,259	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	714	195.25/cwt	195.25–195.25	1,394	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	666	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,315	35
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	428	221.05/cwt	217.00–223.00	946	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	765	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,415	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,209	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	554	218.76/cwt	212.00–227.00	1,212	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,311	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,172	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	589	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,290	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	177.37/cwt	174.00–182.50	1,261	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	493	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	192.78/cwt	192.50–193.00	1,309	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	393	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	486	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,134	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	231.66/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,098	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	236.13/cwt	233.00–237.00	1,190	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,416	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,203	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	357	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	700	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	348	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	790	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	190.33/cwt	184.00–197.00	1,100	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	531	195.82/cwt	189.00–204.00	1,040	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	206.83/cwt	206.00–208.00	982	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	392	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,068	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	218.39/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,247	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,363	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	625	187.31/cwt	186.00–188.50	1,171	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	197.01/cwt	186.00–201.50	1,127	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	201.09/cwt	197.00–204.50	951	26

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 Feb 21, 2023

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

Receipts 1,052Last week 1,598Year ago 1,037

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	541	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	771	189.50	189.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	424	201.00–212.00	206.32
4	—	394	206.00	206.00
11	—	538	198.50	198.50
24	—	572	186.00–201.50	197.01
26	—	473	197.00–204.50	201.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	510	187.00	187.00
71	—	745	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	314	200.00	200.00
3	—	357	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	578	184.00–197.00	190.33
28	—	531	189.00–204.00	195.82
23	—	475	206.00–208.00	206.83
3	—	392	221.00	221.00
35	—	625	186.00–188.50	187.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	633	200.00	200.00
11	—	554	212.00–227.00	218.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	405	237.00	237.00
3	—	613	201.00	201.00
6	—	654	200.50	200.50
13	—	474	225.00–239.00	231.66
14	—	504	233.00–237.00	236.13
14	—	776	182.50	182.50
30	—	571	215.00–229.00	218.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	436	260.00	260.00
38	—	530	222.00–236.00	228.14
7	—	610	200.00–209.00	206.39
24	—	714	195.25	195.25
35	—	666	197.50	197.50
15	—	765	185.00	185.00
6	—	589	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	217.00–223.00	221.05
3	—	493	195.00	195.00
4	—	393	221.00	221.00
6	—	348	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	628	192.50	192.50
10	—	711	174.00–182.50	177.37
7	—	679	192.50–193.00	192.78
17	—	525	216.00	216.00
8	—	562	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	583	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	221.00	221.00

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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