Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers sold with a higher undertone and feeder heifers sold steady, all on a limited number of comparisons with last time. Most area farmers still busy with the grain harvest and fall tillage work. Demand was good on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $273.58/cwt on 286 head.

Average price

$273.58

286 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$33

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

$30.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.57

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	644	276.44	1,780	254
Medium 1-2	503	265.00	1,332	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	736	246.17	1,812	24

One grade step is worth $30.28/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale286 hd

273.58

—

MO average15 barns · 6,938 hd

261.01

+12.57

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	—	564	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,371	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	566	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,370	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,572	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	241.30/cwt	241.00–241.50	1,494	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	273.75/cwt	268.00–285.00	1,281	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	435	307.00/cwt	299.00–321.00	1,335	8
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	465	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,242	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	298.37/cwt	288.00–311.00	1,566	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	788	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,883	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	554	291.62/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,616	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	608	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	559	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,657	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,454	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,960	20
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	580	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	419	279.79/cwt	274.00–291.00	1,172	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	275.73/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,715	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	258.83/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,789	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,660	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	399	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,345	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,197	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,346	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	373	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,041	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	561	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,419	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	501	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,518	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	464	298.31/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,384	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	673	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	488	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	244.40/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,755	62
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	378	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	971	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	443	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,261	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	406	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,125	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	502	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,295	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,362	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	783	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,828	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	438	269.11/cwt	267.00–271.00	1,179	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	551	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,405	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	273.23/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,137	12

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 Oct 17, 2023

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

Receipts 755Last week 680Year ago 1,112

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	243.00	243.00
5	—	675	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	566	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	625	251.50	251.50
22	—	468	268.00–285.00	273.75
14	—	516	264.00	264.00
3	—	363	291.00	291.00
12	—	416	269.00–279.00	273.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	619	241.00–241.50	241.30
62	—	718	239.00–245.00	244.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	279.00	279.00
10	—	561	253.00	253.00
17	—	438	267.00–271.00	269.11
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	406	277.00	277.00
5	—	502	258.00	258.00
15	—	551	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	783	233.50	233.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	435	299.00–321.00	307.00
5	—	608	280.50	280.50
12	—	559	296.50	296.50
7	—	399	337.00	337.00
6	—	501	303.00	303.00
12	—	464	291.00–309.00	298.31
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	267.00	267.00
3	—	580	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	525	288.00–311.00	298.37
12	—	483	301.00	301.00
20	—	764	256.50	256.50
25	—	622	270.00–277.50	275.73
13	—	691	257.00–263.00	258.83
5	—	749	252.00	252.00
56	—	932	235.75	235.75
4	—	409	329.00	329.00
4	—	381	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	788	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	554	275.00–297.50	291.62
2	—	480	303.00	303.00
6	—	419	274.00–291.00	279.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	791	234.00	234.00
8	—	631	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	250.00	250.00
5	—	488	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	283.00	283.00

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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