Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded near steady on a light test. Demand moderate on a light pre-holiday supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $256.40/cwt on 179 head.

Average price

$256.40

179 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$540

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

$18.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.80

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	389	263.00	1,022	12thin
Medium and Large 1	600	256.35	1,538	161
Medium and Large 1-2	639	244.50	1,562	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.50/cwt here — about −$540 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 sale179 hd

256.40

—

MO average16 barns · 12,027 hd

243.60

+12.80

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

33 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 1Value Added	—	634	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,572	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	266.49/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,511	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	384	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	1,653	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	516	252.49/cwt	244.00–255.50	1,303	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,479	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	230.75/cwt	229.00–233.50	1,777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	472	273.88/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,293	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,233	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	263.65/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,163	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	271.34/cwt	263.00–277.00	1,438	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	241.18/cwt	231.00–244.50	1,384	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,258	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,620	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	563	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	593	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,308	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	691	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,451	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	635	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	254.94/cwt	244.50–259.00	1,560	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	531	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,450	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	789	225.12/cwt	223.00–229.50	1,776	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,728	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	403	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	975	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	384	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,037	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	693	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,677	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,197	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	650	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,401	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	519	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,292	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	637	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,522	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,298	9

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 Nov 21, 2023

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

Receipts 532Last week 0Year ago 1,217

Compared to the feeder auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded near steady on a light test. Demand moderate on a light pre-holiday supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	634	248.00	248.00
5	—	553	267.50	267.50
9	—	472	273.00–275.00	273.88
16	—	531	273.00	273.00
15	—	789	223.00–229.50	225.12
9	—	693	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	567	264.00–270.00	266.49
5	—	770	229.00–233.50	230.75
24	—	530	263.00–277.00	271.34
31	—	612	244.50–259.00	254.94
11	—	691	250.00	250.00
9	—	467	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	595	252.00	252.00
3	—	683	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	242.00	242.00
9	—	384	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	519	249.00	249.00
8	—	637	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	384	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	721	229.25	229.25
12	—	574	231.00–244.50	241.18
5	—	524	240.00	240.00
7	—	810	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	516	244.00–255.50	252.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	249.00	249.00
4	—	450	274.00	274.00
13	—	441	252.00–270.00	263.65
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	593	220.50	220.50
5	—	691	210.00	210.00
2	—	635	215.50	215.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	650	215.50	215.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	704	170.00	170.00

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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