Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded with a higher undertone on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $242.07/cwt on 156 head.

Average price

$242.07

156 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$422

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

$2.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.87

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	702	242.32	1,700	138
Medium 1-2	532	240.17	1,278	18thin

One grade step is worth $2.15/cwt here — about $422 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 sale156 hd

242.07

—

MO average16 barns · 12,802 hd

236.20

+5.87

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

36 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 1Value Added	—	603	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	339	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	807	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	388	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,383	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	233.10/cwt	233.10–233.10	1,811	65
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	598	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,393	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	511	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,242	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	585	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,433	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2Value Added	—	493	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,094	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Value Added	—	692	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,550	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Value Added	—	495	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	949	197.25/cwt	197.25–197.25	1,872	18
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,188	7
Steers	Medium 1-2Value Added	—	625	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	522	281.56/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,470	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	571	267.07/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,525	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	608	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,465	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	335	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	695	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	393	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,207	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,235	5
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	555	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,093	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	285.39/cwt	283.00–287.00	1,087	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	439	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	983	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,407	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,219	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	669	208.23/cwt	194.00–211.00	1,393	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	532	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	561	231.71/cwt	231.00–232.00	1,300	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	632	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,397	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	590	242.83/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,433	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	479	245.61/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,176	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	521	252.28/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,314	25

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 19, 2023

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

Receipts 466Last week 0Year ago 718

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded with a higher undertone on a light supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	222.00	222.00
11	—	590	237.00–245.00	242.83
10	—	479	245.00–247.00	245.61
25	—	521	247.00–256.00	252.28
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	339	238.00	238.00
2	—	388	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	621	226.50	226.50
5	—	478	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	669	194.00–211.00	208.23
3	—	532	235.00	235.00
7	—	561	231.00–232.00	231.71
5	—	632	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	503	275.00	275.00
65	—	777	233.10	233.10
18	—	949	197.25	197.25
7	—	414	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	598	233.00	233.00
3	—	500	255.00	255.00
4	—	335	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	511	243.00	243.00
6	—	585	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	692	224.00	224.00
2	—	495	247.00	247.00
3	—	625	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	522	280.00–283.00	281.56
13	—	571	257.00–275.00	267.07
3	—	608	241.00	241.00
2	—	695	231.00	231.00
2	—	393	307.00	307.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	291.00	291.00
5	—	459	269.00	269.00
7	—	381	283.00–287.00	285.39
5	—	525	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	439	224.00	224.00

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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