Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2019-12-02

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Mon, Dec 2
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
224 head
▲ 189 vs last sale 35▲ 224 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,75473.411,28817
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46656.8383323
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,32452.6269620
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,14643.6350019
HeifersChoiceLow1,207115.771,39729
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,298111.141,4432thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,271116.091,47626

Every lot

15 lots · USDA AMS · F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,271116.09/cwt114.50–117.501,47626
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,186111.98/cwt111.25–113.001,3286
Heifers—Choice1,212116.76/cwt114.00–117.501,41523
Heifers—Select and Choice1,298111.14/cwt110.00–112.001,4432
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61366.19/cwt61.00–71.001,0686
Bulls——1,83177.35/cwt74.00–80.501,41611
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10243.24/cwt39.25–46.754779
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13148.19/cwt45.50–50.005458
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28450.14/cwt48.00–53.006449
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34755.86/cwt52.00–59.0075210
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,40027.19/cwt25.00–30.003812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44567.22/cwt64.00–70.009712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44542.50/cwt42.50–42.506141
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45757.51/cwt55.50–59.5083812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48253.61/cwt51.50–55.007959

This sale against other markets

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.