Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2019-12-16

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Mon, Dec 16
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
221 head
▲ 156 vs last sale 65▲ 221 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 steady to 1.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower.

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—Average1,62473.351,19118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54855.3985839
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30646.5960940
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01734.0334616
HeifersChoiceAverage1,171116.751,3674thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,389117.541,6337thin
SteersSelectAverage1,198114.461,3712thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,198114.46/cwt113.50–115.251,3712
Steers—Choice1,389117.54/cwt116.50–119.251,6337
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,171116.75/cwt116.75–116.751,3674
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49168.20/cwt62.00–72.501,0177
Bulls——1,70876.62/cwt74.00–81.501,30911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98125.92/cwt19.50–29.252546
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01535.03/cwt33.25–36.503564
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05441.46/cwt36.25–47.004376
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27542.41/cwt39.00–46.505418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28047.49/cwt44.00–51.0060825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38834.00/cwt32.00–36.004722
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43843.97/cwt39.00–47.006326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45453.84/cwt53.00–56.007835
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49652.53/cwt49.00–56.0078617
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64562.72/cwt56.00–70.001,03216

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.