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F&T Livestock Market

Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Mon, Jan 20

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

← Jan 6Jan 20Jan 27 →

Receipts

73 head

▼ 296 vs last sale 369▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction, slaughter steers and heifers not well tested. Slaughter cows steady on a very light test. Demand moderate and supply light.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,757	74.65	1,312	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	57.25	857	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,308	52.18	682	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	915	37.54	343	18
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,359	116.28	1,580	8thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,408	119.36	1,681	4thin

Every lot

11 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,408	119.36/cwt	118.25–121.25	1,681	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,359	116.28/cwt	115.00–119.25	1,580	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,645	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,053	1
Bulls	—	—	1,813	79.98/cwt	78.00–81.50	1,450	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	834	27.46/cwt	8.50–34.00	229	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	964	40.54/cwt	37.50–46.00	391	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	969	49.94/cwt	47.50–53.00	484	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,304	54.83/cwt	52.25–58.00	715	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,313	48.53/cwt	45.00–51.50	637	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,425	59.37/cwt	58.00–60.75	846	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,640	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	869	1

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.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Mon Jan 20, 2020

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

Receipts 73Last week 369Year ago 0

Compared to the previous auction, slaughter steers and heifers not well tested. Slaughter cows steady on a very light test. Demand moderate and supply light.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,408	118.25–121.25	119.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,359	115.00–119.25	116.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	964	37.50–46.00	40.54
7	—	834	8.50–34.00	27.46
4	—	969	47.50–53.00	49.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	58.00–60.75	59.37
1	—	1,640	53.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,304	52.25–58.00	54.83
8	—	1,313	45.00–51.50	48.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,813	78.00–81.50	79.98
1	—	1,645	64.00	64.00

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.