Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2020-10-12

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Mon, Oct 12
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
16 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 191▼ 214 vs year ago 230 · −93.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 lower on a very light test.

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
HeifersChoiceLow1,253101.831,2766thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,15597.501,1262thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,299102.231,3284thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,44093.081,3402thin

Every lot

5 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—Choice1,299102.23/cwt102.00–102.501,3284
Steers—Select and Choice1,44093.08/cwt91.00–95.501,3402
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,15597.50/cwt97.50–97.501,1262
Heifers—Choice1,21592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,1241
Heifers—Choice1,261103.69/cwt103.00–104.501,3085

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.