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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-23

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Mon, Aug 23

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

← Aug 16Aug 23Aug 30 →

Receipts

104 head

▲ 76 vs last sale 28▼ 20 vs year ago 124 · −16.1%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a light test. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,732	90.73	1,571	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,284	74.97	963	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	69.63	892	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,041	59.68	621	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,235	125.50	1,550	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,205	124.94	1,506	10

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	—	Choice	1,205	124.94/cwt	124.00–125.50	1,506	10
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,235	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,550	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,463	85.12/cwt	83.50–87.00	1,245	2
Bulls	—	—	1,866	93.54/cwt	91.50–95.00	1,745	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	984	72.16/cwt	68.00–73.00	710	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,041	39.53/cwt	25.00–48.50	412	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	60.40/cwt	56.00–64.00	654	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,270	73.44/cwt	72.50–74.50	933	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,276	72.26/cwt	69.00–75.50	922	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	66.34/cwt	63.00–68.00	853	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,298	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	993	2

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 Aug 23, 2021

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

Receipts 104Last week 28Year ago 124

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a light test. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,205	124.00–125.50	124.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,041	25.00–48.50	39.53
8	—	1,083	56.00–64.00	60.40
6	—	984	68.00–73.00	72.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	76.50	76.50
2	—	1,270	72.50–74.50	73.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,286	63.00–68.00	66.34
5	—	1,276	69.00–75.50	72.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	83.50–87.00	85.12
4	—	1,866	91.50–95.00	93.54

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.