Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2022-05-02

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Mon, May 2
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
260 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 275▲ 134 vs year ago 126 · +106.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-4.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 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—Average1,811103.071,8666thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50979.831,20443
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27875.6596737
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03164.0666033
HeifersChoiceAverage1,324143.751,90310
HeifersSelectAverage1,200131.001,5721thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,336124.671,6666thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,348143.371,9338thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,270139.001,7651thin
SteersSelectAverage1,180125.001,4751thin
SteersStandardAverage1,015111.001,1271thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Standard1,015111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1271
Steers—Select1,180125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4751
Steers—Select and Choice1,270139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7651
Steers—Choice1,348143.37/cwt142.50–143.501,9338
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,170150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7551
Heifers—Select1,200131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,5721
Heifers—Select and Choice1,336124.67/cwt121.00–127.001,6666
Heifers—Choice1,341143.05/cwt142.50–143.501,9189
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4501
Bulls——1,871104.48/cwt100.50–109.001,9555
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99760.36/cwt56.00–65.0060215
Cows—Lean 85-90%99976.94/cwt75.50–78.007694
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04053.88/cwt49.50–55.505604
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09168.54/cwt65.00–73.0074810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20061.00/cwt61.00–61.007321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25371.17/cwt67.50–74.0089215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28077.76/cwt74.00–81.5099514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33783.11/cwt81.00–86.501,1117
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44273.37/cwt72.50–74.001,0583
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46378.88/cwt75.00–82.501,15426
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48565.00/cwt65.00–65.009651
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61784.37/cwt82.00–89.501,36413

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.