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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Dec 20

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

← Dec 13Dec 20Jan 10 →

Receipts

237 head

▼ 116 vs last sale 353▲ 61 vs year ago 176 · +34.7%

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. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

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	1,746	92.38	1,613	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,593	75.25	1,199	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	67.31	834	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,021	58.64	599	34
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,423	145.56	2,071	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,498	150.11	2,249	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,288	139.00	1,790	3thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,288	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,790	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,361	153.29/cwt	150.50–154.50	2,086	9
Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,545	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,441	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,796	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,532	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,178	150.93/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,778	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,630	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,364	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,843	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,488	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,619	81.97/cwt	77.50–87.50	1,327	4
Bulls	—	—	1,750	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,803	1
Bulls	—	—	1,809	96.26/cwt	91.50–101.50	1,741	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	951	44.75/cwt	40.50–48.50	426	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	966	54.34/cwt	49.00–57.00	525	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	69.74/cwt	66.50–72.50	737	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	63.58/cwt	58.00–67.00	680	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,234	64.82/cwt	60.50–67.50	800	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	957	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,237	69.41/cwt	67.00–74.50	859	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	760	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,545	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	927	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,579	83.89/cwt	81.50–88.50	1,325	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,596	76.97/cwt	73.50–80.50	1,228	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,604	68.59/cwt	64.50–71.50	1,100	6

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

Tue Dec 20, 2022

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

Receipts 237Last week 353Year ago 176

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,361	150.50–154.50	153.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,288	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,796	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,237	67.00–74.50	69.41
1	—	1,370	55.50	55.50
17	—	1,234	60.50–67.50	64.82
1	—	1,235	77.50	77.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	951	40.50–48.50	44.75
3	—	1,057	66.50–72.50	69.74
16	—	1,070	58.00–67.00	63.58
10	—	966	49.00–57.00	54.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,579	81.50–88.50	83.89
12	—	1,596	73.50–80.50	76.97
1	—	1,545	60.00	60.00
6	—	1,604	64.50–71.50	68.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,619	77.50–87.50	81.97
1	—	1,750	103.00	103.00
8	—	1,809	91.50–101.50	96.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	145.00	145.00
6	—	1,178	149.00–155.00	150.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,843	135.00	135.00

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.