Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2023-03-28

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Mar 28
● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
68 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 207▼ 222 vs year ago 290 · −76.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,256163.622,05513
HeifersStandardAverage1,162143.001,6623thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,365165.342,25726
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,296162.602,1075thin

Every lot

4 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—Select and Choice1,296162.60/cwt160.00–163.502,1075
Steers—Choice1,365165.34/cwt164.00–168.002,25726
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Standard1,162143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,6623
Heifers—Choice1,256163.62/cwt163.00–166.002,05513

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.