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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-04

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Apr 4

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

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Receipts

215 head

▲ 147 vs last sale 68▲ 19 vs year ago 196 · +9.7%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Many of the fed cattle needed another 30 to 45 days on feed to fit solidly into the Choice grade.

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	—	Average	1,740	111.57	1,941	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,501	96.60	1,450	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	92.58	1,154	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,026	82.47	846	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,195	167.19	1,998	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	162.08	2,042	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,046	158.35	1,656	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,353	169.60	2,295	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,191	164.88	1,964	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,169	157.31	1,839	22

Every lot

18 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,169	157.31/cwt	153.50–164.00	1,839	22
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,191	164.88/cwt	164.00–165.50	1,964	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,353	169.60/cwt	169.50–170.00	2,295	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,046	158.35/cwt	156.00–160.00	1,656	10
Heifers	—	Choice	1,195	167.19/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,998	10
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,260	162.08/cwt	159.50–164.50	2,042	15
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,716	113.64/cwt	108.50–120.50	1,950	9
Bulls	—	—	1,812	105.36/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,909	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	69.45/cwt	63.00–75.00	672	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	94.24/cwt	91.50–96.50	975	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	89.28/cwt	88.00–91.00	930	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,073	80.92/cwt	75.50–83.50	868	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	93.64/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,128	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,259	99.72/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,255	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	85.89/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,107	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	91.77/cwt	89.50–94.00	1,289	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	103.67/cwt	103.00–104.50	1,576	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	98.40/cwt	94.00–101.50	1,563	7

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Apr 4, 2023

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

Receipts 215Last week 68Year ago 196

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,716	108.50–120.50	113.64
3	—	1,812	104.00–107.00	105.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,205	92.00–95.00	93.64
6	—	1,259	96.00–105.00	99.72
8	—	1,289	83.00–89.00	85.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,588	94.00–101.50	98.40
3	—	1,520	103.00–104.50	103.67
7	—	1,405	89.50–94.00	91.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,042	88.00–91.00	89.28
5	—	1,035	91.50–96.50	94.24
6	—	1,073	75.50–83.50	80.92
8	—	968	63.00–75.00	69.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,195	166.00–168.00	167.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,046	156.00–160.00	158.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,260	159.50–164.50	162.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,353	169.50–170.00	169.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,169	153.50–164.00	157.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,191	164.00–165.50	164.88

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.