Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-01-23

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jan 23
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
186 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 215▼ 78 vs year ago 264 · −29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 8.00-10.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,760117.732,0728thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,58199.501,57312
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25199.161,24025
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05988.7794012
HeifersChoiceAverage1,300176.852,29933
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,189171.632,0415thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,472176.262,5956thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240170.892,11919

Every lot

14 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 Choice1,240170.89/cwt167.00–173.502,11919
Steers—Choice1,472176.26/cwt175.00–176.502,5956
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,189171.63/cwt167.00–173.502,0415
Heifers—Choice1,300176.85/cwt175.50–179.002,29933
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,628115.64/cwt109.00–122.001,8836
Bulls——2,155124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,6722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04089.90/cwt88.00–92.009356
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06397.56/cwt96.50–99.001,0373
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09277.72/cwt73.00–81.008493
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226103.37/cwt101.50–105.501,2678
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26797.75/cwt93.50–100.001,23816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,534102.27/cwt97.50–107.501,5698
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67493.96/cwt87.00–97.001,5734

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.