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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-27

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Feb 27

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

← Feb 13Feb 27Mar 5 →

Receipts

199 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 221▲ 169 vs year ago 30 · +563.3%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded 6.00-8.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 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	1,475	114.46	1,689	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,200	110.06	1,321	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,526	108.49	1,656	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	922	95.53	881	18
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	178.61	2,152	9thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,390	178.76	2,485	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,337	168.23	2,249	3thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,337	168.23/cwt	164.00–171.00	2,249	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,390	178.76/cwt	178.00–181.00	2,485	11
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,205	178.61/cwt	176.00–180.50	2,152	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,365	105.70/cwt	94.00–120.00	1,443	7
Bulls	—	—	1,733	134.89/cwt	133.00–137.00	2,338	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	793	85.04/cwt	80.00–87.50	674	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	926	94.29/cwt	90.50–97.00	873	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	978	105.67/cwt	98.50–112.50	1,033	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	755	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	107.66/cwt	102.00–110.50	1,263	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	112.78/cwt	110.50–115.50	1,370	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,188	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	102.55/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,516	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,511	108.35/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,637	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,673	118.11/cwt	115.50–120.00	1,976	2

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 Feb 27, 2024

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

Receipts 199Last week 221Year ago 30

Compared to the sale from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded 6.00-8.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,390	178.00–181.00	178.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	164.00–171.00	168.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,205	176.00–180.50	178.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	74.00	74.00
4	—	793	80.00–87.50	85.04
7	—	978	98.50–112.50	105.67
6	—	926	90.50–97.00	94.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,511	105.00–112.00	108.35
3	—	1,478	101.00–104.50	102.55
2	—	1,673	115.50–120.00	118.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	97.00	97.00
11	—	1,215	110.50–115.50	112.78
7	—	1,173	102.00–110.50	107.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,365	94.00–120.00	105.70
3	—	1,733	133.00–137.00	134.89

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.