Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-03-12

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Mar 12
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
177 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 176▼ 55 vs year ago 232 · −23.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, not enough slaughter steers or heifers for a good market test. Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 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—Low1,818140.182,54815
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,472116.181,71021
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,266112.951,43029
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01499.151,00522
HeifersChoiceAverage1,350182.502,4641thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,404184.152,5857thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,404184.15/cwt184.00–184.502,5857
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,350182.50/cwt182.50–182.502,4641
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,405124.54/cwt121.00–128.001,7502
Bulls——1,789137.98/cwt135.00–140.002,4687
Bulls——1,989147.96/cwt145.00–152.002,9436
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95393.27/cwt90.00–96.008896
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010101.30/cwt97.00–107.001,02310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08080.00/cwt80.00–80.008642
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,081112.18/cwt110.50–114.001,2134
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240110.72/cwt105.00–114.501,37312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262119.39/cwt116.00–123.001,50713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35898.68/cwt91.00–104.001,3404
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463121.75/cwt120.00–124.501,7816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475113.95/cwt109.00–117.001,68115

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.