Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-03-19

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Mar 19
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
65 head
▼ 112 vs last sale 177▼ 142 vs year ago 207 · −68.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 higher. Quality was very attractive with many long time fed cattle in the offering.

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
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,450189.192,7434thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,316187.892,47317
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,509190.502,87515
SteersChoiceAverage1,301187.592,44112
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,438178.562,5684thin

Every lot

5 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,301187.59/cwt185.00–190.002,44112
Steers—Select and Choice1,438178.56/cwt176.00–182.002,5684
Steers—Choice and Prime1,509190.50/cwt189.50–191.502,87515
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,316187.89/cwt185.00–189.502,47317
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,450189.19/cwt187.50–190.502,7434

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.