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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Apr 9

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

← Mar 26Apr 9Apr 23 →

Receipts

231 head

▲ 77 vs last sale 154▼ 13 vs year ago 244 · −5.3%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows steady. Slaughter steers and heifers near steady with the last comparable market from three weeks ago.

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	—	High	1,837	157.61	2,895	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,605	137.18	2,202	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,492	127.52	1,903	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	120.79	1,503	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	965	94.41	911	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,345	184.27	2,478	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	185.22	2,629	32
Steers	Select	Average	1,225	176.00	2,156	2thin

Every lot

21 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	1,225	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,156	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,395	182.27/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,543	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,425	185.90/cwt	184.00–188.50	2,649	26
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,331	182.61/cwt	180.00–183.50	2,431	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,340	185.91/cwt	185.00–188.50	2,491	10
Heifers	—	Choice	1,428	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	2,620	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,685	134.94/cwt	130.00–144.00	2,274	6
Bulls	—	—	1,781	158.48/cwt	152.00–164.00	2,823	4
Bulls	—	—	1,855	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,562	1
Bulls	—	—	2,023	173.97/cwt	169.00–180.00	3,519	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	81.20/cwt	80.00–84.00	731	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	100.41/cwt	98.00–103.50	979	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,232	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	100.31/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,187	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	121.93/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,512	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	129.85/cwt	126.50–133.00	1,631	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	106.88/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,371	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	134.07/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,968	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,474	127.75/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,883	17
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,605	137.18/cwt	134.00–140.00	2,202	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,670	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,988	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.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Apr 9, 2024

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

Receipts 231Last week 154Year ago 244

Compared to last week, slaughter cows steady. Slaughter steers and heifers near steady with the last comparable market from three weeks ago.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	133.00–135.00	134.07
2	—	1,670	118.00–120.00	119.02
17	—	1,474	121.00–132.00	127.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,240	115.00–126.00	121.93
3	—	1,283	104.00–109.00	106.88
10	—	1,256	126.50–133.00	129.85
3	—	1,183	96.00–103.00	100.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	975	98.00–103.50	100.41
3	—	900	80.00–84.00	81.20
1	—	1,120	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	134.00–140.00	137.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,023	169.00–180.00	173.97
1	—	1,855	192.00	192.00
6	—	1,685	130.00–144.00	134.94
4	—	1,781	152.00–164.00	158.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	183.50	183.50
9	—	1,331	180.00–183.50	182.61
10	—	1,340	185.00–188.50	185.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,425	184.00–188.50	185.90
6	—	1,395	180.00–184.00	182.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	176.00	176.00

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.