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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Apr 23

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

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Receipts

130 head

▼ 101 vs last sale 231▼ 42 vs year ago 172 · −24.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Oct 27, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, there were too few slaughter steers and heifers for a good test, however a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows were steady.

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	—	Average	1,635	152.99	2,501	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,775	134.76	2,392	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,508	128.11	1,932	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	127.66	1,622	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,033	102.62	1,060	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,297	181.50	2,354	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,268	182.18	2,310	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,278	177.00	2,262	2thin

Every lot

17 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	—	Choice	1,268	182.18/cwt	181.50–182.50	2,310	6
Steers	—	Select	1,278	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,262	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,297	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	2,354	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,625	162.98/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,648	2
Bulls	—	—	1,655	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	2,201	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	973	98.14/cwt	93.00–102.00	955	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	77.43/cwt	69.00–85.00	786	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,048	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,258	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	106.78/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,131	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	132.10/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,651	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	126.54/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,624	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	107.73/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,422	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	133.34/cwt	131.50–136.50	1,931	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,468	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,696	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,534	127.51/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,956	19
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,660	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,407	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,804	132.20/cwt	130.00–136.00	2,385	4

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 130Last week 231Year ago 172

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, there were too few slaughter steers and heifers for a good test, however a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows were steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	155.00–170.00	162.98
1	—	1,655	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,278	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,268	181.50–182.50	182.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,297	181.50	181.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,283	123.00–130.00	126.54
2	—	1,320	105.00–110.00	107.73
12	—	1,250	130.00–134.00	132.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,804	130.00–136.00	132.20
1	—	1,660	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	973	93.00–102.00	98.14
2	—	1,015	69.00–85.00	77.43
7	—	1,059	104.00–112.00	106.78
2	—	1,048	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	115.00–116.00	115.51
19	—	1,534	124.00–131.00	127.51
7	—	1,448	131.50–136.50	133.34

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.