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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Apr 30

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

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Receipts

238 head

▲ 108 vs last sale 130▼ 12 vs year ago 250 · −4.8%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded firm with the very light offering from a week ago. Slaughter cows 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	—	Low	1,889	147.79	2,792	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,825	133.65	2,439	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,505	127.75	1,923	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,281	123.81	1,586	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,068	98.59	1,053	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,383	183.62	2,539	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,308	183.28	2,397	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,348	181.50	2,447	10

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	1,308	183.28/cwt	182.00–184.50	2,397	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,348	181.50/cwt	181.00–182.00	2,447	10
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,383	183.62/cwt	182.00–185.00	2,539	18
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,550	134.33/cwt	133.00–136.00	2,082	2
Bulls	—	—	1,992	150.53/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,999	5
Bulls	—	—	2,055	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	3,309	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	98.84/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,021	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,053	78.23/cwt	75.00–82.00	824	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,119	110.50/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,236	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	133.45/cwt	130.50–136.00	1,663	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	126.12/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,578	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,327	115.96/cwt	108.00–121.00	1,539	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,480	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,510	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,488	134.54/cwt	132.00–140.00	2,002	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	127.75/cwt	122.00–131.00	1,910	34
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,551	119.49/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,853	14
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,825	133.65/cwt	131.00–135.00	2,439	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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 238Last week 130Year ago 250

compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded firm with the very light offering from a week ago. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	133.00–136.00	134.33
1	—	2,055	161.00	161.00
5	—	1,992	144.00–155.00	150.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,246	130.50–136.00	133.45
16	—	1,251	122.00–129.00	126.12
1	—	1,480	102.00	102.00
13	—	1,327	108.00–121.00	115.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,488	132.00–140.00	134.54
34	—	1,495	122.00–131.00	127.75
14	—	1,551	116.00–123.00	119.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,053	75.00–82.00	78.23
6	—	1,033	94.00–104.00	98.84
5	—	1,119	105.00–115.00	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,825	131.00–135.00	133.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,308	182.00–184.50	183.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,348	181.00–182.00	181.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,383	182.00–185.00	183.62

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.