Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-05-14

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, May 14
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
146 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 183▼ 74 vs year ago 220 · −33.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 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—High1,985169.233,3589thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,639141.972,3274thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,492136.882,04219
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,253132.231,65817
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,069108.661,16213
HeifersChoiceAverage1,319186.502,4606thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,437185.182,66113
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,253180.542,2629thin
SteersSelectAverage1,223173.072,1173thin

Every lot

18 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—Select1,223173.07/cwt172.00–175.002,1173
Steers—Select and Choice1,253180.54/cwt179.00–181.002,2629
Steers—Choice1,437185.18/cwt184.00–186.002,66113
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,319186.50/cwt186.50–186.502,4606
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,605147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,3591
Bulls——1,995162.57/cwt157.00–168.503,2434
Bulls——2,069181.44/cwt177.50–185.503,7544
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01297.65/cwt94.00–103.009883
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04580.00/cwt80.00–80.008361
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,082113.28/cwt110.00–118.001,2267
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123123.35/cwt121.00–126.001,3852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223129.63/cwt127.00–133.001,58510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,299138.61/cwt137.00–140.001,8016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,8482
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,491139.40/cwt135.50–143.002,07814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498133.73/cwt132.00–135.002,0033
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,639141.97/cwt140.00–144.002,3274

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.