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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, May 21

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

← May 14May 21Jun 4 →

Receipts

88 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 146▼ 132 vs year ago 220 · −60.0%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady on a light test.

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	1,705	159.82	2,725	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,534	130.77	2,006	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,276	121.77	1,554	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	103.43	1,118	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,386	186.99	2,592	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,494	187.87	2,807	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,305	182.17	2,377	3thin

Every lot

14 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 and Choice	1,305	182.17/cwt	181.00–183.00	2,377	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,483	187.58/cwt	186.50–189.00	2,782	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,615	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,085	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,386	186.99/cwt	186.50–187.50	2,592	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,513	145.96/cwt	141.00–150.00	2,208	3
Bulls	—	—	1,848	176.53/cwt	173.50–180.00	3,262	2
Bulls	—	—	1,995	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	3,352	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,066	98.90/cwt	94.50–104.00	1,054	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	109.46/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,204	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	116.05/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,437	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	125.04/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,623	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,433	123.48/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,769	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,542	131.26/cwt	128.00–134.50	2,024	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,605	136.12/cwt	134.00–140.00	2,185	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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue May 21, 2024

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

Receipts 88Last week 146Year ago 220

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady on a light test.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,995	168.00	168.00
2	—	1,848	173.50–180.00	176.53
3	—	1,513	141.00–150.00	145.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,305	181.00–183.00	182.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,483	186.50–189.00	187.58
1	—	1,615	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,386	186.50–187.50	186.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,542	128.00–134.50	131.26
4	—	1,605	134.00–140.00	136.12
4	—	1,433	122.00–125.00	123.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	106.00–115.00	109.46
4	—	1,066	94.50–104.00	98.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,298	123.00–129.00	125.04
4	—	1,238	112.00–119.00	116.05

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.