Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-10-08

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 8
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
61 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 150▼ 101 vs year ago 162 · −62.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher and slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, all on a light test.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,726146.942,5358thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,828138.012,5232thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,463128.411,8799thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,232120.941,49011
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00793.3994012
HeifersChoiceAverage1,530186.002,8463thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,486185.242,7534thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,486185.24/cwt185.00–186.002,7534
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,530186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,8463
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,503139.93/cwt133.00–147.002,1034
Bulls——1,948153.95/cwt150.00–165.002,9994
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%890101.00/cwt101.00–101.008991
Cows—Lean 85-90%908122.01/cwt120.00–124.001,1082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01174.51/cwt67.00–87.007536
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,102109.55/cwt107.00–113.001,2073
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201128.38/cwt125.00–131.001,5424
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243119.40/cwt117.00–124.001,4845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268109.91/cwt107.00–113.001,3942
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,462133.64/cwt129.00–139.001,9545
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465121.87/cwt121.00–123.501,7854
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,828138.01/cwt137.00–139.002,5232

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.