Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-10-22

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 22
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
80 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 49▼ 140 vs year ago 220 · −63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers and slaughter cows all steady on a light test. Farmers continue to be busy rapping up crop harvest with the fall run of slaughter cows still to come as producers start weaning calves and culling cows.

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—Low1,777146.002,5948thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,474129.351,9078thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,304117.901,53716
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07597.481,0486thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,226186.002,2803thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,419187.352,65813

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—Choice1,419187.35/cwt185.00–188.002,65813
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,226186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,2803
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,646137.96/cwt130.00–145.002,2714
Bulls——1,815151.04/cwt149.00–153.002,7413
Bulls——2,185163.00/cwt163.00–163.003,5621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022110.13/cwt106.00–113.001,1263
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0421
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13380.73/cwt79.00–82.009152
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,5941
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,294120.22/cwt117.00–124.001,55611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,4973
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,3711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418126.52/cwt125.00–128.001,7945
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568134.07/cwt133.50–135.002,1023

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.