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F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Aug 26
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
163 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 147▲ 163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, too few slaughter steers and heifers for a market test. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 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—High1,664207.073,4469thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,238172.322,13329
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,469168.702,47711
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,012152.581,54427

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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,602214.02/cwt212.00–217.003,4293
Bulls——1,695203.60/cwt196.00–210.003,4516
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%975137.88/cwt128.00–146.001,34411
Cows—Lean 85-90%992154.37/cwt148.00–157.001,5317
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045175.96/cwt173.00–179.001,8394
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095163.73/cwt160.00–169.001,7935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189180.15/cwt178.00–189.002,1428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249164.05/cwt160.00–167.002,0498
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260173.72/cwt170.00–177.002,18912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,0351
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,393179.50/cwt179.00–180.002,5002
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453158.50/cwt158.00–159.002,3032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470176.32/cwt175.00–179.002,5923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513162.68/cwt160.00–166.002,4614

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.