Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-10-15

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 15
● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
49 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 61▼ 171 vs year ago 220 · −77.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-4.00 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,248189.432,36426
SteersChoiceAverage1,360188.592,56512
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,296184.722,3949thin

Every lot

3 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,296184.72/cwt184.50–185.002,3949
Steers—Choice1,360188.59/cwt187.50–190.002,56512
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,248189.43/cwt188.50–190.002,36426

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.