Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-10-29

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 29
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
175 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 80▼ 4 vs year ago 179 · −2.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower.

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—Average1,708150.972,57811
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,807125.672,2703thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,523119.031,81336
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,327116.411,54521
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,123100.681,13126
HeifersChoiceAverage1,257188.802,3735thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,411188.422,65913
SteersSelectAverage1,285181.822,3362thin

Every lot

19 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—Select1,285181.82/cwt179.00–184.002,3362
Steers—Choice1,411188.42/cwt186.50–189.002,65913
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,257188.80/cwt188.00–189.502,3735
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,625126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,0481
Bulls——1,666155.23/cwt150.00–160.002,5867
Bulls——1,740141.27/cwt134.00–147.002,4582
Bulls——2,020165.50/cwt165.50–165.503,3431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10581.36/cwt81.00–82.008993
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10895.32/cwt85.00–99.001,0569
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,132107.51/cwt103.00–113.001,21713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,205118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,4221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,296109.41/cwt104.00–115.001,4187
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333119.15/cwt116.00–122.001,58812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,403124.50/cwt124.00–125.001,7472
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470121.31/cwt118.00–126.001,78315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,527113.21/cwt107.00–118.001,72915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,647127.87/cwt127.00–129.002,1066
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,680124.50/cwt124.50–124.502,0922
Cows—Premium White 65-75%2,060128.00/cwt128.00–128.002,6371

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.