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F&T Livestock Market

Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Dec 3

● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

← Nov 26Dec 3Dec 10 →

Receipts

30 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 107▼ 210 vs year ago 240 · −87.5%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested auction, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,225	184.14	2,256	5thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,227	180.31	2,212	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,353	183.96	2,489	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,508	181.67	2,740	7thin

Every lot

4 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,353	183.96/cwt	182.50–186.50	2,489	7
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,508	181.67/cwt	180.50–182.00	2,740	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,225	184.14/cwt	183.50–185.00	2,256	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,227	180.31/cwt	179.00–181.00	2,212	6

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Dec 3, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 30Last week 107Year ago 240

Compared to the last tested auction, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher on a light test.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,508	180.50–182.00	181.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,353	182.50–186.50	183.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,227	179.00–181.00	180.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,225	183.50–185.00	184.14

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.