Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-02-04

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Feb 4
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
289 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 196▼ 163 vs year ago 452 · −36.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks record high market, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

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—Low1,500170.222,55345
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,602145.702,3348thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,504136.862,05935
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,284135.171,73632
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,054119.111,25617
HeifersChoiceAverage1,443206.002,97311
SteersChoiceAverage1,418205.232,91039
SteersSelectAverage1,253198.362,4853thin

Every lot

17 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—Select1,253198.36/cwt198.00–199.002,4853
Steers—Choice1,418205.23/cwt203.00–208.002,91039
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,443206.00/cwt202.00–208.002,97311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,422153.94/cwt143.00–160.002,1897
Bulls——1,514173.22/cwt165.00–181.002,62338
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965103.00/cwt103.00–103.009941
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020133.97/cwt130.00–139.001,3665
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056110.28/cwt105.00–114.001,1658
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,137123.28/cwt119.00–127.001,4023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256135.15/cwt129.00–139.001,69716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275123.42/cwt118.00–128.001,5745
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328143.08/cwt140.00–148.001,90010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,469142.24/cwt139.00–154.002,09012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510135.58/cwt131.00–139.002,04719
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,583126.81/cwt122.00–131.002,0074
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,602145.70/cwt143.00–149.002,3348

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.