Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-02-25

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Feb 25
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
153 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 145▼ 46 vs year ago 199 · −23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 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—Low1,782175.743,13215
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,277145.451,85722
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,551144.352,23919
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,065120.221,28021
HeifersChoiceAverage1,515204.003,0911thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,384204.942,83615

Every lot

15 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,384204.94/cwt203.00–207.502,83615
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,515204.00/cwt204.00–204.003,0911
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,716177.84/cwt171.00–187.003,0529
Bulls——1,768197.58/cwt194.00–201.003,4932
Bulls——1,938160.10/cwt155.00–164.003,1034
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,006129.18/cwt124.00–136.001,3005
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055107.54/cwt100.00–114.001,1356
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095142.99/cwt140.00–146.001,5662
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,101118.43/cwt114.00–123.001,3048
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214151.05/cwt147.00–155.001,8349
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,308143.55/cwt141.00–146.001,87810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,360135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8363
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,545150.32/cwt148.00–153.002,3224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,547144.94/cwt139.00–148.002,24211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568136.77/cwt135.00–138.002,1454

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.