Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-03-18

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Mar 18
● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
41 head
▼ 121 vs last sale 162▼ 24 vs year ago 65 · −36.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-5.00 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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,199208.812,50419
SteersChoiceAverage1,405207.742,91915
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,472201.842,9715thin

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—Choice1,405207.74/cwt206.00–212.502,91915
Steers—Select and Choice1,472201.84/cwt201.00–203.002,9715
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,199208.81/cwt204.00–212.002,50419

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.