Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-03-25

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Mar 25
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
124 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 41▼ 30 vs year ago 154 · −19.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Another new all time high price for the slaughter steers and heifers at 214.00.

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—Average1,944169.513,29410
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,719143.772,4714thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,542143.542,21423
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,256136.561,71625
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,063118.851,26316
HeifersChoiceAverage1,538214.003,2914thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,440212.603,0614thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,176204.502,4054thin

Every lot

16 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—Select and Choice1,176204.50/cwt204.50–204.502,4054
Steers—Choice1,440212.60/cwt209.50–213.503,0614
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,538214.00/cwt214.00–214.003,2914
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,849160.05/cwt153.00–166.002,9595
Bulls——2,038178.96/cwt175.00–184.003,6475
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90577.50/cwt77.50–77.507011
Cows—Lean 85-90%998109.09/cwt102.00–118.001,0895
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,057137.44/cwt133.00–139.501,4533
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,134123.75/cwt118.50–131.001,4037
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236136.80/cwt133.00–139.501,69114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258147.50/cwt141.00–154.001,8564
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,296129.83/cwt126.00–133.001,6837
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,9231
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,531146.31/cwt143.00–151.002,24014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,576139.89/cwt136.00–143.002,2058
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,719143.77/cwt138.00–149.002,4714

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.