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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, May 6

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Receipts

175 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 163▼ 8 vs year ago 183 · −4.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,969	205.79	4,052	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,519	153.50	2,331	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,259	151.06	1,901	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,038	134.32	1,394	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,365	217.04	2,963	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,306	208.00	2,716	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,442	217.48	3,136	5thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,442	217.48/cwt	215.50–220.00	3,136	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,306	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,716	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,365	217.04/cwt	215.00–219.50	2,963	15
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,791	197.40/cwt	189.00–205.00	3,535	5
Bulls	—	—	2,013	214.50/cwt	209.00–225.00	4,318	8
Bulls	—	—	2,510	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	4,468	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	146.72/cwt	141.00–155.00	1,501	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,026	125.92/cwt	123.00–131.00	1,292	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,051	135.78/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,427	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	149.36/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,852	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	159.56/cwt	155.00–166.50	2,014	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	140.02/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,796	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,456	160.22/cwt	156.00–163.00	2,333	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	151.80/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,344	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,618	136.80/cwt	134.00–140.00	2,213	2

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 May 6, 2025

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

Receipts 175Last week 163Year ago 183

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,456	156.00–163.00	160.22
12	—	1,544	148.00–156.00	151.80
2	—	1,618	134.00–140.00	136.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,023	141.00–155.00	146.72
9	—	1,051	132.00–140.00	135.78
6	—	1,026	123.00–131.00	125.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,262	155.00–166.50	159.56
8	—	1,283	135.00–143.00	140.02
13	—	1,240	144.00–153.00	149.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	2,013	209.00–225.00	214.50
1	—	2,510	178.00	178.00
5	—	1,791	189.00–205.00	197.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,306	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,365	215.00–219.50	217.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,442	215.50–220.00	217.48

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.