Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-05-13

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, May 13
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
75 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 175▼ 71 vs year ago 146 · −48.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher on a very light supply.

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—Average2,012204.004,1055thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,262158.351,99812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,534153.032,3479thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,111140.761,5636thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,200222.302,66814
SteersChoiceAverage1,333222.502,9666thin

Every lot

12 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—Choice1,333222.50/cwt222.00–224.002,9666
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,200222.30/cwt220.00–223.002,66814
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,890214.00/cwt214.00–214.004,0451
Bulls——2,043201.50/cwt190.00–207.004,1174
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108135.67/cwt132.00–138.001,5033
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113145.85/cwt145.00–148.001,6233
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233157.51/cwt157.00–158.001,9422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264162.60/cwt158.00–166.002,0558
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280142.21/cwt139.00–146.001,8202
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,527164.27/cwt163.00–165.002,5083
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,531141.86/cwt138.00–145.002,1724
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550158.51/cwt158.00–159.002,4572

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.