Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-05-20

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, May 20
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
214 head
▲ 139 vs last sale 75▲ 126 vs year ago 88 · +143.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 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—High1,906203.723,8845thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,249154.951,93532
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,489154.942,30717
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,699153.182,6034thin
CowsLean 85-90%High973141.591,37730
HeifersChoiceAverage1,299224.992,92326
SteersChoiceAverage1,411223.493,15318

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,411223.49/cwt222.50–226.503,15318
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,299224.99/cwt222.50–227.002,92326
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,880219.00/cwt219.00–219.004,1171
Bulls——1,913199.90/cwt190.00–207.003,8244
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%865130.82/cwt124.00–134.001,1323
Cows—Lean 85-90%926117.24/cwt111.00–123.001,0864
Cows—Lean 85-90%983152.95/cwt147.00–157.001,50312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008140.99/cwt136.00–147.001,42111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227145.68/cwt143.50–148.001,7876
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241154.38/cwt149.50–161.001,91614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253165.09/cwt161.00–170.002,06910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,343136.03/cwt135.00–137.001,8272
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445157.11/cwt152.00–160.002,27010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,530146.30/cwt140.00–151.002,2385
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,608165.71/cwt164.00–167.002,6652
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,699153.18/cwt148.00–156.002,6034

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.