Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-06-03

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jun 3
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
110 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 214▲ 40 vs year ago 70 · +57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 6.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 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—High1,951198.503,87311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,492160.512,39536
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,263160.092,02126
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,006141.941,4287thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,346230.383,1014thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,238226.752,8073thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,539232.963,5855thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,376225.853,1087thin
SteersSelectAverage1,486221.003,2847thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,376225.85/cwt223.00–229.003,1087
Steers—Select1,486221.00/cwt218.00–222.003,2847
Steers—Choice1,539232.96/cwt232.00–234.003,5855
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,238226.75/cwt225.00–227.502,8073
Heifers—Choice1,346230.38/cwt229.00–233.003,1014
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,815213.49/cwt213.00–214.003,8752
Bulls——1,944198.56/cwt188.00–211.003,8608
Bulls——2,280168.00/cwt168.00–168.003,8301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%860117.33/cwt115.00–120.001,0092
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,062146.65/cwt144.00–149.001,5573
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068159.50/cwt159.00–160.001,7032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238167.89/cwt163.00–174.002,07811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243158.04/cwt156.00–160.001,96410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,343153.04/cwt152.00–154.002,0553
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375138.02/cwt137.00–139.001,8982
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,437167.80/cwt161.00–180.002,41114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,1363
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520150.39/cwt148.00–153.002,2862
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,537158.43/cwt152.00–162.002,43517

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.