Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-08-05

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Aug 5
● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
40 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 156▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,249232.382,90214
SteersChoiceAverage1,320233.993,08910
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,318229.033,0192thin
SteersSelectAverage1,373223.663,0714thin

Every lot

4 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 Choice1,318229.03/cwt228.00–230.003,0192
Steers—Choice1,320233.99/cwt232.00–237.503,08910
Steers—Select1,373223.66/cwt221.00–226.003,0714
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,249232.38/cwt229.00–234.502,90214

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.