Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-09-30

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Sep 30
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
94 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 138▲ 94 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers sold with a lower undertone on a very light test. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower.

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—Average1,833194.773,5719thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,640171.672,8153thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,511162.682,45817
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,281156.972,01020
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,035141.461,46412
SteersChoiceAverage1,526225.273,43815

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,457226.16/cwt225.50–226.503,29510
Steers—Choice1,664223.50/cwt223.50–223.503,7195
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,820176.00/cwt176.00–176.003,2031
Bulls——1,835197.12/cwt189.00–206.003,6178
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000152.24/cwt149.00–156.001,5222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030136.86/cwt129.00–145.001,4104
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033122.93/cwt119.00–128.001,2703
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067158.95/cwt155.00–161.001,6963
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249159.82/cwt155.00–164.001,9968
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278149.49/cwt144.00–154.001,9106
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,324165.79/cwt164.00–168.002,1955
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,7961
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435161.46/cwt156.00–166.002,3179
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,586171.91/cwt170.00–173.502,7265
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,615150.94/cwt149.00–154.002,4383
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,640171.67/cwt170.00–173.002,8153

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.