Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-10-14

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 14
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
90 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 18▲ 41 vs year ago 49 · +83.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction, slaughter steers sold 8.00-10.00 higher on a very light test. Slaughter cows 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
Bulls—Low1,679189.833,1886thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,501162.322,4367thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,223160.991,96814
CowsLean 85-90%High1,032130.731,34919
SteersChoiceAverage1,444234.063,38014

Every lot

14 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—Choice1,444234.06/cwt233.50–234.503,38014
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,478177.09/cwt176.00–178.002,6172
Bulls——1,780196.20/cwt185.00–205.003,4924
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000133.06/cwt130.00–137.001,3317
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,046116.55/cwt102.50–126.001,2198
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048147.98/cwt141.00–155.001,5512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073162.00/cwt160.00–164.001,7382
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,7091
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,217160.53/cwt155.00–165.001,9546
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230150.66/cwt145.00–156.001,8532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232169.26/cwt167.00–171.002,0855
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470168.53/cwt168.00–169.002,4772
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510165.99/cwt165.00–167.002,5063
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518150.62/cwt147.00–154.002,2862

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.