Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-10-28

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 28
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
182 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 90▲ 7 vs year ago 175 · +4.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 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—Average1,875196.303,68013
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,692176.822,9923thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,503167.842,52320
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,248161.492,01532
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,080149.941,61912
HeifersChoiceAverage1,384230.743,19313
SteersChoiceAverage1,409231.853,26720
SteersSelectAverage1,160222.512,5812thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,160222.51/cwt221.00–224.002,5812
Steers—Choice1,409231.85/cwt229.50–234.503,26720
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,384230.74/cwt230.50–232.003,19313
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,740186.00/cwt186.00–186.003,2361
Bulls——1,843197.29/cwt187.00–208.003,63610
Bulls——2,075182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,7771
Bulls——2,125211.00/cwt211.00–211.004,4841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,047138.61/cwt138.00–140.001,4513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086168.01/cwt162.00–173.001,8254
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,104150.34/cwt146.00–160.001,6604
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235169.80/cwt165.50–174.002,09712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250161.62/cwt158.00–165.502,02012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255151.51/cwt149.00–154.001,9015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280144.34/cwt142.00–147.001,8483
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,2721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,476174.74/cwt168.00–179.002,57910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,536161.71/cwt157.00–168.002,4849
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,692176.82/cwt173.00–182.502,9923

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.