Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-11-25

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Nov 25
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
187 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 29▲ 80 vs year ago 107 · +74.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction, slaughter steers and heifers 10.00-12.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower compared to two weeks ago.

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—Low1,945180.553,51115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,600150.112,40329
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,278145.541,86119
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,105122.631,35517
HeifersChoiceAverage1,304204.742,6708thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,350203.162,74313
SteersSelectAverage1,267192.002,4332thin

Every lot

15 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—Select1,267192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,4332
Steers—Choice1,350203.16/cwt202.50–204.502,74313
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,304204.74/cwt204.50–205.502,6708
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,903170.05/cwt157.00–176.003,2368
Bulls——1,992192.56/cwt184.00–198.003,8367
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060115.92/cwt104.00–121.001,2299
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,151125.27/cwt122.00–127.001,4425
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165138.35/cwt138.00–139.001,6123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259151.64/cwt149.00–156.001,90910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273142.40/cwt138.00–146.001,8137
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,395126.04/cwt122.00–130.001,7582
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,529162.48/cwt160.00–164.002,4844
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,556151.81/cwt148.00–156.002,36214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,666144.42/cwt142.00–146.002,4067
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,713141.77/cwt141.00–143.002,4294

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.