Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-12-02

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Dec 2
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
117 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 187▲ 87 vs year ago 30 · +290.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00-4.00 higher on a very light test. 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—Average1,859203.673,7856thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,652170.182,8113thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,468158.202,32221
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,254151.151,89623
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,026127.801,31114
HeifersChoiceAverage1,256207.502,6064thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,387207.422,8776thin

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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,387207.42/cwt207.00–207.502,8776
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,256207.50/cwt207.50–207.502,6064
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,545174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,6881
Bulls——1,903212.75/cwt205.00–220.004,0494
Bulls——1,995197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,9301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015134.16/cwt131.00–138.001,3623
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015113.05/cwt106.00–118.001,1477
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028143.73/cwt140.00–147.001,4782
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080153.93/cwt150.00–158.001,6622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226144.03/cwt141.00–147.001,7667
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241160.40/cwt158.00–166.001,9917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,266153.17/cwt149.00–156.001,9398
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440161.14/cwt159.00–169.002,32010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,455120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7461
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493155.53/cwt152.00–158.002,32211
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,652170.18/cwt168.00–174.002,8113

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.