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Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jan 6

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789

← Dec 16Jan 6Jan 13 →

Receipts

334 head

▲ 198 vs last sale 136▲ 334 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction from three weeks ago, not enough good comparisons on the slaughter steers and heifers for a trend. Slaughter cows were 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,958	190.47	3,729	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,764	169.96	2,998	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,493	158.30	2,364	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,277	156.07	1,993	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,046	133.97	1,401	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	222.47	2,725	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,159	210.00	2,434	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,390	223.21	3,103	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,266	211.91	2,683	27

Every lot

20 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,266	211.91/cwt	208.00–215.00	2,683	27
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,390	223.21/cwt	223.00–224.00	3,103	9
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,159	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,434	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,225	222.47/cwt	220.00–224.50	2,725	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,770	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	3,682	1
Bulls	—	—	1,947	195.39/cwt	184.00–202.00	3,804	11
Bulls	—	—	2,034	172.57/cwt	169.00–176.00	3,510	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	118.16/cwt	106.00–128.00	1,203	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,029	143.77/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,479	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,076	133.23/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,434	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,856	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,231	150.57/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,854	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,278	157.03/cwt	154.00–162.00	2,007	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	165.31/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,154	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,368	143.34/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,961	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,442	147.51/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,127	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	159.10/cwt	156.00–163.00	2,353	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,532	168.98/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,589	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	138.33/cwt	138.00–139.00	2,165	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,764	169.96/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,998	8

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.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Jan 6, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 334Last week 136Year ago 0

Compared to the last auction from three weeks ago, not enough good comparisons on the slaughter steers and heifers for a trend. Slaughter cows were steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,018	106.00–128.00	118.16
1	—	1,160	160.00	160.00
11	—	1,029	140.00–149.00	143.77
10	—	1,076	128.00–137.00	133.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,532	164.00–174.00	168.98
4	—	1,442	144.00–152.00	147.51
22	—	1,479	156.00–163.00	159.10
3	—	1,565	138.00–139.00	138.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,764	167.00–174.00	169.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,231	145.00–153.00	150.57
8	—	1,303	163.00–167.00	165.31
26	—	1,278	154.00–162.00	157.03
3	—	1,368	143.00–144.00	143.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,225	220.00–224.50	222.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,159	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,390	223.00–224.00	223.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,266	208.00–215.00	211.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,034	169.00–176.00	172.57
1	—	1,770	208.00	208.00
11	—	1,947	184.00–202.00	195.39

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.