Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-01-20

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jan 20
● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
44 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 163▼ 2 vs year ago 46 · −4.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the market from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 lower.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,438222.953,2067thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,260221.012,7854thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,339223.152,98816
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,265221.002,7963thin

Every lot

4 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—Select and Choice1,265221.00/cwt220.00–221.502,7963
Steers—Choice1,339223.15/cwt223.00–223.252,98816
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,260221.01/cwt219.50–221.502,7854
Heifers—Choice1,438222.95/cwt222.50–223.503,2067

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.