Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-03-10

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Mar 10
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
106 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 115▼ 56 vs year ago 162 · −34.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 4.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower in a very light test.

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—Average1,855192.873,5789thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,798182.963,2902thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,537166.992,5674thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,319158.552,09112
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,120140.181,57013
HeifersChoiceAverage1,331232.933,10018
SteersChoiceAverage1,363233.603,1848thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,393230.453,2102thin

Every lot

13 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—Choice1,363233.60/cwt233.00–234.003,1848
Steers—Select and Choice1,393230.45/cwt230.00–231.003,2102
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,331232.93/cwt230.00–234.003,10018
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,784194.85/cwt186.00–204.003,4768
Bulls——2,425177.00/cwt177.00–177.004,2921
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100130.65/cwt120.00–136.001,4375
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,132143.82/cwt140.00–150.001,6286
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,135153.07/cwt152.00–154.001,7372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297165.80/cwt162.00–170.002,1505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300146.00/cwt144.00–148.001,8982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,348156.33/cwt152.00–160.002,1075
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,537166.99/cwt166.00–168.002,5674
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,798182.96/cwt182.00–184.003,2902

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.