Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-05-12

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, May 12
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
144 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 177▲ 69 vs year ago 75 · +92.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded with a firm to higher undertone on a very light test. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 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—Average1,780220.313,9228thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,604192.293,0847thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,511186.122,81216
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,261183.472,31414
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,084164.951,78914
HeifersChoiceAverage1,396250.113,4929thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,404251.423,5317thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,280253.99/cwt252.50–255.503,2514
Steers—Choice1,570248.00/cwt248.00–248.003,8943
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,396250.11/cwt250.00–250.503,4929
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,9501
Bulls——1,729216.37/cwt210.00–224.003,7414
Bulls——1,967230.00/cwt230.00–230.004,5243
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068178.99/cwt175.00–182.001,9123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073158.03/cwt156.00–161.001,6964
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,5301
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100166.53/cwt165.00–171.001,8326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239181.69/cwt179.00–184.002,2516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273190.09/cwt185.00–198.002,4206
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293168.96/cwt168.00–170.002,1852
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485187.78/cwt185.00–195.002,78913
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,604192.29/cwt185.00–196.003,0847
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,623178.92/cwt175.00–181.002,9043

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.