Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-08-04

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Aug 4
● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
30 head
▼ 115 vs last sale 145▼ 10 vs year ago 40 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sales for a comparison. Lower undertone from middle July.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,282233.102,9884thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,549229.793,55915
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,359228.433,1047thin

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,359228.43/cwt227.00–229.503,1047
Steers—Choice1,428231.65/cwt230.00–233.503,3089
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,730227.00/cwt227.00–227.003,9276
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,282233.10/cwt232.00–236.002,9884

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.