Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-03-24

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Mar 24
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
1,338 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 1,189▼ 225 vs year ago 1,563 · −14.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold firm to 10.00 higher, with instances as much as 20.00-30.00 higher for the right kind of grazing steer calves. Quality was attractive with a good mix of both calves and yearlings. Demand was good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $427.74/cwt on 134 head, up $10.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 14 comparable sales and sits +5.14 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$427.74
▲ 10.27 vs prior sale
134 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,403
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$485
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$78.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.63
vs MO average
+2.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547448.252,45070
Medium and Large 1-2585410.352,40256
Medium and Large 2531370.001,9658thin
One grade step is worth $78.25/cwt here — about $485 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale134 hd
427.74
—
MO average20 barns · 2,494 hd
425.11
+2.63
National average176 barns · 15,314 hd
425.19
+2.55
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
+5.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
467427387347median 422.6003/1004/2806/2309/1510/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.66, low $361.22, median $422.60 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

69 lots · USDA AMS · F and T Livestock Market Feeder/Replacement 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1297675.00/cwt675.00–675.002,0052
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,9622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,3633
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2452485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1928
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added474560.43/cwt537.50–590.002,65614
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486546.99/cwt525.00–560.002,65827
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509535.65/cwt510.00–555.002,72622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540506.32/cwt475.00–528.002,73420
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546429.11/cwt425.00–435.002,34317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565477.21/cwt475.00–480.002,69611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added595470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,7978
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added609436.70/cwt435.00–437.502,66013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed627440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,75914
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,75823
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,66027
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added660415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,7394
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666419.42/cwt419.00–420.002,79321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1703400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,8125
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy727374.16/cwt371.00–382.502,7207
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added729375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7346
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added732395.86/cwt387.50–410.002,89869
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy755367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,7755
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,93714
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767370.23/cwt363.00–376.002,8409
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added782362.43/cwt358.00–365.002,83411
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1806353.81/cwt345.00–362.502,85219
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added820356.70/cwt352.50–357.502,92519
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added850351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,9848
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1854350.04/cwt333.00–352.502,98941
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1923327.50/cwt327.50–327.503,0236
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8982
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373521.77/cwt510.00–540.001,94611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added401510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0454
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424496.41/cwt485.00–510.002,10513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned457430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9655
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466454.69/cwt442.50–465.002,11925
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470481.85/cwt455.00–500.002,26518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521467.57/cwt440.00–485.002,43624
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy523387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,0275
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added527480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,5304
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9658
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,4259
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned563410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3087
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added569427.56/cwt410.00–432.502,43322
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573432.47/cwt412.50–450.002,47811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,46144
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,4034
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,34526
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625402.96/cwt395.50–411.002,51937
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639383.61/cwt375.00–392.502,45110
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added661377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,4956
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674357.34/cwt345.00–362.502,40814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,52314
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy687360.68/cwt356.00–363.002,47815
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688375.74/cwt372.50–381.002,58524
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,6023
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7683
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,5524
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added757340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,57426
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,5549
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773349.50/cwt349.50–349.502,70253
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy828305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5254
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2366635.00/cwt635.00–635.002,3245
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2408511.13/cwt505.00–530.002,0858
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530449.79/cwt435.00–490.002,38411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2562435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4455
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2622402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,5047
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,8055
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2836325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,71710

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.