Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-04-28

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Apr 28
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
979 head
▼ 496 vs last sale 1,475▲ 367 vs year ago 612 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers under 700 lbs steady, with weights over 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. More fleshy cattle in the mix this week, but that is understandable at these prices where one extra pound of beef is equivalent to one bushel of corn. Plenty of rain around the area has haulted planting and started talk about how many acres may need to be replanted because of flooded fields.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $475.74/cwt on 114 head, down $19.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 14 comparable sales and sits +8.66 against this barn's trailing median of $467.09.
Average price
$475.74
▼ 19.97 vs prior sale
114 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.73
vs MO average
−5.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549481.542,64382
Medium and Large 1-2542472.582,56023
Medium and Large 2588431.002,5349thin
One grade step is worth $50.54/cwt here — about $108 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 sale114 hd
475.74
—
MO average18 barns · 2,956 hd
481.47
−5.73
National average169 barns · 10,621 hd
481.02
−5.28
This barn, trailing median14 sales
467.09
+8.66
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
529484439395median 467.0903/1004/2806/2309/1510/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $515.25, low $408.52, median $467.09 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

50 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1292715.00/cwt715.00–715.002,0882
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added355650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,3082
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added422559.86/cwt547.50–577.502,36316
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,2037
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy474512.09/cwt505.00–515.002,42714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,4403
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504499.00/cwt499.00–499.002,5156
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added521506.60/cwt487.50–515.002,63919
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy523475.87/cwt465.00–485.002,48913
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added552502.99/cwt500.00–505.002,77725
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555463.25/cwt455.00–482.502,57117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,70311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy584423.56/cwt420.00–425.002,47414
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,5349
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added620440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,7286
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627454.35/cwt445.00–461.002,84927
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added650440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,8602
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy670414.84/cwt382.50–427.502,77919
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,90477
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,84812
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2737415.00/cwt415.00–415.003,0594
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy752380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,8582
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773391.25/cwt390.00–396.003,02466
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2797370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,9494
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,9043
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833364.35/cwt363.00–373.003,03522
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1938344.00/cwt344.00–344.003,22756
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,9141
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330602.73/cwt595.00–610.001,9894
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added373590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,2018
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy435490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1324
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy469466.68/cwt450.00–480.002,1899
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474474.08/cwt470.00–477.502,24711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy518435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,25310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added532463.07/cwt442.50–485.002,46428
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538438.64/cwt432.50–442.502,36013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,5719
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added553427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,3645
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy572390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,23112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,4624
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,48918
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,74218
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,5754
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy681357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,4355
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy714365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,60649
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,6715
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838335.50/cwt335.50–335.502,81162
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2387575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,2252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2495466.11/cwt440.00–472.502,30710

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.