Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-05-19

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, May 19
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
615 head
▼ 663 vs last sale 1,278▼ 5 vs year ago 620 · −0.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers steady on a light test. A lighter supply than last week, but still several strings of fancy calves and a couple of loads of yearling heifers in the offering. The highlight was a load of 760 lb heifers from a long time reputation backgrounder that sold for 369.50.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $447.43/cwt on 42 head, down $5.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 14 comparable sales and sits +24.82 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$447.43
▼ 5.23 vs prior sale
42 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,418
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+22.75
vs MO average
+29.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540447.432,41842
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale42 hd
447.43
—
MO average19 barns · 4,003 hd
424.68
+22.75
National average175 barns · 12,602 hd
418.26
+29.17
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
+24.82
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

36 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334652.50/cwt652.50–652.502,1797
Steers350–400Medium 1-2388560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,1735
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419557.70/cwt542.50–585.002,3378
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430606.59/cwt600.00–620.002,6086
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477557.48/cwt550.00–565.002,65910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added480560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,6885
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520516.92/cwt505.00–525.002,68820
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added537521.28/cwt517.50–530.002,79929
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560507.47/cwt482.50–525.002,84218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added565492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,7833
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,8537
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,7816
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added675412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,78126
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,8064
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,77110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724400.12/cwt397.00–405.002,89710
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,8115
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added796364.50/cwt364.50–364.502,90112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1238675.00/cwt675.00–675.001,6074
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,0392
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382574.92/cwt565.00–580.002,19614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436508.38/cwt467.50–525.002,21714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480501.45/cwt487.50–530.002,40729
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1436
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527454.55/cwt442.50–470.002,39529
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added561460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,5813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,42410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4576
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644388.82/cwt388.75–390.002,50475
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,4772
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added704390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,74612
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,65448
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760369.50/cwt369.50–369.502,80872
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,4942
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2621370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2984
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,3563

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.