Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-06-23

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jun 23
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
756 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 968▲ 164 vs year ago 592 · +27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers 10.00-20.00 higher. Demand was very good with the yearling cattle recovering everything they lost about a month ago, and are now back to bumping record highs. June has been very wet in Northeast Missouri with rivers flooding some of the bottom ground and the hay harvest is at a complete standstill.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $500.74/cwt on 39 head, up $33.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 14 comparable sales and sits +33.65 against this barn's trailing median of $467.09.
Average price
$500.74
▲ 33.56 vs prior sale
39 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,669
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.39
vs MO average
+32.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538504.862,71830
Medium and Large 1-2515487.002,5089thin
One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale39 hd
500.74
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MO average17 barns · 2,536 hd
476.35
+24.39
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
+32.28
This barn, trailing median14 sales
467.09
+33.65
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

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,2913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,4393
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515487.00/cwt487.00–487.002,5089
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531508.68/cwt482.50–529.002,70126
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added587480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,8184
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617456.79/cwt452.50–469.002,81843
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added634448.30/cwt440.00–467.502,84232
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,8804
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668440.86/cwt435.00–453.002,94546
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added675427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,8863
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706421.46/cwt405.00–423.502,97674
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713391.87/cwt391.00–393.002,7947
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added723404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,92110
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1751403.00/cwt403.00–403.003,02729
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,8864
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835365.00/cwt365.00–365.003,0484
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,0164
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433496.16/cwt487.50–505.002,1484
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,2902
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529456.43/cwt455.00–460.002,41519
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,34514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy560425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,3804
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added576415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3907
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629393.50/cwt393.50–393.502,47517
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added634404.40/cwt399.00–405.002,56458
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added652374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,43826
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,4653
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672399.77/cwt399.00–400.502,68612
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1704381.03/cwt370.00–393.002,68221
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,67614
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2861340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,92729

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.