Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-07-14

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jul 14
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Feeder Cattle receipts
790 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 756▲ 790 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 0▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

When looking back to the last tested auction from three weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded with a lower undertone except for some light weight calves under 450 lbs that sold near steady. The previous sale in June saw feeders selling near all-time high prices, but since then the fat cattle have lost 10.00 to 15.00 and the futures market has been on a down trend, bringing some pressure to the cash feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $428.71/cwt on 111 head, down $7.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 14 comparable sales and sits +6.10 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$428.71
▼ 7.48 vs prior sale
111 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,271
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.50
vs MO average
+32.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527436.822,30387
Medium and Large 1-2538399.302,15024
One grade step is worth $37.52/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale111 hd
428.71
—
MO average16 barns · 2,185 hd
419.21
+9.50
National average163 barns · 8,583 hd
396.05
+32.66
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
+6.10
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.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,157$3,6502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$3,5002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,114$2,9299
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,240$4,7255
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,125$3,8504thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Value Added222700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,5542
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added267692.50/cwt692.50–692.501,8497
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,9187
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added369660.00/cwt660.00–660.002,43511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,3564
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434557.50/cwt557.50–557.502,4205
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474472.36/cwt460.00–490.002,2397
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1502500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,5105
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517454.79/cwt430.00–465.002,35120
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added549447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,4577
Steers550–600Medium 1-2553465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,5713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,5594
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577444.25/cwt435.00–450.002,56316
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added585425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4865
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added611435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,6583
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,6274
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631411.17/cwt407.50–417.502,59415
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,7144
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy673392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,64218
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681407.01/cwt390.00–417.502,77216
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1701390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,7345
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6066
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy787351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,7627
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,84619
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy962293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,8196
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314583.08/cwt575.00–585.001,83111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414486.00/cwt477.50–495.002,01212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added444555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,4646
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added480445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1362
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524402.57/cwt395.00–412.502,1099
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527444.00/cwt444.00–444.002,34062
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528419.02/cwt397.50–428.002,21225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy534412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,2038
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned562380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1367
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added604377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,2805
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610391.74/cwt377.50–397.502,39065
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626377.41/cwt370.00–381.002,36313
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2666333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,2183
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy685343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,3506
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,3535
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned695335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3283
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1792345.25/cwt345.25–345.252,73437
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,7935
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2256600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5363
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,1864
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2454485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2026
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519471.80/cwt415.00–495.002,4497
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573416.21/cwt412.50–422.502,38511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2606390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3633
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1142,928.51/head2,850.00–2,950.002,9299
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1573,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2253,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1253,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2404,725.00/head4,625.00–4,750.004,7255

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.