Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-09-15

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Sep 15
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
1,040 head
▲ 420 vs last sale 620▲ 1,040 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent feeder sales with enough head to establish a trend. A good offering of both new crop calves and summer pastured yearlings with prices stronger than most sellers had expected. On the yearling side, a load of 932 lb steers topped out at 329.00 or 3066.00 per head. That is only 49.00 per head under what the average 1400 lb Choice steers sold for earlier in the day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $430.68/cwt on 72 head, down $25.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −36.40 against this barn's trailing median of $467.09.
Average price
$430.68
▼ 25.44 vs prior sale
72 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,422
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$326
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.20
vs MO average
+27.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563433.802,44363
Medium and Large 1-2574420.002,4115thin
Medium and Large 2536395.002,1174thin
One grade step is worth $38.80/cwt here — about $326 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 sale72 hd
430.68
—
MO average13 barns · 1,583 hd
406.48
+24.20
National average167 barns · 12,243 hd
403.36
+27.32
This barn, trailing median14 sales
467.09
−36.40
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

56 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added281620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,7428
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added388549.00/cwt549.00–549.002,13027
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added416505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added477470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,24237
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added535447.80/cwt435.00–460.002,39610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1174
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added570435.45/cwt427.50–437.502,48237
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4115
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580412.27/cwt412.00–412.502,39113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613417.24/cwt417.00–417.502,55819
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631412.82/cwt397.50–422.502,60548
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681380.85/cwt373.00–389.002,59414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added683395.28/cwt394.00–397.502,7008
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718363.74/cwt355.00–372.502,61215
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added735382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,8085
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1742363.10/cwt362.50–370.002,69454
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy767343.99/cwt343.00–345.002,6388
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added797359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,86125
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813355.25/cwt355.25–355.252,88816
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added858343.50/cwt343.50–343.502,94714
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2892322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,8724
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy916318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,9133
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1932329.00/cwt329.00–329.003,06658
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1962300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,8864
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added259630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,63213
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added329585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,92515
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1349525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,8326
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned405430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7427
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added439445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,95442
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned471402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,89610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9874
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added494410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,02515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added509402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,0499
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522391.49/cwt375.00–400.002,04417
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579371.57/cwt365.00–377.502,15113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,2485
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581381.03/cwt377.50–382.502,21417
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added585385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,25219
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added621360.17/cwt352.50–362.502,23722
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1033
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1919
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,37928
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,3496
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy683338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,3093
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,40215
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720334.93/cwt332.50–336.002,41166
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761312.01/cwt311.00–313.002,37410
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added831310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5766
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,6066
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2854303.50/cwt303.50–303.502,5928
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned415460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9096
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned487402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,9609
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0914
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,0642

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.