Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-09-29

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Sep 29
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
908 head
▼ 132 vs last sale 1,040▼ 451 vs year ago 1,359 · −33.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher, with steers over 700 lbs steady on a light test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady to 10.00 lower, with over 600 lbs steady. Several reputation cattle in the offering and that helped support prices, especially around the 600 lb weight range. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $361.22/cwt on 37 head, down $24.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −61.39 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$361.22
▼ 24.26 vs prior sale
37 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.25
vs MO average
+8.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551365.002,01021
Medium and Large 1-2550356.251,96016thin
One grade step is worth $8.75/cwt here — about $50 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 sale37 hd
361.22
—
MO average19 barns · 2,004 hd
355.97
+5.25
National average184 barns · 12,638 hd
352.66
+8.56
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
−61.39
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

48 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added417537.70/cwt535.00–540.002,2429
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,2096
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,1636
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy506416.59/cwt405.00–422.502,1089
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added522473.92/cwt430.00–495.002,47439
Steers500–550Medium 3530340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8026
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,4258
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy552407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,2475
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added557447.00/cwt447.00–447.002,49014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy586400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3447
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added632413.44/cwt411.00–423.002,61372
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1649416.69/cwt380.00–420.002,70436
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added721355.50/cwt354.00–357.002,56322
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy737342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,52412
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1746369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,75330
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy779326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,5405
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy810332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,6932
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added918302.88/cwt291.00–310.002,78011
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2986290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,8593
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned205555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,1382
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned296550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,6283
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1342497.38/cwt470.00–520.001,7019
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned382445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7009
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384465.47/cwt450.00–495.001,78711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,6503
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427409.72/cwt392.50–430.001,75011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added447425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,90010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472407.04/cwt395.00–415.001,92116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9454
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,92612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added555365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,02617
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy596345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0564
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,1272
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613366.82/cwt347.50–370.002,24964
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added613366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,24414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670354.67/cwt331.00–357.002,37680
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,2075
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added738316.86/cwt311.00–327.502,33811
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2751316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,3733
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy776309.89/cwt308.00–313.002,40513
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2258600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5489
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned265645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,7094
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned323590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,9063
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned377490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,84711
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned467425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,98510
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned500420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1004
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576384.26/cwt375.00–397.502,2137
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned592375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2209

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.