Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2022-12-20

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Dec 20
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
718 head
▲ 718 vs last sale 0▼ 38 vs year ago 756 · −5.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested feeder sale from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers under 650 lbs steady, over 650 lbs firm to 5.00 higher. The market was surprisingly active considering a major winter storm is about to blow in. Demand was good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.09/cwt on 249 head.
Average price
$183.09
249 head · 599 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,096
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$497
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1-2
$36.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.31
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623187.611,169191
Medium and Large 1-2577183.001,05523
Medium 1-2530169.8289914thin
Small and Medium 1-2445150.9567221
One grade step is worth $36.66/cwt here — about $497 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale249 hd
183.09
—
MO average16 barns · 11,248 hd
184.40
−1.31
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2344151.00/cwt151.00–151.005197
Steers—Medium 1-2437183.50/cwt183.50–183.508023
Steers—Medium and Large 1438213.00/cwt213.00–213.009338
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2439147.00/cwt147.00–147.006459
Steers—Medium and Large 1462209.00/cwt209.00–209.009666
Steers—Medium 1-2465182.00/cwt182.00–182.008464
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added475206.00/cwt206.00–206.0097918
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added515198.64/cwt198.00–200.001,02313
Steers—Medium and Large 1525197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2547176.00/cwt176.00–176.009633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562189.07/cwt173.00–195.001,06315
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565161.00/cwt161.00–161.009102
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added569190.30/cwt183.50–197.501,08320
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2599158.00/cwt158.00–158.009465
Steers—Medium 1-2606157.00/cwt157.00–157.009517
Steers—Medium and Large 1617184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,13810
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added624180.28/cwt179.50–181.501,12528
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0785
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0917
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added674180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,21310
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added733183.11/cwt174.50–185.001,34250
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added751177.25/cwt177.25–177.251,33115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2355166.00/cwt166.00–166.005893
Heifers—Medium 337187.00/cwt87.00–87.003234
Heifers—Medium 1-2427160.00/cwt160.00–160.006833
Heifers—Medium 343096.87/cwt91.00–100.004176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added443177.50/cwt177.50–177.507869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459181.50/cwt181.50–181.508339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned477146.00/cwt146.00–146.006963
Heifers—Medium 1-2Fleshy495142.00/cwt142.00–142.007033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added501171.00/cwt171.00–171.008578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added513169.32/cwt168.00–171.008699
Heifers—Medium 3528107.00/cwt107.00–107.005652
Heifers—Medium 1-2530150.00/cwt150.00–150.007954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531175.00/cwt175.00–175.009298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534167.00/cwt167.00–167.008924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added568169.00/cwt169.00–169.009608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy580153.00/cwt153.00–153.008877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy581153.00/cwt153.00–153.008897
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2614140.52/cwt132.00–146.5086329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,0068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added646157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,0177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added654174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,13840
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added744167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,24629

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.