Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2023-11-21

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Nov 21
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
532 head
▲ 532 vs last sale 0▼ 685 vs year ago 1,217 · −56.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded near steady on a light test. Demand moderate on a light pre-holiday supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $256.40/cwt on 179 head.
Average price
$256.40
179 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$540
per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.80
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2389263.001,02212thin
Medium and Large 1600256.351,538161
Medium and Large 1-2639244.501,5626thin
One grade step is worth $18.50/cwt here — about −$540 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 sale179 hd
256.40
—
MO average16 barns · 12,027 hd
243.60
+12.80
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1-2384270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0379
Steers—Medium 1-2403242.00/cwt242.00–242.009753
Steers—Medium and Large 1467278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2989
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added472273.88/cwt273.00–275.001,2939
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy519249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,29210
Steers—Medium and Large 1530271.34/cwt263.00–277.001,43824
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added531273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,45016
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added553267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4795
Steers—Medium and Large 1567266.49/cwt264.00–270.001,5115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4993
Steers—Medium and Large 1612254.94/cwt244.50–259.001,56031
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added634248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5724
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy637239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6193
Steers—Medium and Large 1691250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,72811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added693242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6779
Steers—Medium and Large 1770230.75/cwt229.00–233.501,7775
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added789225.12/cwt223.00–229.501,77615
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2384228.00/cwt228.00–228.008764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441263.65/cwt252.00–270.001,16313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,2334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added516252.49/cwt244.00–255.501,30312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2585
Heifers—Medium 1-2Fleshy563184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574241.18/cwt231.00–244.501,38412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy593220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,3085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy635215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,3682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy650215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,4016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy691210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721229.25/cwt229.25–229.251,65370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2810200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6207
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2704170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1979

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.