Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2023-12-19

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Dec 19
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
466 head
▲ 466 vs last sale 0▼ 252 vs year ago 718 · −35.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded with a higher undertone on a light supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $242.07/cwt on 156 head.
Average price
$242.07
156 head · 682 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$422
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$2.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.87
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1702242.321,700138
Medium 1-2532240.171,27818thin
One grade step is worth $2.15/cwt here — about $422 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 sale156 hd
242.07
—
MO average16 barns · 12,802 hd
236.20
+5.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1-2335250.00/cwt250.00–250.008384
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added393307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,2072
Steers—Medium and Large 1414287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,1887
Steers—Medium 1-2Value Added495247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2232
Steers—Medium 1-2500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2753
Steers—Medium and Large 1503275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3832
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy511243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,2425
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added522281.56/cwt280.00–283.001,47015
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added571267.07/cwt257.00–275.001,52513
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4336
Steers—Medium 1-2598233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3933
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added608241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4653
Steers—Medium 1-2Value Added625231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4443
Steers—Medium 1-2Value Added692224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5503
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added695231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6052
Steers—Medium and Large 1777233.10/cwt233.10–233.101,81165
Steers—Medium and Large 1949197.25/cwt197.25–197.251,87218
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2339238.00/cwt238.00–238.008075
Heifers—Medium 1-2388237.00/cwt237.00–237.009202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added479245.61/cwt245.00–247.001,17610
Heifers—Medium 1-2Value Added493222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added521252.28/cwt247.00–256.001,31425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy532235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy561231.71/cwt231.00–232.001,3007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added590242.83/cwt237.00–245.001,43311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added603222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,40720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy632221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy669208.23/cwt194.00–211.001,39312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340291.00/cwt291.00–291.009892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2381285.39/cwt283.00–287.001,0877
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned439224.00/cwt224.00–224.009834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2355
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3135
Bulls—Medium 1-2555197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0933

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.