Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-01-30

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jan 30
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
1,125 head
▲ 210 vs last sale 915▲ 252 vs year ago 873 · +28.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 500 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher, over 500 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. A good mix of both calves and yearlings with prices continuing to get stronger. Demand was good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $233.51/cwt on 434 head.
Average price
$233.51
434 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.73
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582250.321,456195
Medium 1-2392237.919339thin
Medium and Large 1-2763219.091,672230
One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about −$216 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 sale434 hd
233.51
—
MO average19 barns · 14,996 hd
236.23
−2.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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
Steers—Medium and Large 1354325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1514
Steers—Medium and Large 1439297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3045
Steers—Medium and Large 1478310.70/cwt296.00–329.001,48526
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,49511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added534291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,5545
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added568274.24/cwt271.00–277.001,55818
Steers—Medium and Large 1574289.98/cwt280.00–305.001,66449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5697
Steers—Medium and Large 1612285.16/cwt279.00–292.001,74543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added648244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,5848
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2651248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,61415
Steers—Medium and Large 1670260.32/cwt254.00–269.001,74428
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy684236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,61418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7454
Steers—Medium and Large 1719256.81/cwt244.00–264.501,84633
Steers—Medium and Large 1760234.37/cwt230.00–236.001,78133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added826223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,8427
Steers—Medium and Large 1848220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,8709
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2377230.87/cwt222.00–250.008706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386257.00/cwt257.00–257.009925
Heifers—Medium 1-2423252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1449279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470265.50/cwt263.00–270.001,24824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,2957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added529257.30/cwt256.00–261.001,36122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,36610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added573254.21/cwt247.50–260.001,45722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575244.69/cwt242.00–247.501,40712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy584231.76/cwt224.00–245.001,3538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy605237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625242.98/cwt234.00–250.501,51946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665240.88/cwt238.50–242.001,60231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added682242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,65419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy694220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,52718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,65616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2769222.96/cwt212.25–229.001,71577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy769209.78/cwt209.50–210.001,6139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy805196.61/cwt176.00–210.501,58315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2868207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,80161

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.