Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-06-25

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jun 25
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
458 head
▼ 872 vs last sale 1,330▼ 507 vs year ago 965 · −52.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher on very light test. Feeder steers and heifers near steady with two weeks ago with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $327.80/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −139.29 against this barn's trailing median of $467.09.
Average price
$327.80
5 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.00
vs MO average
+28.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535329.001,7602thin
Medium and Large 1-2538327.001,7593thin
One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $1 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale5 hd
327.80
—
MO average16 barns · 2,512 hd
309.80
+18.00
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
+28.54
This barn, trailing median14 sales
467.09
−139.29
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
529484439395median 467.0903/1004/2806/2309/1510/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $515.25, low $408.52, median $467.09 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

27 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium 1-2466334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5563
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,6299
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,7602
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,7593
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8819
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy626291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8224
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740277.29/cwt276.00–291.002,052121
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1792253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,00412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,1863
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1391335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3103
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,3741
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2430311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,3373
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468322.43/cwt311.00–325.001,50913
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2472323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,5254
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5078
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516296.69/cwt291.00–299.001,53112
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2521279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4543
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6019
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2553282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,5595
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy566283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6024
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6135
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1587289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,69615
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy614261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,60313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,6345
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,71712
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy785228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7903
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,8043

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.