Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-07-09

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jul 9
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
770 head
▲ 312 vs last sale 458▼ 105 vs year ago 875 · −12.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady on a light test with some yearling heifers trading firm to 5.00 higher. Rain across North Missouri since the first of July have pastures and crops looking in good shape. Demand was good and supply moderate for a mid-summer sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $293.55/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −129.05 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$293.55
36 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.45
vs MO average
+24.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544304.921,65713thin
Medium and Large 1-2566287.121,62523
One grade step is worth $17.80/cwt here — about $32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale36 hd
293.55
—
MO average8 barns · 2,403 hd
290.10
+3.45
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
+24.69
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
−129.05
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
467427387347median 422.6003/1004/2806/2309/1510/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.66, low $361.22, median $422.60 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

38 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
Steers350–400Medium 1-2367368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,3512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,6595
Steers500–550Medium 1-2515326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,6793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,6944
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,9143
Steers550–600Medium 1-2576307.88/cwt294.00–319.001,7737
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,89311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1591321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,8979
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added611295.68/cwt290.00–303.001,8077
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660287.07/cwt284.00–291.001,8959
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,88723
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2687276.25/cwt276.25–276.251,89842
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added713278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,98213
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,0956
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743285.50/cwt285.50–285.502,12115
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755270.50/cwt270.50–270.502,0426
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2844246.50/cwt246.50–246.502,08014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,3022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1444337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,4965
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,4943
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527300.69/cwt295.00–309.001,5857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added532308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,6398
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6865
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577283.09/cwt281.00–287.001,63311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy597277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,6545
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,73011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626267.43/cwt267.00–269.001,67414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2654267.20/cwt267.00–269.001,74759
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,8148
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,83614
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added680263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7887
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720266.09/cwt256.00–270.501,916151
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8823
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,90720
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2971224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,1756
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2798231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,84310
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2920219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,01510

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.