Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-07-23

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jul 23
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
679 head
▼ 91 vs last sale 770▲ 58 vs year ago 621 · +9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers steady on limited comparisons with last time. Pretty typical summer run with a few light weight calves to some heavy weight yearlings offered. Demand good and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.72/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −132.88 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$289.72
78 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$23.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.32
vs MO average
+25.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532302.351,60824
Medium and Large 1569289.001,64428
Medium 1-2552278.831,53926
One grade step is worth $23.52/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale78 hd
289.72
—
MO average13 barns · 1,677 hd
282.40
+7.32
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
+25.09
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
−132.88
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

37 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1264421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,1115
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1336396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,33110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,4798
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added445360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,60216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,67816
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,78510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,76824
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603307.24/cwt290.00–309.501,85336
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8824
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8787
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added706270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,90610
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730278.50/cwt278.50–278.502,03310
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy743262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,9473
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added743262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,9474
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766258.54/cwt256.00–265.001,9807
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy814228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,85612
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added850245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0834
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy875231.64/cwt224.00–236.002,02714
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2892232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,0694
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1448335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,50114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added487311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,51523
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,5767
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2507307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,5567
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2511279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4268
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568292.35/cwt286.00–299.001,66110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,64428
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2570278.76/cwt275.00–279.501,58918
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,70312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617273.91/cwt270.00–277.001,69016
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,7845
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682266.49/cwt260.00–267.501,81755
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,93714
Heifers700–750Medium 1-2Fleshy724217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5719
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2751238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7874
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2847230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9488
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2632277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,7514
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2727254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,8474

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.