Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-10-08

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
969 head
▲ 183 vs last sale 786▲ 289 vs year ago 680 · +42.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, steer calves under 700 lbs steady, with yearling steers over 700 lbs firm to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs steady, with weights over 600 lbs mostly 3.00-5.00 higher, instances as much as 10.00 higher. Many farmers in the middle of crop harvest, but enough buyers to absorb the available offering, as it seems everyone wants to own a few cattle. Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $302.13/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −164.95 against this barn's trailing median of $467.09.
Average price
$302.13
104 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.41
vs MO average
+7.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534303.601,62391
Medium and Large 1-2551291.901,61013thin
One grade step is worth $11.70/cwt here — about $13 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 sale104 hd
302.13
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MO average17 barns · 1,735 hd
283.72
+18.41
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
+7.82
This barn, trailing median14 sales
467.09
−164.95
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

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313348.01/cwt347.00–349.001,0892
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380336.61/cwt335.00–339.001,2795
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4154
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added453323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,4633
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480319.41/cwt317.00–321.001,53312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2503298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4994
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519306.75/cwt299.00–311.001,59249
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added534303.11/cwt299.00–305.001,61918
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added566300.85/cwt293.00–308.001,70313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567293.59/cwt285.00–297.001,66511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573289.19/cwt283.00–291.001,6579
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added602293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,7642
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611274.98/cwt269.00–282.001,68011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6227
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6804
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy637269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7144
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added654273.00/cwt269.00–274.001,78530
Steers650–700Medium 1-2681258.42/cwt258.00–259.001,7607
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added701265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8583
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713264.69/cwt260.25–274.001,88778
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added753246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,8525
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1787258.25/cwt258.25–258.252,03257
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added807233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8804
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818243.21/cwt242.75–244.501,98941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1307305.00/cwt305.00–305.009362
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1351296.50/cwt295.00–301.001,0418
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1366
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2417256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,0684
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456271.01/cwt267.00–279.001,23618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added487268.72/cwt266.00–271.001,30920
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,3024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515267.83/cwt262.00–272.001,37919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516252.51/cwt252.00–253.001,3038
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added525267.69/cwt264.00–269.001,40511
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,50812
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy581246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4294
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added585261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5276
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added609250.24/cwt250.00–251.001,52425
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1647269.39/cwt264.00–270.501,74382
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1898232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,08864
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2387329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,2732
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480302.44/cwt299.00–311.001,45217

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.