Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-10-22

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 22
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
984 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 969▲ 229 vs year ago 755 · +30.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder special from 2 weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers steady. The drought in Northeast Missouri is quickly intensifying as the past few months have seen much above normal temperatures with little to no rain. Most beef producers are already feeding hay, and what seemed like an abundant feed supply in the middle of summer now have producers counting bales to see if they have enough to get to spring. The later planted soybeans were really hurt by the late summer drought as yields are well below expectations and some of those acres will qualify for a crop insurance payment.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $289.41/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −177.67 against this barn's trailing median of $467.09.
Average price
$289.41
111 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.44
vs MO average
−9.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556292.271,62660
Medium and Large 1-2551286.051,57651
One grade step is worth $6.22/cwt here — about $49 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 sale111 hd
289.41
—
MO average19 barns · 2,548 hd
280.98
+8.44
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−9.63
This barn, trailing median14 sales
467.09
−177.67
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

40 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added325343.60/cwt331.00–357.001,1172
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added433329.50/cwt316.00–335.001,42710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,4558
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added489318.60/cwt311.00–322.001,55834
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed514305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,56819
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534298.21/cwt295.00–302.001,59229
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,5337
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5098
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added577286.72/cwt285.50–291.001,65431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed595272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,62117
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added624268.02/cwt264.00–272.001,67212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641271.45/cwt268.00–272.251,74073
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy642256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6449
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added668266.26/cwt260.00–272.001,77915
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673263.93/cwt260.50–272.001,77679
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy738245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,80812
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added740253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,87216
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813251.50/cwt251.50–251.502,04559
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy828232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,9215
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,0592
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added368296.02/cwt293.00–299.001,0898
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,2052
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added410293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,2012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420296.89/cwt293.00–301.001,24716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added454300.50/cwt300.00–301.001,36410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466280.69/cwt269.50–301.001,30824
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2673
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2497263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,3078
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added525276.35/cwt273.00–277.001,45132
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4286
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy566254.49/cwt254.00–255.001,4408
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581254.84/cwt249.00–257.501,48122
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,62258
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,51717
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,6744
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2406299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,2143
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2531270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4344
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2556274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5236
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6123
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2808207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6733

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.