Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-05-06

F&T Livestock Market

Replacement Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, May 6
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
310 head
▲ 310 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 300 · +3.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Replacement cow special this week with a nice supply of young bred cows offered along with cow/calf pairs of all ages. A big crowd was on hand as many producers are looking to add more breeding stock to their local herd. Demand was very good and supply moderate.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,208$3,93425
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,170$3,79935
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,111$3,1498
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,651$3,0003thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,418$2,6155
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)965$2,9003thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$4,6002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,182$4,14441
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,211$3,48636

Every lot

11 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
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29504,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1004,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0007
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1363,128.57/head3,050.00–3,200.003,12914
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1994,173.53/head3,950.00–4,400.004,17434
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2593,713.64/head3,550.00–3,950.003,71422
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1113,148.92/head2,950.00–3,550.003,1498
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1703,798.85/head3,700.00–3,850.003,79935
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2083,934.16/head3,800.00–4,075.003,93425
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4182,615.04/head2,450.00–2,750.002,6155
Bred Cows—Large 11,6513,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0003
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29652,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9003

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.