Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-05-13

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, May 13
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
1,043 head
▲ 1,043 vs last sale 0▲ 439 vs year ago 604 · +72.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, steer calves under 550 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher with instances 30.00 higher, 550-700 lb steers 5.00-10.00 higher, and not enough comparisons with last time for a trend on steers over 700 lbs. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs steady, with no trend established on weights over 650 lbs. Buyers discounting for flesh much more severely than in past weeks. Several loads of yearlings offered this week with a load of 893 lb steers selling for 302.75 and a load of reputation heifers 756 lbs at 307.50. Demand was good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $356.24/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −66.37 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$356.24
88 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,971
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.96
vs MO average
+16.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539364.241,96457
Medium and Large 1-2579341.531,97831
One grade step is worth $22.71/cwt here — about −$14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale88 hd
356.24
—
MO average18 barns · 4,077 hd
343.28
+12.96
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
+16.36
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
−66.37
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

56 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium 1-2286440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2583
Steers350–400Medium 1-2373425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5857
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9642
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added408462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,8874
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added471407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,9198
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,1197
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy498372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,85513
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added509425.94/cwt410.00–432.502,16829
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528377.23/cwt370.00–387.501,99232
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added572397.23/cwt380.00–402.502,27242
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy575329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,8924
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1896
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,2687
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy604340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0546
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added614377.72/cwt375.00–380.002,31924
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626367.81/cwt364.00–373.002,30230
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added664359.23/cwt358.00–363.002,38537
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,2318
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,2306
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,22112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added727315.73/cwt311.50–320.002,29538
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734314.21/cwt314.00–314.502,30617
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1893302.75/cwt302.75–302.752,70460
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4464
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added312470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4662
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added359424.24/cwt407.50–427.501,52313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6593
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434386.32/cwt367.50–397.501,67710
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added446400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7848
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added463373.85/cwt365.00–385.001,73118
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2467355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6586
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478373.95/cwt365.00–382.501,78718
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,7029
Heifers450–500Large 1-2493325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,9045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added526362.56/cwt360.00–370.001,90725
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,02413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added551367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0259
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,97310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy551347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,9153
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595335.86/cwt315.00–339.001,99823
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,96911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added623315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9624
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,9273
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2642286.50/cwt286.50–286.501,83915
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,93714
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy695290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0163
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy703277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,94715
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2714286.50/cwt286.50–286.502,04610
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy727282.31/cwt281.50–284.502,05275
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1756307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,32568
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,29669
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy778269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,0934
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,46023
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small and Medium 1-2320475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5209
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,9565

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.