Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-06-24

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jun 24
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
592 head
▼ 750 vs last sale 1,342▲ 134 vs year ago 458 · +29.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction from two weeks ago, the supply ranged from light weight calves to 900 lb yearlings with not enough comparisons of any weight class for a good market test. A more typical summertime sale as hot temperatures and plenty of pasture limited receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $376.87/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −90.21 against this barn's trailing median of $467.09.
Average price
$376.87
53 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.75
vs MO average
+7.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557376.962,10121
Medium and Large 1560376.812,11032
One grade step is worth $0.15/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale53 hd
376.87
—
MO average16 barns · 2,747 hd
379.63
−2.75
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
+7.29
This barn, trailing median14 sales
467.09
−90.21
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

45 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1297467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,3882
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added355485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,7223
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,6893
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7012
Steers400–450Medium 1-2435405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7623
Steers450–500Medium 2-3471371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,7475
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added477394.79/cwt382.50–401.001,88314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,8504
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1492405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9934
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,0471
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519384.86/cwt369.00–395.001,9978
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added522391.18/cwt385.00–397.502,0428
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added568374.28/cwt360.00–382.002,1269
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580368.75/cwt362.50–380.002,13914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581372.10/cwt370.00–373.002,16213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0863
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,1805
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630355.66/cwt343.00–358.002,24125
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added637355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2617
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2136
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,30719
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729316.51/cwt313.00–319.002,30717
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added740312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,3092
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added779291.86/cwt289.00–293.002,2747
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810305.50/cwt305.50–305.502,47514
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1898302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,71663
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added335433.24/cwt422.50–450.001,45110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added424401.38/cwt378.00–427.501,70214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1448387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7364
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added478377.06/cwt360.00–386.001,80237
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479382.19/cwt372.00–393.001,83110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,7909
Heifers450–500Medium 2-3499350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7475
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512365.26/cwt362.50–366.001,87014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9532
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added542353.36/cwt353.00–354.001,91514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,8947
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added576344.50/cwt344.50–344.501,9849
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,9252
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,00228
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0185
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659306.44/cwt302.00–312.002,0199
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,9823
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,0828
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2487360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7532

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.