Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-07-08

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jul 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
414 head
▼ 178 vs last sale 592▼ 356 vs year ago 770 · −46.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded with a solidly higher undertone. Typically light summer receipts for northeast Missouri still brought in plenty of buyers looking to own more cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $369.23/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −53.38 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$369.23
38 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,056
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$43.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.94
vs MO average
+27.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540383.992,07425
Medium and Large 1-2589340.852,00713thin
One grade step is worth $43.14/cwt here — about $68 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale38 hd
369.23
—
MO average8 barns · 2,043 hd
358.28
+10.94
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
+27.70
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
−53.38
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

35 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 1331495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6383
Steers350–400Medium 1-2385450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7332
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1398492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,9606
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420493.69/cwt447.50–515.002,07333
Steers400–450Medium 1-2428460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9693
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy481420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0204
Steers500–550Medium 1-2520385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0023
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523418.88/cwt392.50–427.002,19115
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529398.78/cwt375.00–417.502,11012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added563400.22/cwt380.00–417.502,25311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,2219
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,2804
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added620370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2942
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,2104
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671374.81/cwt371.00–380.002,51511
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added695335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3285
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added712335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3854
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,4223
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added831303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,5183
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5877
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6152
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432441.82/cwt420.00–445.001,90929
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,01313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530389.49/cwt365.00–400.002,06417
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562372.29/cwt362.50–402.502,0928
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0486
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,9717
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0086
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,24125
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy669316.45/cwt301.00–322.002,11713
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687316.22/cwt312.00–327.002,1727
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2297535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,5892
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6253
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2413447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,8483
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482394.41/cwt390.00–397.501,9017

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.