Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-08-12

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Aug 12
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
1,129 head
▲ 414 vs last sale 715▲ 239 vs year ago 890 · +26.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With three weeks since the last feeder special, nearly all weights of feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher as the cattle market continues to leap frog higher every week. Only the heavy weight yearling heifers traded on a more steady to firm basis as that weight sold with some outstanding prices three weeks ago. A record corn crop is predicted for this fall and that should lead to some cheap feed prices, helping support feeder demand even more. Demand was very good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $430.04/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −37.05 against this barn's trailing median of $467.09.
Average price
$430.04
69 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,409
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$314
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$43.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.64
vs MO average
+42.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566443.892,51147
Medium and Large 1-2549400.432,19722
One grade step is worth $43.46/cwt here — about $314 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 sale69 hd
430.04
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MO average15 barns · 1,742 hd
419.40
+10.64
National average151 barns · 7,160 hd
387.49
+42.55
This barn, trailing median14 sales
467.09
−37.05
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

39 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 and Large 1257600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5422
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372497.45/cwt467.50–510.001,8514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,92610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,1543
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added497485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,4107
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,4662
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540469.34/cwt462.00–480.002,53412
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541417.08/cwt397.50–449.002,25613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560376.39/cwt375.00–377.502,1089
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575433.17/cwt420.00–440.002,49129
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added597431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,5734
Steers600–650Large 1611370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added617412.64/cwt410.00–425.002,54629
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,42423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,3458
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660405.49/cwt390.00–412.752,67650
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added666400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,66414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,58657
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732375.59/cwt366.00–376.002,74972
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added749357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,67834
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,84322
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added789334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,63919
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1896300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6889
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2449398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,7877
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,89817
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added497382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,90116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533396.13/cwt387.50–405.002,11127
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added552374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,0647
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,98711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628357.39/cwt346.00–368.002,24436
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added633375.56/cwt368.00–380.002,37779
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644372.93/cwt371.00–374.752,402129
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,4014
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731340.66/cwt335.00–342.502,49024
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1739338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,49821
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added741339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,51228
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,7885
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2590350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0658
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2785303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,3795

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.