Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-10-14

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 14
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
305 head
▼ 1,054 vs last sale 1,359▲ 305 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded with a firm to higher undertone on a very light test. Area farmers in the middle of grain harvest which led to lighter receipts than expected. Cattle futures consistently making new all-time highs which is adding fire to the cash trade.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.89/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −43.71 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$378.89
32 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,098
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.81
vs MO average
−18.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542391.222,12218thin
Medium and Large 1-2569363.042,06414thin
One grade step is worth $28.19/cwt here — about $58 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 sale32 hd
378.89
—
MO average18 barns · 1,740 hd
387.70
−8.81
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−18.97
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
−43.71
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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8824
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1506485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,4543
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy557445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,4795
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned565451.00/cwt451.00–451.002,5489
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy573435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4933
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added611417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,5514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,5683
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added650405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,6336
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned656401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,63110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,6873
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,8232
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added807365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,9465
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845359.00/cwt359.00–359.003,0342
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1983324.00/cwt324.00–324.003,1853
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned237520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,2322
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379472.80/cwt455.00–490.001,7928
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431452.03/cwt445.00–470.001,9489
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1262
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,0622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0648
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added553394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,1798
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy558360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0097
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned598357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,1385
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,3033
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3562
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy636358.45/cwt350.00–365.002,2807
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4614
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7084
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,7604
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,8415
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned327545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,7822
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1743
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,3903

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.