Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-11-25

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Nov 25
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
665 head
▼ 231 vs last sale 896▼ 124 vs year ago 789 · −15.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers mostly 20.00-40.00 lower with instances as much as 60.00 lower on calves. and yearling heifers 10.00-20.00 lower. The sharp downturn in the feeder market reflects what has been going on nation wide as the fed cattle prices and the beef future markets have fallen dramatically the past few weeks from their yearlong climb to record highs. Demand moderate to good and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.67/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −90.93 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$331.67
49 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,847
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.74
vs MO average
−17.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544339.971,85032
Medium and Large 1-2581316.061,83617thin
One grade step is worth $23.91/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 sale49 hd
331.67
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MO average17 barns · 1,714 hd
332.42
−0.74
National average34 barns · 3,821 hd
349.37
−17.70
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
−90.93
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

38 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,0821
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,6243
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1397412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,6382
Steers400–450Medium 1-2446395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7623
Steers450–500Medium 1-2467360.13/cwt350.00–370.001,6826
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added485376.63/cwt376.00–377.001,82711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535361.45/cwt358.00–370.001,93411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added546358.47/cwt358.00–360.001,95717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added569370.38/cwt357.00–376.002,10725
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0594
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned586334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,9576
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added614362.18/cwt358.00–367.502,2249
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616351.85/cwt340.00–360.002,16724
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,2063
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,2044
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added709322.60/cwt319.00–327.002,28727
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,3176
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy730315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3004
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added823301.43/cwt301.00–302.002,4817
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375385.36/cwt372.50–395.001,4457
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4402
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2445330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4695
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added460384.19/cwt370.00–390.001,76718
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,8553
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned528344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,8168
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533338.91/cwt338.00–340.001,80611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,7982
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added565341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,92711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581316.06/cwt311.00–321.001,83617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,01615
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy669306.01/cwt305.00–307.002,04712
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Replacement708336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,37912
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy718298.50/cwt298.50–298.502,1434
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738312.49/cwt309.75–319.752,30676
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766306.75/cwt295.00–308.252,35046
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy856276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,3633
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy950259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,4613
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2657282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,8564

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.