Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-01-13

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jan 13
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
879 head
▼ 312 vs last sale 1,191▼ 825 vs year ago 1,704 · −48.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, except heifers over 550 lbs trading 5.00-10.00 higher. A few more yearlings in the mix this week with fantastic prices on anything that walks in the ring. Cattle futures sharply higher across the board on Tuesday with the feeder cattle futures more than 60.00 straight up from their low set back last November. Demand was very good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $423.11/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 8 of 14 comparable sales and sits +0.51 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$423.11
63 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,317
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.85
vs MO average
+9.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540423.192,28639
Medium and Large 1-2560422.982,36724
One grade step is worth $0.21/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale63 hd
423.11
—
MO average21 barns · 6,037 hd
406.26
+16.85
National average188 barns · 26,809 hd
413.48
+9.63
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
+0.51
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

52 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned350500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7504
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1352522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,8392
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added420507.17/cwt490.00–525.002,13014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490503.95/cwt500.00–510.002,46910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530495.47/cwt480.00–505.002,62619
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added531490.84/cwt485.00–507.502,60611
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,54714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,4094
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added579454.09/cwt440.00–459.002,62920
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623433.00/cwt433.00–433.002,69815
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,6175
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,64824
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added643425.99/cwt424.00–428.002,73916
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667409.76/cwt399.00–419.002,73335
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667407.99/cwt365.00–417.502,72123
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added669407.36/cwt407.00–407.502,72517
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1701381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,67111
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added734376.91/cwt371.00–383.002,76712
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772370.64/cwt359.00–378.002,86131
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1806354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,8535
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,8075
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added855332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,8392
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,8118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium 1-2320475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5202
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2352459.87/cwt430.00–490.001,6196
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added421496.00/cwt496.00–496.002,0886
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434479.42/cwt477.50–480.002,08113
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2449427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,9196
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478444.35/cwt425.00–490.002,12440
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517438.97/cwt410.00–449.002,26916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added541415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2458
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed549432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,37217
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added557411.89/cwt405.00–417.502,2949
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,3526
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy582385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added587407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,3925
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,4144
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added602395.18/cwt395.00–397.002,37934
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed622420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,61217
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,50652
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,45918
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added662381.74/cwt368.00–390.002,5278
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667360.22/cwt359.00–361.002,40313
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy675346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,3364
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy713345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4603
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added716360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,57812
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,70048
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2461442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,0406
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,0073
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2605355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1482
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2681329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,2409
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2796296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,3565

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.