Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-02-24

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Feb 24
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
715 head
▼ 214 vs last sale 929▼ 278 vs year ago 993 · −28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, feeder steers steady and feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Once again a very good demand on a lighter supply this week as marketings have caught up following the cold weather from a few weeks back.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $461.33/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits −5.76 against this barn's trailing median of $467.09.
Average price
$461.33
79 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.09
vs MO average
−25.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548464.232,54253
Medium and Large 1-2555455.402,52926
One grade step is worth $8.83/cwt here — about $13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale79 hd
461.33
—
MO average21 barns · 3,319 hd
489.42
−28.09
National average172 barns · 11,832 hd
487.02
−25.69
This barn, trailing median14 sales
467.09
−5.76
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

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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,0632
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382568.02/cwt563.00–590.002,17015
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,60810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added473495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,3415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,51218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512472.99/cwt465.00–477.502,42211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added521472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,4624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added558467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,6097
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy580422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,45114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582457.19/cwt442.50–480.002,66110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,59715
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy605457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,76518
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618424.34/cwt417.50–430.002,62218
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added676419.44/cwt415.00–423.002,83529
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688418.49/cwt416.00–427.502,87971
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy688388.14/cwt383.00–402.502,67011
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added709407.05/cwt399.00–417.502,8867
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1757376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,8469
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,8763
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy782360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,8156
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810356.50/cwt356.50–356.502,8889
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy826338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,7929
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1946318.00/cwt318.00–318.003,0087
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320561.52/cwt560.00–562.501,7975
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7483
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1359531.74/cwt530.00–535.001,9099
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added400512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,0507
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424498.06/cwt460.00–520.002,1128
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,0423
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2507415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514460.76/cwt440.00–477.502,36853
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added527453.41/cwt445.00–462.502,38910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,51813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added597415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,4786
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy607395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3987
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,5327
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,55613
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added635422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,6838
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5946
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,5746
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy682370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5235
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5135
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,6235
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,6437
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,6814
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2351515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8084
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2472471.84/cwt460.00–480.002,2275
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2533455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,4254
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579406.63/cwt380.00–427.502,35413
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,4614
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,5139
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2793325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5773

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.