Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-04-14

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Apr 14
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
1,475 head
▲ 1,475 vs last sale 0▲ 832 vs year ago 643 · +129.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from three weeks ago, steer calves under 600 lbs steady, with feeder steers over 600 lbs and all weights of heifers trading firm to 10.00 higher. Once again an active market on all weights with some fantastic dollars per head. More fleshier cattle in the offering, but discounts seem less severe than what is usual for this time of year.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $495.71/cwt on 228 head, up $5.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 14 comparable sales and sits +28.63 against this barn's trailing median of $467.09.
Average price
$495.71
▲ 5.78 vs prior sale
228 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,750
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$45.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.37
vs MO average
+7.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555502.362,788179
Medium and Large 1-2555480.602,66630
Large 1553456.972,52619thin
One grade step is worth $45.38/cwt here — about $262 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale228 hd
495.71
—
MO average17 barns · 3,536 hd
499.08
−3.37
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
+7.36
This barn, trailing median14 sales
467.09
+28.63
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

69 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1298645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,9225
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1307635.00/cwt635.00–635.001,9494
Steers350–400Medium 1367585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,1475
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy430530.85/cwt525.00–535.002,28317
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added434574.28/cwt550.00–587.502,49211
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441577.85/cwt575.00–585.002,5487
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459561.84/cwt550.00–597.502,57917
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added478565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,7014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy494535.82/cwt532.50–540.002,64734
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513535.71/cwt535.00–540.002,74835
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,5635
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added527522.86/cwt502.50–533.002,75528
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,4744
Steers500–550Large 1Value Added541467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,52911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added545485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,64315
Steers550–600Large 1569442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,5188
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572483.00/cwt483.00–483.002,7637
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added576488.58/cwt477.50–522.502,814105
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585469.30/cwt461.00–475.002,74510
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added601465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,79515
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1601454.23/cwt450.00–469.002,73027
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,66612
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy661417.63/cwt407.50–427.502,76126
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,99812
Steers650–700Large 1674417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,8116
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added679436.05/cwt422.50–446.002,961114
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,8173
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684438.80/cwt433.00–447.003,00126
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy701397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,7867
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added710407.01/cwt403.00–410.002,89021
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy716392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,8106
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719417.60/cwt385.00–424.003,00319
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added777385.66/cwt377.50–389.002,99735
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy805359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,89022
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added815370.00/cwt370.00–370.003,0163
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1861357.50/cwt357.50–357.503,0786
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2866343.50/cwt343.50–343.502,9758
Steers900–950Large 1-2913333.00/cwt333.00–333.003,04036
Steers950–1000Large 1-2962321.00/cwt321.00–321.003,08810
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,010285.14/cwt278.00–288.002,88014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added321640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,0543
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added399550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,1955
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,2074
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added421538.20/cwt530.00–547.502,26622
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469512.61/cwt510.00–515.002,40415
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added479486.22/cwt480.00–495.002,32923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512473.72/cwt460.00–486.002,42513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,38512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added529463.89/cwt452.50–467.502,45442
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added572438.71/cwt422.50–442.502,50921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy596403.51/cwt397.50–407.502,40515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1598418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,50010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1602427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,5746
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,5275
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630395.62/cwt392.50–402.502,49213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634407.92/cwt403.50–418.002,58656
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added656399.67/cwt390.00–414.002,62232
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680377.17/cwt374.00–378.002,56521
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy685340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,32910
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy708355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5135
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,5674
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy786328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,57811
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy834315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,62711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2324634.72/cwt625.00–645.002,0566
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415551.63/cwt550.00–555.002,2899
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2486493.07/cwt467.50–520.002,3966
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2545475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,5893
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2684336.28/cwt325.00–355.002,30013
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2741302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,2426

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.