Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-10-27

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 27
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
← Oct 13Oct 27latest
Receipts
658 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 620▼ 412 vs year ago 1,070 · −38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers only lightly tested but trading with a higher undertone. Dry weather has every farmer with crops still busy in the field trying to finish up harvest.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $394.45/cwt on 30 head, up $16.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −28.15 against this barn's trailing median of $422.60.
Average price
$394.45
▲ 16.90 vs prior sale
30 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,141
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+24.02
vs MO average
+15.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543394.452,14130
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale30 hd
394.45
—
MO average18 barns · 1,955 hd
370.43
+24.02
National average189 barns · 22,668 hd
379.00
+15.45
This barn, trailing median14 sales
422.60
−28.15
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

44 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1237615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,4582
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,5454
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,8376
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added447490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1908
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added476459.00/cwt459.00–459.002,1854
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,2247
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added521465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,42323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy551397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,1906
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added573413.22/cwt403.00–420.002,36830
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1598406.06/cwt387.50–410.002,42817
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added606390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3633
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy622343.97/cwt332.50–355.002,13910
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy686342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,3504
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689381.50/cwt381.50–381.502,62915
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1701362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,5413
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy703347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,4436
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5834
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added761348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,64810
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782339.50/cwt339.50–339.502,65515
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823330.79/cwt328.00–333.002,7229
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added277560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,5512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added395457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,80711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6596
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432423.33/cwt402.50–440.001,8297
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added432410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457397.51/cwt377.50–411.001,8175
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added466425.83/cwt402.50–430.001,98427
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added514419.82/cwt399.00–427.502,15811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,9895
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added563382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,1533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,17911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy607340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0644
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2204
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657361.50/cwt361.50–361.502,37557
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy674331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,2317
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,56028
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2802334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,68318
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy840313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,62912
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2869321.50/cwt321.50–321.502,79463
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1256
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2589381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,24411
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned641332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1284
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2644346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,2285

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.