Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-09-10

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Sep 10
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
205 head
39 vs last sale 166 46 vs year ago 251 · 18.3%
Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Aug 11, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sales for good comparisons. A lower undertone on both fed cattle and slaughter cows when looking back to mid-August.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,701166.532,83210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,536134.472,06532
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,269126.831,60932
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,14399.691,14011
HeifersChoiceAverage1,250183.152,28920
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,143177.282,0266thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,306182.642,38522
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,297177.872,3073thin

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersSelect and Choice1,297177.87/cwt177.00–180.002,3073
SteersChoice1,306182.64/cwt181.00–183.502,38522
HeifersSelect and Choice1,143177.28/cwt174.00–180.002,0266
HeifersChoice1,250183.15/cwt181.00–185.502,28920
CowsLean 85-90%1,06584.21/cwt80.00–93.008975
CowsLean 85-90%1,207105.40/cwt102.00–110.001,2723
CowsLean 85-90%1,210119.79/cwt116.50–124.001,4493
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,463130.98/cwt127.00–134.501,91614
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,680120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,0161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,587138.19/cwt134.00–142.002,19317
CowsBoner 80-85%1,261118.34/cwt114.00–121.501,4927
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258132.69/cwt131.00–136.001,6699
CowsBoner 80-85%1,278127.25/cwt123.00–131.001,62616
Bulls1,571153.97/cwt150.00–158.002,4194
Bulls1,787174.91/cwt168.00–178.003,1266

How this sale compares

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.