Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2025-02-25

F&T Livestock Market

Slaughter Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Feb 25
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1789
Receipts
153 head
8 vs last sale 145 46 vs year ago 199 · 23.1%
Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement CattleTue Aug 11, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 higher.

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
BullsLow1,782175.743,13215
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,277145.451,85722
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,551144.352,23919
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,065120.221,28021
HeifersChoiceAverage1,515204.003,0911thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,384204.942,83615

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
SteersChoice1,384204.94/cwt203.00–207.502,83615
HeifersChoice1,515204.00/cwt204.00–204.003,0911
CowsLean 85-90%1,055107.54/cwt100.00–114.001,1356
CowsLean 85-90%1,101118.43/cwt114.00–123.001,3048
CowsLean 85-90%1,095142.99/cwt140.00–146.001,5662
CowsLean 85-90%1,006129.18/cwt124.00–136.001,3005
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,568136.77/cwt135.00–138.002,1454
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,545150.32/cwt148.00–153.002,3224
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,547144.94/cwt139.00–148.002,24211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,360135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8363
CowsBoner 80-85%1,214151.05/cwt147.00–155.001,8349
CowsBoner 80-85%1,308143.55/cwt141.00–146.001,87810
Bulls1,938160.10/cwt155.00–164.003,1034
Bulls1,768197.58/cwt194.00–201.003,4932
Bulls1,716177.84/cwt171.00–187.003,0529

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.