Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,838	174.32	3,204	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,710	141.00	2,411	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	140.16	1,806	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,513	139.53	2,111	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,074	123.49	1,326	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,367	203.50	2,782	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,461	203.33	2,971	27
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,352	196.66	2,659	6thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,997	181.25/cwt	173.00–189.00	3,620	5
Bulls	—	—	1,955	194.53/cwt	193.00–196.00	3,803	2
Bulls	—	—	1,691	163.59/cwt	151.00–168.00	2,766	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	140.22/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,823	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	150.22/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,872	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	132.28/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,733	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	137.32/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,482	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,367	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,782	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,352	196.66/cwt	196.00–198.00	2,659	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,461	203.33/cwt	200.00–205.00	2,971	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	117.07/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,297	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	101.68/cwt	98.00–106.00	930	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,710	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,411	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	140.48/cwt	137.00–146.00	2,152	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	149.29/cwt	147.00–154.00	2,239	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	133.08/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,980	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	129.23/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,513	4

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.

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F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Mar 4, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 121Last week 153Year ago 176

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,997	173.00–189.00	181.25
2	—	1,955	193.00–196.00	194.53
7	—	1,691	151.00–168.00	163.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,300	137.00–144.00	140.22
7	—	1,246	147.00–159.00	150.22
9	—	1,310	127.00–137.00	132.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,079	132.00–145.00	137.32
2	—	1,108	116.00–118.00	117.07
3	—	915	98.00–106.00	101.68
4	—	1,171	129.00–130.00	129.23
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	141.00	141.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,532	137.00–146.00	140.48
3	—	1,500	147.00–154.00	149.29
6	—	1,488	130.00–137.00	133.08
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,367	203.50	203.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,352	196.00–198.00	196.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,461	200.00–205.00	203.33

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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