Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,906	203.72	3,884	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,249	154.95	1,935	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,489	154.94	2,307	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,699	153.18	2,603	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	973	141.59	1,377	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,299	224.99	2,923	26
Steers	Choice	Average	1,411	223.49	3,153	18

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	146.30/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,238	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	152.95/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,503	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	165.71/cwt	164.00–167.00	2,665	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	165.09/cwt	161.00–170.00	2,069	10
Bulls	—	—	1,880	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	4,117	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	140.99/cwt	136.00–147.00	1,421	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	136.03/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,827	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	117.24/cwt	111.00–123.00	1,086	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	130.82/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,132	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	145.68/cwt	143.50–148.00	1,787	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	157.11/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,270	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,699	153.18/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,603	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	154.38/cwt	149.50–161.00	1,916	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,411	223.49/cwt	222.50–226.50	3,153	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,299	224.99/cwt	222.50–227.00	2,923	26
Bulls	—	—	1,913	199.90/cwt	190.00–207.00	3,824	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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Slaughter Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue May 20, 2025

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

Receipts 214Last week 75Year ago 88

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,530	140.00–151.00	146.30
2	—	1,608	164.00–167.00	165.71
10	—	1,445	152.00–160.00	157.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	983	147.00–157.00	152.95
11	—	1,008	136.00–147.00	140.99
4	—	926	111.00–123.00	117.24
3	—	865	124.00–134.00	130.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,253	161.00–170.00	165.09
2	—	1,343	135.00–137.00	136.03
6	—	1,227	143.50–148.00	145.68
14	—	1,241	149.50–161.00	154.38
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,699	148.00–156.00	153.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	219.00	219.00
4	—	1,913	190.00–207.00	199.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,411	222.50–226.50	223.49
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,299	222.50–227.00	224.99

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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