Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows Steady to 2.00 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	—	Average	1,782	199.84	3,561	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,797	166.60	2,994	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,528	157.82	2,411	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,301	150.58	1,960	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,086	133.70	1,452	24
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,285	217.44	2,794	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,371	217.72	2,985	22
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	214.51	2,699	3thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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	—	—	1,795	186.13/cwt	185.00–187.00	3,341	2
Bulls	—	—	1,743	211.55/cwt	205.00–217.00	3,687	6
Bulls	—	—	1,885	178.42/cwt	177.00–180.00	3,363	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	155.60/cwt	151.00–158.00	2,015	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	165.31/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,098	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	144.60/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,941	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	131.02/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,424	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	116.05/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,251	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,797	166.60/cwt	162.00–175.00	2,994	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,285	217.44/cwt	215.00–220.50	2,794	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,371	217.72/cwt	216.00–219.50	2,985	22
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,258	214.51/cwt	214.00–215.50	2,699	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	135.93/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,755	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	156.90/cwt	152.00–159.00	2,432	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	164.20/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,453	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	146.00/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,205	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	145.88/cwt	138.00–150.00	1,606	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	155.97/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,653	2

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 Dec 9, 2025

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

Receipts 216Last week 117Year ago 229

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows Steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,795	185.00–187.00	186.13
6	—	1,743	205.00–217.00	211.55
2	—	1,885	177.00–180.00	178.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,295	151.00–158.00	155.60
4	—	1,269	161.00–169.00	165.31
6	—	1,342	140.00–151.00	144.60
5	—	1,291	129.00–141.00	135.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,087	125.00–141.00	131.02
4	—	1,078	111.00–120.00	116.05
5	—	1,101	138.00–150.00	145.88
2	—	1,060	155.00–157.00	155.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,797	162.00–175.00	166.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,550	152.00–159.00	156.90
10	—	1,494	160.00–172.00	164.20
4	—	1,510	140.00–151.00	146.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,285	215.00–220.50	217.44
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,371	216.00–219.50	217.72
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,258	214.00–215.50	214.51

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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