Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher on a very light test. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 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	—	Low	2,041	196.13	4,003	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,638	173.37	2,840	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,517	163.12	2,474	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,264	158.69	2,006	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,038	141.24	1,466	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,270	220.10	2,795	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,366	222.14	3,034	7thin

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%	—	1,501	169.38/cwt	165.00–181.00	2,542	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	160.67/cwt	158.00–164.00	2,352	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,638	173.37/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,840	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	124.31/cwt	117.00–127.50	1,238	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	136.30/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,358	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	156.27/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,700	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	150.38/cwt	147.50–152.50	1,627	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,644	149.51/cwt	148.00–152.00	2,458	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,366	222.14/cwt	221.50–222.25	3,034	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,270	220.10/cwt	218.50–221.75	2,795	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	149.74/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,951	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	166.44/cwt	164.00–172.00	2,069	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	156.90/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,985	11
Bulls	—	—	2,275	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	3,777	1
Bulls	—	—	1,835	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	3,817	1
Bulls	—	—	2,034	200.70/cwt	195.00–205.00	4,082	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 Dec 16, 2025

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

Receipts 136Last week 216Year ago 169

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher on a very light test. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,501	165.00–181.00	169.38
8	—	1,464	158.00–164.00	160.67
5	—	1,644	148.00–152.00	149.51
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,638	170.00–177.00	173.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	996	117.00–127.50	124.31
4	—	996	130.00–140.00	136.30
4	—	1,088	153.00–160.00	156.27
3	—	1,082	147.50–152.50	150.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,303	148.00–151.00	149.74
6	—	1,243	164.00–172.00	166.44
11	—	1,265	153.00–160.00	156.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,366	221.50–222.25	222.14
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,270	218.50–221.75	220.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,275	166.00	166.00
1	—	1,835	208.00	208.00
4	—	2,034	195.00–205.00	200.70

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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