Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction from three weeks ago, not enough good comparisons on the slaughter steers and heifers for a trend. Slaughter cows were 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	—	Low	1,958	190.47	3,729	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,764	169.96	2,998	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,493	158.30	2,364	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,277	156.07	1,993	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,046	133.97	1,401	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	222.47	2,725	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,159	210.00	2,434	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,390	223.21	3,103	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,266	211.91	2,683	27

Every lot, as filed

20 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	118.16/cwt	106.00–128.00	1,203	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	168.98/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,589	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,225	222.47/cwt	220.00–224.50	2,725	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,159	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,434	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	147.51/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,127	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	159.10/cwt	156.00–163.00	2,353	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,856	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	138.33/cwt	138.00–139.00	2,165	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,390	223.21/cwt	223.00–224.00	3,103	9
Steers	Select	—	1,266	211.91/cwt	208.00–215.00	2,683	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,764	169.96/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,998	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	150.57/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,854	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	143.77/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,479	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	133.23/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,434	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	165.31/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,154	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	157.03/cwt	154.00–162.00	2,007	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	143.34/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,961	3
Bulls	—	—	2,034	172.57/cwt	169.00–176.00	3,510	4
Bulls	—	—	1,770	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	3,682	1
Bulls	—	—	1,947	195.39/cwt	184.00–202.00	3,804	11

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 Jan 6, 2026

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

Receipts 334Last week 136Year ago 0

Compared to the last auction from three weeks ago, not enough good comparisons on the slaughter steers and heifers for a trend. Slaughter cows were steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,018	106.00–128.00	118.16
1	—	1,160	160.00	160.00
11	—	1,029	140.00–149.00	143.77
10	—	1,076	128.00–137.00	133.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,532	164.00–174.00	168.98
4	—	1,442	144.00–152.00	147.51
22	—	1,479	156.00–163.00	159.10
3	—	1,565	138.00–139.00	138.33
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,764	167.00–174.00	169.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,231	145.00–153.00	150.57
8	—	1,303	163.00–167.00	165.31
26	—	1,278	154.00–162.00	157.03
3	—	1,368	143.00–144.00	143.34
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,225	220.00–224.50	222.47
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,159	210.00	210.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,390	223.00–224.00	223.21
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,266	208.00–215.00	211.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,034	169.00–176.00	172.57
1	—	1,770	208.00	208.00
11	—	1,947	184.00–202.00	195.39

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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