Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 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	1,948	206.96	4,032	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,263	174.48	2,204	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,571	172.13	2,704	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	992	155.57	1,542	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,354	236.46	3,202	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,360	239.42	3,256	27
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,433	235.27	3,371	6thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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%	—	945	151.10/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,428	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	175.49/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,857	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	239.42/cwt	236.50–241.00	3,256	27
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,433	235.27/cwt	234.00–235.50	3,371	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,354	236.46/cwt	234.00–239.50	3,202	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	163.03/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,634	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,641	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	136.55/cwt	125.00–145.00	1,319	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	173.95/cwt	169.00–179.00	2,715	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	166.35/cwt	163.00–171.00	2,111	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	184.87/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,366	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	175.89/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,172	6
Bulls	—	—	2,050	216.76/cwt	215.00–219.00	4,444	3
Bulls	—	—	1,923	204.51/cwt	193.00–213.00	3,933	12

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 Mar 31, 2026

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

Receipts 181Last week 208Year ago 172

Compared to the auction from last week, slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	945	148.00–155.00	151.10
4	—	1,058	175.00–177.00	175.49
7	—	1,002	159.00–167.00	163.03
6	—	966	125.00–145.00	136.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,620	163.00	163.00
10	—	1,561	169.00–179.00	173.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,269	163.00–171.00	166.35
7	—	1,280	180.00–188.00	184.87
6	—	1,235	171.00–179.00	175.89
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,360	236.50–241.00	239.42
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,433	234.00–235.50	235.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,354	234.00–239.50	236.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,050	215.00–219.00	216.76
12	—	1,923	193.00–213.00	204.51

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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