Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a very light test. Slaughter cows 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	1,783	217.12	3,871	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,618	185.10	2,995	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,438	177.10	2,546	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,258	173.48	2,183	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,048	155.43	1,628	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	240.18	3,151	9thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,332	241.69	3,219	11

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%	—	1,353	185.41/cwt	185.00–185.50	2,509	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,419	176.49/cwt	172.00–181.00	2,504	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,618	185.10/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,995	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	140.20/cwt	127.50–147.50	1,373	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	152.64/cwt	148.00–158.00	1,658	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,904	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	164.65/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,745	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	165.72/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,648	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,332	241.69/cwt	240.00–244.50	3,219	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,312	240.18/cwt	238.00–241.00	3,151	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	165.81/cwt	161.00–170.00	1,998	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	185.49/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,287	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	176.63/cwt	172.00–180.00	2,316	7
Bulls	—	—	1,615	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	3,036	1
Bulls	—	—	1,881	227.67/cwt	223.00–234.00	4,282	5
Bulls	—	—	1,675	209.24/cwt	197.00–219.00	3,505	3

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 Apr 14, 2026

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

Receipts 152Last week 183Year ago 139

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers steady on a very light test. Slaughter cows steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,353	185.00–185.50	185.41
7	—	1,419	172.00–181.00	176.49
4	—	1,598	160.00–171.00	165.72
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,618	183.00–187.00	185.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	979	127.50–147.50	140.20
8	—	1,086	148.00–158.00	152.64
2	—	1,058	180.00	180.00
7	—	1,060	161.00–172.00	164.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,205	161.00–170.00	165.81
2	—	1,233	183.00–188.00	185.49
7	—	1,311	172.00–180.00	176.63
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,332	240.00–244.50	241.69
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,312	238.00–241.00	240.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	188.00	188.00
5	—	1,881	223.00–234.00	227.67
3	—	1,675	197.00–219.00	209.24

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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