Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers under 700 lbs steady, with weights over 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. More fleshy cattle in the mix this week, but that is understandable at these prices where one extra pound of beef is equivalent to one bushel of corn. Plenty of rain around the area has haulted planting and started talk about how many acres may need to be replanted because of flooded fields.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.74/cwt on 114 head, down $19.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 16 comparable sales and sits +5.79 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$475.74

▼ 19.97 vs prior sale

114 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$50.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.73

vs MO average

−5.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	481.54	2,643	82
Medium and Large 1-2	542	472.58	2,560	23
Medium and Large 2	588	431.00	2,534	9thin

One grade step is worth $50.54/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $515.25, low $432.68, median $469.95 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale114 hd

475.74

—

MO average18 barns · 2,956 hd

481.47

−5.73

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

−5.28

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

+5.79

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

50 lots · USDA AMS · F and T Livestock Market Feeder/Replacement 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	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,225	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	466.11/cwt	440.00–472.50	2,307	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,132	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	469	466.68/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,189	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	518	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,253	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	681	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	715.00/cwt	715.00–715.00	2,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	454.35/cwt	445.00–461.00	2,849	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,728	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	355	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,308	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	521	506.60/cwt	487.50–515.00	2,639	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	552	502.99/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,777	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,534	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,904	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	391.25/cwt	390.00–396.00	3,024	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	463.25/cwt	455.00–482.50	2,571	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	364.35/cwt	363.00–373.00	3,035	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	735	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,848	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	584	423.56/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,474	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	422	559.86/cwt	547.50–577.50	2,363	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,059	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,703	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	572	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,231	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	714	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,606	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	602.73/cwt	595.00–610.00	1,989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,489	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,742	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,811	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	752	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	532	463.07/cwt	442.50–485.00	2,464	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,291	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	474.08/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,247	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	474	512.09/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,427	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	523	475.87/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,489	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	438.64/cwt	432.50–442.50	2,360	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,203	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	414.84/cwt	382.50–427.50	2,779	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,515	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	373	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,201	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,364	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,227	56

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 Feeder/Replacement Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Apr 28, 2026

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

Receipts 979Last week 1,475Year ago 612

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	575.00	575.00
10	450–500	495	440.00–472.50	466.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	490.00	490.00
9	450–500	469	450.00–480.00	466.68
10	500–550	518	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	572	390.00	390.00
5	650–700	681	357.50	357.50
49	700–750	714	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	660.00	660.00
4	300–350	330	595.00–610.00	602.73
11	450–500	474	470.00–477.50	474.08
5	500–550	509	450.00	450.00
9	550–600	550	467.50	467.50
18	600–650	634	432.50	432.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	538	432.50–442.50	438.64
4	550–600	576	427.50	427.50
18	600–650	607	410.00	410.00
5	700–750	722	370.00	370.00
62	800–850	838	335.50	335.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	373	590.00	590.00
28	500–550	532	442.50–485.00	463.07
5	550–600	553	427.50	427.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	656	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	715.00	715.00
11	550–600	575	470.00	470.00
27	600–650	627	445.00–461.00	454.35
66	750–800	773	390.00–396.00	391.25
22	800–850	833	363.00–373.00	364.35
56	900–950	938	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	500.00	500.00
6	500–550	504	499.00	499.00
17	550–600	555	455.00–482.50	463.25
77	650–700	685	424.00	424.00
4	700–750	737	415.00	415.00
4	750–800	797	370.00	370.00
3	800–850	825	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	650.00	650.00
16	400–450	422	547.50–577.50	559.86
19	500–550	521	487.50–515.00	506.60
25	550–600	552	500.00–505.00	502.99
6	600–650	620	440.00	440.00
2	650–700	650	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	588	431.00	431.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	445	495.00	495.00
14	450–500	474	505.00–515.00	512.09
13	500–550	523	465.00–485.00	475.87
14	550–600	584	420.00–425.00	423.56
19	650–700	670	382.50–427.50	414.84
12	700–750	735	387.50	387.50
2	750–800	752	380.00	380.00

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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