Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher with steers over 700 lbs steady on a light test. Feeder heifers steady. A nice run of cattle for a May sale in the middle of planting season, with several large strings in the offering. Quality was attractive, although plenty of big calves still showing up carrying extra flesh. An active market, especially for steers, and seemed to be unaffected by the lower futures prices the past couple of days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.44/cwt on 204 head, up $12.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 16 comparable sales and sits +18.49 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$488.44

▲ 12.70 vs prior sale

204 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$42.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.22

vs MO average

+14.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	493.67	2,619	163
Medium and Large 1-2	547	480.70	2,630	23
Large 1-2	573	451.00	2,584	18thin

One grade step is worth $42.67/cwt here — about $34 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 sale204 hd

488.44

—

MO average19 barns · 5,671 hd

490.66

−2.22

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+14.74

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

+18.49

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

62 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,952	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	627	457.02/cwt	450.00–467.50	2,866	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	657	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,743	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	773	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,763	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,508	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	591.44/cwt	570.00–615.00	2,514	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	450.18/cwt	437.50–459.00	2,800	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	525.02/cwt	520.00–527.50	2,504	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,189	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	504.95/cwt	495.00–509.00	2,661	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	421.29/cwt	413.00–438.00	2,861	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,657	6
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	684	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,886	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	661	443.34/cwt	429.00–445.00	2,930	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	761	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	519	512.91/cwt	505.00–525.00	2,662	30
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,584	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	457.85/cwt	438.00–463.00	2,843	97
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,654	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	463	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,512	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,412	5
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	511	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,146	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,409	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,485	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,133	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	474.68/cwt	455.00–487.50	2,321	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	767	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,515	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,183	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	390.91/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,834	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	641	441.11/cwt	415.00–453.00	2,828	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	731	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	519.01/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,216	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	1,918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	479.69/cwt	452.50–495.00	2,542	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,384	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,508	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	519	465.90/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,418	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	391.68/cwt	390.00–393.00	2,495	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	580.33/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,153	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	696	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	564	451.24/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,545	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	503.74/cwt	482.50–510.00	2,378	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,464	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	599	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,381	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	467.78/cwt	455.00–487.50	2,432	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,447	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,705	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,421	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	811	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	604.19/cwt	595.00–650.00	1,988	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	427	536.81/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,292	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	571	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,241	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	683	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,442	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 Feeder/Replacement Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue May 12, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	695.00	695.00
8	350–400	394	605.00	605.00
11	400–450	425	590.00	590.00
15	450–500	477	520.00–527.50	525.02
71	500–550	527	495.00–509.00	504.95
97	600–650	621	438.00–463.00	457.85
45	650–700	679	413.00–438.00	421.29
38	700–750	725	380.00–400.00	390.91
4	750–800	762	379.00	379.00
8	800–850	827	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	515	516.00	516.00
7	550–600	572	472.50	472.50
19	600–650	622	437.50–459.00	450.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	425	570.00–615.00	591.44
11	450–500	463	542.50	542.50
30	500–550	519	505.00–525.00	512.91
27	600–650	627	450.00–467.50	457.02
20	650–700	661	429.00–445.00	443.34
4	700–750	725	400.00	400.00
3	750–800	761	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	530	452.50–495.00	479.69
18	550–600	564	430.00–475.00	451.24
34	600–650	641	415.00–453.00	441.11
12	650–700	657	417.50	417.50
3	700–750	731	382.50	382.50
4	750–800	773	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	510	493.00	493.00
5	550–600	588	437.50	437.50
6	600–650	621	445.00	445.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	573	451.00	451.00
7	600–650	610	435.00	435.00
13	650–700	684	422.00	422.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	767	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	540.00	540.00
5	450–500	489	455.00–487.50	474.68
3	500–550	515	482.50	482.50
4	550–600	557	432.50	432.50
5	650–700	652	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	511	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	427	535.00–540.00	536.81
22	500–550	519	455.00–490.00	465.90
2	550–600	575	415.00	415.00
12	600–650	612	411.00	411.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	450	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	276	695.00	695.00
12	300–350	329	595.00–650.00	604.19
13	350–400	371	570.00–600.00	580.33
11	400–450	427	500.00–530.00	519.01
29	450–500	472	482.50–510.00	503.74
59	500–550	544	453.00	453.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	529	462.50	462.50
13	600–650	643	390.00	390.00
5	650–700	696	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	492.50	492.50
18	600–650	637	390.00–393.00	391.68
12	650–700	667	363.00	363.00
65	700–750	742	364.50	364.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	520	455.00–487.50	467.78
11	550–600	599	397.50	397.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	571	392.50	392.50
3	650–700	683	357.50	357.50
4	800–850	811	313.00	313.00

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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