Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher, with steers over 700 lbs steady on a light test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady to 10.00 lower, with over 600 lbs steady. Several reputation cattle in the offering and that helped support prices, especially around the 600 lb weight range. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $361.22/cwt on 37 head, down $24.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −72.25 against this barn's trailing median of $433.46.

Average price

$361.22

▼ 24.26 vs prior sale

37 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$8.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.25

vs MO average

+9.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	365.00	2,010	21
Medium and Large 1-2	550	356.25	1,960	16thin

One grade step is worth $8.75/cwt here — about $50 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

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.66, low $361.22, median $433.46 across 15 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 sale37 hd

361.22

—

MO average19 barns · 2,004 hd

355.97

+5.25

National average172 barns · 11,766 hd

351.40

+9.82

This barn, trailing median15 sales

433.46

−72.25

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

48 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 2-3	500–550	500	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,163	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	738	316.86/cwt	311.00–327.50	2,338	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	674	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	366.82/cwt	347.50–370.00	2,249	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	592	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,220	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,945	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	500	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,100	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	265	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,709	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	506	416.59/cwt	405.00–422.50	2,108	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	986	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,373	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,425	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	354.67/cwt	331.00–357.00	2,376	80
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	258	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,548	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	384.26/cwt	375.00–397.50	2,213	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	776	309.89/cwt	308.00–313.00	2,405	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	323	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,906	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	377	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,847	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	467	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,985	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	596	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,056	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	779	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,540	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	552	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,247	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,026	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,244	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	721	355.50/cwt	354.00–357.00	2,563	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	409.72/cwt	392.50–430.00	1,750	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	447	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,900	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,700	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	407.04/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,921	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,490	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	918	302.88/cwt	291.00–310.00	2,780	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	417	537.70/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,242	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	632	413.44/cwt	411.00–423.00	2,613	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	473.92/cwt	430.00–495.00	2,474	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,209	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	465.47/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,787	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	497.38/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,701	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,127	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	416.69/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,704	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,753	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	296	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	205	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,138	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	586	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,344	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	810	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	737	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,524	12
Steers	Medium 3	500–550	530	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,802	6

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 Sep 29, 2026

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

Receipts 908Last week 1,040Year ago 1,359

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	500	432.50	432.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	506	405.00–422.50	416.59
5	550–600	552	407.00	407.00
5	750–800	779	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	536	452.50	452.50
3	950–1000	986	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	417	535.00–540.00	537.70
39	500–550	522	430.00–495.00	473.92
14	550–600	557	447.00	447.00
72	600–650	632	411.00–423.00	413.44
22	700–750	721	354.00–357.00	355.50
11	900–950	918	291.00–310.00	302.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	475.00	475.00
36	600–650	649	380.00–420.00	416.69
30	700–750	746	369.00	369.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	586	400.00	400.00
12	700–750	737	342.50	342.50
2	800–850	810	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	530	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	600–650	613	347.50–370.00	366.82
5	650–700	674	327.50	327.50
11	700–750	738	311.00–327.50	316.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	555.00	555.00
3	250–300	296	550.00	550.00
9	350–400	382	445.00	445.00
11	400–450	427	392.50–430.00	409.72
4	500–550	533	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
80	650–700	670	331.00–357.00	354.67
3	750–800	751	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	596	345.00	345.00
13	750–800	776	308.00–313.00	309.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	447	425.00	425.00
17	550–600	555	365.00	365.00
14	600–650	613	366.00	366.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	342	470.00–520.00	497.38
11	350–400	384	450.00–495.00	465.47
3	400–450	405	407.50	407.50
16	450–500	472	395.00–415.00	407.04
2	600–650	612	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	265	645.00	645.00
3	300–350	323	590.00	590.00
11	350–400	377	490.00	490.00
10	450–500	467	425.00	425.00
4	500–550	500	420.00	420.00
9	550–600	592	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	258	600.00	600.00
7	550–600	576	375.00–397.50	384.26

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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