Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2020-05-04

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Mon, May 4
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
523 head
2 vs last sale 521 523 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Aug 11, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers only lightly tested with the trend steady to 3.00 higher. A fairly active market with most of the offering consisting of smaller packages of both calves and yearlings. Demand moderate to good and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.35/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$145.35
169 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$908
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$416
per head · Medium 1-2 over Large 1-2
$65.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.92
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1-2323166.005364thin
Medium and Large 1560154.3386496
Medium and Large 1-2640145.0992848
Large 1-2943101.0095221
One grade step is worth $65.00/cwt here — about −$416 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale169 hd
145.35
MO average18 barns · 13,295 hd
140.43
+4.92
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

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium 1-2479130.50/cwt130.50–130.506255
HeifersMedium and Large 1338144.50/cwt144.50–144.504883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy678110.00/cwt110.00–110.007463
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy741109.00/cwt109.00–109.0080823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650116.50/cwt116.50–116.507577
HeifersMedium 1-2342140.00/cwt140.00–140.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 1235179.00/cwt179.00–179.004212
HeifersMedium and Large 1432140.75/cwt136.00–141.5060817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy602115.00/cwt115.00–115.006928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710112.00/cwt112.00–112.007953
HeifersMedium 1-2432133.50/cwt133.50–133.505779
HeifersMedium and Large 1376142.68/cwt140.00–144.005369
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy564129.00/cwt129.00–129.007284
SteersMedium 1-2323166.00/cwt166.00–166.005364
SteersMedium and Large 1624144.50/cwt144.50–144.509026
SteersMedium and Large 1428168.24/cwt164.00–171.0072013
SteersMedium and Large 1828119.50/cwt119.50–119.5098919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533162.50/cwt162.50–162.508665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581152.05/cwt147.00–155.0088322
SteersLarge 1-2943101.00/cwt101.00–101.0095221
SteersMedium and Large 1555158.00/cwt158.00–158.008775
SteersMedium and Large 1397172.00/cwt172.00–172.0068313
SteersMedium and Large 1529162.22/cwt157.00–166.0085817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2763128.00/cwt128.00–128.009773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681138.75/cwt138.00–139.5094510
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy403155.00/cwt155.00–155.006252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2612121.00/cwt121.00–121.007413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478157.00/cwt157.00–157.007503
BullsMedium and Large 1-2407156.00/cwt156.00–156.006353
BullsMedium and Large 1-2708109.00/cwt109.00–109.007726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy857100.50/cwt100.50–100.5086129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528134.45/cwt130.50–138.5071024
SteersMedium and Large 1673142.50/cwt142.50–142.509596
SteersMedium and Large 1462169.50/cwt169.50–169.5078315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy877115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2706138.00/cwt138.00–138.009745

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.