Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2020-05-11

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Mon, May 11
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
459 vs last sale 523 1,474 vs year ago 1,538 · 95.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
125 head
125 vs last sale 0 125 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, cow special with not enough feeders for a market test. Several packages of young cow/calf pairs offered with a good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.06/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$139.06
29 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.58
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426141.2360125
Medium and Large 2546125.506854thin
One grade step is worth $15.73/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale29 hd
139.06
MO average19 barns · 9,026 hd
130.48
+8.58
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

12 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 and Large 1388143.00/cwt143.00–143.005556
HeifersMedium and Large 2546125.50/cwt125.50–125.506854
HeifersMedium and Large 1551135.50/cwt135.50–135.507474
HeifersMedium and Large 1463134.23/cwt132.00–135.006218
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2441,163.33/cwt1,050.00–1,280.0014,4729
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1441,841.67/cwt1,825.00–1,900.0021,0699
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0431,799.32/cwt1,725.00–1,875.0018,76737
SteersMedium and Large 1345174.00/cwt174.00–174.006004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,334997.54/cwt950.00–1,050.0013,3079
SteersMedium and Large 1593145.00/cwt145.00–145.008607
SteersMedium and Large 1505153.00/cwt153.00–153.007735
HeifersMedium and Large 1344151.00/cwt151.00–151.005197

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.