Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2023-01-24

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jan 24
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
628 vs last sale 852 931 vs year ago 1,155 · 80.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
90 vs last sale 0 90 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

Cow special with only a very light supply of calves offered, and not enough to establish a trend. Several packages of bred cows offered with most in the third stage of pregnancy and showing some age.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.47/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$163.47
53 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$882
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$15.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.62
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556171.2795222
Medium and Large 2565160.4690614thin
Medium 1-2497155.8477517thin
One grade step is worth $15.43/cwt here — about $178 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 sale53 hd
163.47
MO average19 barns · 6,916 hd
172.09
−8.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,241$1,5645
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,419$1,08717
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)975$1,70410
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)959$1,4256
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,230$1,2003thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2684171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,1704
BullsMedium and Large 1-2704139.00/cwt139.00–139.009796
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625144.00/cwt144.00–144.009004
HeifersMedium 1-2368151.00/cwt151.00–151.005563
HeifersMedium 1-2495168.00/cwt168.00–168.008323
HeifersMedium 1-2545151.48/cwt144.00–161.508267
HeifersMedium 1-2448167.00/cwt167.00–167.007482
SteersMedium and Large 2636166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0568
SteersMedium 1-2355210.00/cwt210.00–210.007462
SteersMedium 1-2475192.00/cwt192.00–192.009122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450180.00/cwt180.00–180.008103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528189.99/cwt189.00–192.001,0036
SteersMedium 1-2523188.00/cwt188.00–188.009832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,0872
SteersMedium and Large 2473185.00/cwt185.00–185.0087510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2554190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0537
HeifersMedium 1-2575149.00/cwt149.00–149.008572
SteersMedium and Large 2590168.50/cwt168.50–168.509949
HeifersMedium and Large 2524164.00/cwt164.00–164.008595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373184.50/cwt184.50–184.506886
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2755160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2086
HeifersMedium and Large 2587158.50/cwt158.50–158.509309
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528173.00/cwt173.00–173.009132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612163.00/cwt163.00–163.009985
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4191,086.92/head961.00–1,200.001,08717
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2411,563.98/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5645
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,2301,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2003
Bred HeifersMedium 1-29591,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4256
Bred HeifersMedium 1-29751,704.40/head1,575.00–1,775.001,70410

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.