Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2023-03-07

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Mar 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
818 head
234 vs last sale 1,052 158 vs year ago 976 · 16.2%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Aug 11, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers under 600 lbs firm to 5.00 higher, with over 600 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher with instances 10.00-15.00 higher under 500 lbs. Another active market with all segments of both cash and futures continuing to leap higher every week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.97/cwt on 349 head.
Average price
$189.97
349 head · 638 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$28.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.03
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538208.131,12079
Medium 1-2373201.007505thin
Medium and Large 1-2677184.451,248259
Medium 2478180.008606thin
One grade step is worth $28.13/cwt here — about $259 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 sale349 hd
189.97
MO average19 barns · 11,718 hd
196.00
−6.03
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

33 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 1-2Fleshy674178.25/cwt178.00–178.501,20132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy985141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,3945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy781170.55/cwt165.50–171.501,33231
HeifersMedium and Large 1571203.14/cwt190.00–206.501,16035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575193.09/cwt185.50–203.001,11046
HeifersMedium 2478180.00/cwt180.00–180.008606
SteersMedium 1-2478221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0565
SteersMedium 1-2422238.85/cwt237.00–240.001,0088
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added697213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,48513
SteersMedium and Large 1457254.53/cwt247.00–259.001,16311
SteersMedium and Large 1797186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,4869
SteersMedium 1-2387228.00/cwt228.00–228.008823
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added706207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4618
SteersMedium and Large 1527233.53/cwt231.50–236.001,23113
SteersMedium 1-2343226.00/cwt226.00–226.007753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2549202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1096
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added623198.66/cwt195.00–206.001,23818
HeifersMedium 1-2373201.00/cwt201.00–201.007505
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added553232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2865
SteersMedium and Large 1424243.97/cwt239.00–251.001,03410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added562226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2705
HeifersMedium and Large 1332220.00/cwt220.00–220.007303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2659189.50/cwt185.50–191.001,249107
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2639189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2086
SteersMedium and Large 1660212.77/cwt207.00–213.751,40475
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2658210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,3855
HeifersMedium and Large 1432225.56/cwt211.00–231.0097415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2787175.75/cwt175.75–175.751,38326
HeifersMedium and Large 1478214.17/cwt211.00–216.001,0248
SteersMedium and Large 1610218.65/cwt217.00–219.501,33432
SteersMedium and Large 1717199.38/cwt194.50–203.001,43038
SteersMedium and Large 1871186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,62055

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.