Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2023-10-03

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
680 head
142 vs last sale 538 597 vs year ago 1,277 · 46.8%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Aug 11, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded with a lower undertone on limited comparisons. Heifer calves sold steady, with a higher undertone on yearling heifers over 700 lbs. A light supply of feeders as most area farmers are in the fields with harvest in full swing. The highlight of the sale was a couple of reputation strings of yearling heifers which sold with a very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $253.88/cwt on 250 head.
Average price
$253.88
250 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$459
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.96
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468266.151,24664
Medium and Large 1-2683249.661,704186
One grade step is worth $16.49/cwt here — about −$459 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 sale250 hd
253.88
MO average15 barns · 5,801 hd
243.93
+9.96
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

32 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 1Fleshy473256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy524254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,3315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2643258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6596
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy683226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5444
HeifersMedium and Large 1510263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,3444
HeifersMedium and Large 1415271.01/cwt269.00–274.001,1255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2913222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,03116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2543275.86/cwt275.00–283.001,49835
SteersMedium and Large 1340315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0712
SteersMedium and Large 1396316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,2515
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added473296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,4004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added530289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,5323
SteersMedium and Large 2633257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,62710
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned587271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,59119
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added440276.50/cwt276.50–276.501,2175
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added272283.00/cwt283.00–283.007703
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7554
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned665250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,66310
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy545275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4993
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy582268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5609
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added463282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,3065
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,41129
SteersMedium 1-2279310.11/cwt308.00–312.008658
SteersMedium and Large 1478287.92/cwt284.00–303.001,37625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710255.77/cwt255.25–256.251,81668
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned532240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2777
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2790239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,89260
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned415264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,0963
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy487277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3495
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy672241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6203
HeifersMedium and Large 1491263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,29131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,06112

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.