Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady to firm, with few comparisons on the weights over 700 lbs. Several strings of yearling steers in the offering to go along with a nice run of long time weaned calves that continue to be in high demand. The demand was good to very good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.97/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −150.97 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$318.97

125 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$13.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.86

vs MO average

+10.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	323.79	1,796	79
Medium and Large 1-2	551	310.71	1,711	46

One grade step is worth $13.07/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $515.25, low $432.68, median $469.95 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale125 hd

318.97

—

MO average17 barns · 2,592 hd

316.11

+2.86

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+10.36

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−150.97

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

45 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	435	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	698	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,738	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,674	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,682	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,899	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	493	294.55/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,452	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	2,054	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	2,009	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	308.08/cwt	297.00–319.50	1,882	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,477	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	529	260.63/cwt	258.00–263.00	1,379	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,949	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,392	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	329.65/cwt	319.00–335.00	1,741	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	266.82/cwt	263.50–274.00	1,950	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	702	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	635	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,486	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	583	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,492	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	269.75/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,573	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	534	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,842	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	313.01/cwt	307.00–316.00	1,806	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	777	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,896	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	289.18/cwt	281.00–295.00	1,498	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,565	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	225.68/cwt	225.00–226.50	1,659	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	313.30/cwt	309.00–317.00	1,695	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,899	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	302.00/cwt	298.00–309.00	1,576	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,598	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1000–1050	1,006	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,720	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	677	238.96/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,618	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	686	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,626	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	771	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,715	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	293.35/cwt	292.00–294.00	1,866	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	438	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,812	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	604	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,468	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,630	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	706	269.60/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,903	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	219.25/cwt	219.25–219.25	2,140	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	483	334.28/cwt	319.00–341.00	1,615	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,698	4

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Feeder/Replacement Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Apr 30, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 1,094Last week 755Year ago 1,418

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	493	285.00–298.00	294.55
35	500–550	522	298.00–309.00	302.00
15	550–600	583	265.00–280.00	269.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	305.00	305.00
5	400–450	439	317.00	317.00
5	450–500	494	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	529	258.00–263.00	260.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	583	256.00	256.00
8	600–650	635	234.00	234.00
16	650–700	677	234.00–242.00	238.96
7	700–750	702	229.50	229.50
17	1000–1050	1,006	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	518	281.00–295.00	289.18
6	600–650	604	243.00	243.00
18	750–800	771	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	531	307.00	307.00
8	550–600	551	284.00	284.00
13	600–650	643	248.50	248.50
13	700–750	735	225.00–226.50	225.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	686	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	698	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	362.50	362.50
3	450–500	488	343.00	343.00
18	500–550	528	319.00–335.00	329.65
5	550–600	582	289.00	289.00
12	600–650	636	292.00–294.00	293.35
5	650–700	664	286.00	286.00
46	700–750	731	263.50–274.00	266.82
42	750–800	769	253.50	253.50
58	800–850	845	237.75	237.75
56	850–900	888	231.25	231.25
49	950–1000	976	219.25	219.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	347.00	347.00
31	450–500	483	319.00–341.00	334.28
21	500–550	534	345.00	345.00
35	550–600	577	307.00–316.00	313.01
51	600–650	611	297.00–319.50	308.08
33	700–750	706	269.00–270.00	269.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	299.00	299.00
9	650–700	664	286.00	286.00
11	750–800	777	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	329.00	329.00
36	500–550	541	309.00–317.00	313.30
6	550–600	598	303.00	303.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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