Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder auction from two weeks ago, steer calves under 650 lbs steady, with yearling steers over 650 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher with instances 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded firm to 10.00 higher. Quality was attractive. A lighter offering this week, but that seemed to only increase demand as buyers competed to gather up the remaining cattle of the spring supply. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $293.76/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −137.33 against this barn's trailing median of $431.09.

Average price

$293.76

29 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$27.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.59

vs MO average

+23.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	520	311.00	1,617	11thin
Medium and Large 1	568	283.22	1,608	18thin

One grade step is worth $27.78/cwt here — about $9 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.66, low $381.07, median $431.09 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 sale29 hd

293.76

—

MO average17 barns · 3,263 hd

278.17

+15.59

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

+23.76

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.09

−137.33

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

39 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	583	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	265.41/cwt	264.50–266.00	1,672	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,755	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	265.84/cwt	255.00–268.00	2,026	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	629	258.33/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,625	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,571	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,382	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	289.45/cwt	281.00–290.50	1,991	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,217	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,655	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	796	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,014	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	738	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	798	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,621	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,705	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	434	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	693	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	284.26/cwt	261.00–292.00	2,030	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,820	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	313.77/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,770	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,959	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	340.24/cwt	333.00–354.00	1,620	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,643	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	308.19/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,778	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	278.86/cwt	276.00–279.50	1,835	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	688	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,624	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	245.78/cwt	237.00–246.75	1,821	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	520	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,617	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	293.01/cwt	292.00–294.00	1,828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	706	290.19/cwt	277.00–291.50	2,049	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	310.18/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,411	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	10

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 May 14, 2024

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

Receipts 604Last week 0Year ago 1,341

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	583	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	355.00	355.00
2	400–450	435	345.00	345.00
16	450–500	476	333.00–354.00	340.24
11	500–550	535	328.00	328.00
36	650–700	688	281.00–290.50	289.45
24	750–800	762	255.00–268.00	265.84
2	800–850	803	249.00	249.00
5	850–900	894	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	357.00	357.00
3	500–550	500	341.00	341.00
9	550–600	564	305.00–321.00	313.77
20	600–650	635	308.50	308.50
4	650–700	693	280.00	280.00
22	700–750	706	277.00–291.50	290.19
5	750–800	796	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	577	300.00–321.00	308.19
8	600–650	624	292.00–294.00	293.01
23	650–700	658	276.00–279.50	278.86
8	700–750	714	261.00–292.00	284.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	660	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	341.00	341.00
13	450–500	455	304.00–315.00	310.18
8	550–600	559	281.00	281.00
10	600–650	630	264.50–266.00	265.41
6	650–700	670	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	355.00	355.00
4	400–450	420	329.00	329.00
10	550–600	575	285.00	285.00
14	600–650	629	255.00–263.00	258.33
6	650–700	688	236.00	236.00
5	700–750	715	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	738	231.00	231.00
4	750–800	798	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	614	264.00	264.00
15	650–700	660	249.00	249.00
92	700–750	741	237.00–246.75	245.78
14	750–800	786	231.50	231.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	520	311.00	311.00

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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