Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-06-25

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Jun 25
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
458 head
872 vs last sale 1,330 507 vs year ago 965 · 52.5%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Aug 11, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and heifers 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher on very light test. Feeder steers and heifers near steady with two weeks ago with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $327.80/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 142.15 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.
Average price
$327.80
5 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.00
vs MO average
+28.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535329.001,7602thin
Medium and Large 1-2538327.001,7593thin
One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $1 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales
529492456419median 469.9512/1602/1704/1406/0908/11
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 sale5 hd
327.80
MO average16 barns · 2,512 hd
309.80
+18.00
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
+28.54
This barn, trailing median16 sales
469.95
−142.15
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

27 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 1-2450–500492331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,6299
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700695247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,71712
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468322.43/cwt311.00–325.001,50913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,6345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600566283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500494305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5078
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750740277.29/cwt276.00–291.002,052121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650614261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,60313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy750–800785228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7903
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550538327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,7593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6135
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550535329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,7602
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800792253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,00412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850800225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,8043
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,3741
HeifersMedium 1-2450–500472323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,5254
HeifersMedium 1-2550–600553282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,5595
HeifersMedium 1-2400–450430311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,3373
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550521279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4543
SteersMedium 1-2450–500466334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5563
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650626291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8224
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350336353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,1863
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600587289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,69615
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400391335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3103
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550516296.69/cwt291.00–299.001,53112

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.