Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady on a light test with some yearling heifers trading firm to 5.00 higher. Rain across North Missouri since the first of July have pastures and crops looking in good shape. Demand was good and supply moderate for a mid-summer sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $293.55/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −137.53 against this barn's trailing median of $431.09.

Average price

$293.55

36 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$17.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.45

vs MO average

+24.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	304.92	1,657	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	566	287.12	1,625	23

One grade step is worth $17.80/cwt here — about $32 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 sale36 hd

293.55

—

MO average8 barns · 2,403 hd

290.10

+3.45

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

+24.69

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.09

−137.53

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

38 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 1-2	550–600	576	307.88/cwt	294.00–319.00	1,773	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	367	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,351	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	515	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,659	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,095	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	597	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,654	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,843	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,814	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	283.09/cwt	281.00–287.00	1,633	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	267.20/cwt	267.00–269.00	1,747	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,471	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,897	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	295.68/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	971	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,175	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	300.69/cwt	295.00–309.00	1,585	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,893	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,121	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,015	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	267.43/cwt	267.00–269.00	1,674	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,907	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,887	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,042	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,080	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	266.09/cwt	256.00–270.50	1,916	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	287.07/cwt	284.00–291.00	1,895	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	713	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,982	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	532	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,639	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,788	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	276.25/cwt	276.25–276.25	1,898	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,730	11

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 Jul 9, 2024

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

Receipts 770Last week 458Year ago 875

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	368.00	368.00
3	500–550	515	326.00	326.00
7	550–600	576	294.00–319.00	307.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	377.00	377.00
9	550–600	591	321.00	321.00
6	700–750	725	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	518	327.00	327.00
3	550–600	568	337.00	337.00
23	650–700	680	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	611	290.00–303.00	295.68
13	700–750	713	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	577	328.00	328.00
9	650–700	660	284.00–291.00	287.07
15	700–750	743	285.50	285.50
6	750–800	755	270.50	270.50
14	800–850	844	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	650–700	687	276.25	276.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	383.00	383.00
5	400–450	444	337.00	337.00
3	450–500	485	308.00	308.00
5	550–600	562	300.00	300.00
8	650–700	673	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	597	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	577	281.00–287.00	283.09
11	600–650	620	279.00	279.00
14	650–700	680	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	311.00	311.00
7	500–550	527	295.00–309.00	300.69
14	600–650	626	267.00–269.00	267.43
59	650–700	654	267.00–269.00	267.20
151	700–750	720	256.00–270.50	266.09
3	750–800	768	245.00	245.00
20	800–850	808	236.00	236.00
6	950–1000	971	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	532	308.00	308.00
7	650–700	680	263.00	263.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	798	231.00	231.00
10	900–950	920	219.00	219.00

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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