Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2024-09-10

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Sep 10
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
1,219 head
1,219 vs last sale 0 52 vs year ago 1,167 · +4.5%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Aug 11, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sales for good comparisons. Offering consisted of light calves to heavy weight yearlings, and about everything in between. Buyers were active with the demand good and the supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $298.18/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 171.77 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.
Average price
$298.18
106 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.86
vs MO average
+29.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534301.421,60993
Medium and Large 1-2572275.001,57313thin
One grade step is worth $26.42/cwt here — about $36 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale106 hd
298.18
MO average16 barns · 2,547 hd
279.32
+18.86
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
+29.98
This barn, trailing median16 sales
469.95
−171.77
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

54 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 1-2Fleshy550–600593245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,45324
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500458259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1865
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500486277.97/cwt273.00–289.001,35131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900867223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,9387
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650607252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5302
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500478281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3434
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy850–900862209.25/cwt209.25–209.251,80413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650642269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7279
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750729256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,8709
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added950–1000959216.75/cwt216.75–216.752,07912
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700665271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,8022
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650621271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6833
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,30611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500498304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,5149
SteersMedium 1-2350–400365313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,1424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800769242.55/cwt237.00–251.501,86518
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850818233.25/cwt233.25–233.251,90814
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750734254.67/cwt253.50–256.001,86919
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650621267.70/cwt258.00–283.001,66252
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450418341.42/cwt311.00–346.001,42753
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900866225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,9533
SteersMedium 1-2400–450416293.33/cwt278.00–315.001,22013
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000956225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,1567
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850816231.87/cwt231.50–232.501,8928
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523308.60/cwt285.00–317.501,61470
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717254.97/cwt252.00–258.501,82811
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572288.08/cwt286.00–293.001,64813
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350341342.79/cwt341.00–345.001,16911
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500465313.72/cwt301.00–319.001,45921
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700679258.97/cwt257.00–262.001,75822
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550524270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4155
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600594267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5865
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900891214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,9118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700656279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,8309
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750737251.17/cwt250.00–251.501,8519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600572275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,57313
HeifersMedium 1-2350–400395287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,1344
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600553264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4604
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650640251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600581256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,4877
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750741233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,73015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800777226.08/cwt223.00–227.501,75726
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550537246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650609249.36/cwt249.00–250.001,51911
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513264.95/cwt258.00–276.001,35918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950919207.84/cwt205.00–212.501,91013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750714233.59/cwt227.00–236.001,66819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800764233.03/cwt232.00–233.751,78055
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422310.35/cwt309.00–311.001,31012
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400381318.03/cwt303.00–324.001,21228
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650603253.00/cwt252.00–254.001,52612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677249.51/cwt239.00–252.501,68969
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320338.33/cwt330.00–341.001,0834
HeifersMedium 1-2550–600586248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4534

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.