Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, steer calves under 700 lbs steady, with yearling steers over 700 lbs firm to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs steady, with weights over 600 lbs mostly 3.00-5.00 higher, instances as much as 10.00 higher. Many farmers in the middle of crop harvest, but enough buyers to absorb the available offering, as it seems everyone wants to own a few cattle. Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.13/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −167.81 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$302.13

104 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$11.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.41

vs MO average

+7.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	303.60	1,623	91
Medium and Large 1-2	551	291.90	1,610	13thin

One grade step is worth $11.70/cwt here — about $13 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

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 sale104 hd

302.13

—

MO average17 barns · 1,735 hd

283.72

+18.41

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+7.82

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−167.81

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

42 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 1	550–600	567	293.59/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,665	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	336.61/cwt	335.00–339.00	1,279	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	602	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	611	274.98/cwt	269.00–282.00	1,680	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	654	273.00/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,785	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	300.85/cwt	293.00–308.00	1,703	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	348.01/cwt	347.00–349.00	1,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	534	303.11/cwt	299.00–305.00	1,619	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	753	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	807	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	453	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,463	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	681	258.42/cwt	258.00–259.00	1,760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	487	268.72/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,309	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	296.50/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	581	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,429	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	302.44/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,452	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	319.41/cwt	317.00–321.00	1,533	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,499	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	637	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,714	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	289.19/cwt	283.00–291.00	1,657	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	306.75/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,592	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	258.25/cwt	258.25–258.25	2,032	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	264.69/cwt	260.25–274.00	1,887	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	243.21/cwt	242.75–244.50	1,989	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,136	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	417	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,068	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,508	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,527	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	267.69/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,405	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	609	250.24/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,524	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	269.39/cwt	264.00–270.50	1,743	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,302	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	271.01/cwt	267.00–279.00	1,236	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	267.83/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,379	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,088	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	252.51/cwt	252.00–253.00	1,303	8

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 Oct 8, 2024

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

Receipts 969Last week 786Year ago 680

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	347.00–349.00	348.01
5	350–400	380	335.00–339.00	336.61
4	400–450	445	318.00	318.00
12	450–500	480	317.00–321.00	319.41
49	500–550	519	299.00–311.00	306.75
11	550–600	567	285.00–297.00	293.59
4	600–650	620	271.00	271.00
78	700–750	713	260.25–274.00	264.69
57	750–800	787	258.25	258.25
41	800–850	818	242.75–244.50	243.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	323.00	323.00
18	500–550	534	299.00–305.00	303.11
13	550–600	566	293.00–308.00	300.85
2	600–650	602	293.00	293.00
30	650–700	654	269.00–274.00	273.00
3	700–750	701	265.00	265.00
5	750–800	753	246.00	246.00
4	800–850	807	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	611	269.00–282.00	274.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	503	298.00	298.00
9	550–600	573	283.00–291.00	289.19
7	600–650	612	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	681	258.00–259.00	258.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	637	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	487	266.00–271.00	268.72
11	500–550	525	264.00–269.00	267.69
6	550–600	585	261.00	261.00
25	600–650	609	250.00–251.00	250.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	307	305.00	305.00
8	350–400	351	295.00–301.00	296.50
6	400–450	410	277.00	277.00
18	450–500	456	267.00–279.00	271.01
19	500–550	515	262.00–272.00	267.83
12	550–600	570	264.50	264.50
82	600–650	647	264.00–270.50	269.39
64	850–900	898	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	581	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	417	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	264.00	264.00
8	500–550	516	252.00–253.00	252.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	329.00	329.00
17	450–500	480	299.00–311.00	302.44

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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