Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder special from 2 weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers steady. The drought in Northeast Missouri is quickly intensifying as the past few months have seen much above normal temperatures with little to no rain. Most beef producers are already feeding hay, and what seemed like an abundant feed supply in the middle of summer now have producers counting bales to see if they have enough to get to spring. The later planted soybeans were really hurt by the late summer drought as yields are well below expectations and some of those acres will qualify for a crop insurance payment.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.41/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −180.54 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$289.41

111 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$6.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.44

vs MO average

−9.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	292.27	1,626	60
Medium and Large 1-2	551	286.05	1,576	51

One grade step is worth $6.22/cwt here — about $49 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 sale111 hd

289.41

—

MO average19 barns · 2,548 hd

280.98

+8.44

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−9.63

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−180.54

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

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,214	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,523	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,612	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,267	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	266.26/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,779	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,509	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	433	329.50/cwt	316.00–335.00	1,427	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	641	271.45/cwt	268.00–272.25	1,740	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	595	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,621	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	286.72/cwt	285.50–291.00	1,654	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,455	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,533	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	489	318.60/cwt	311.00–322.00	1,558	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	624	268.02/cwt	264.00–272.00	1,672	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,045	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,872	16
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	497	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,307	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	254.84/cwt	249.00–257.50	1,481	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	325	343.60/cwt	331.00–357.00	1,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	514	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,568	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	828	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	738	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,808	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	296.89/cwt	293.00–301.00	1,247	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,428	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	263.93/cwt	260.50–272.00	1,776	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	298.21/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,592	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	454	300.50/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,364	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	276.35/cwt	273.00–277.00	1,451	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	566	254.49/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,440	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	280.69/cwt	269.50–301.00	1,308	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,622	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,644	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,059	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,517	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,205	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,674	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	410	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,201	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	368	296.02/cwt	293.00–299.00	1,089	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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 984Last week 969Year ago 755

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	406	299.00	299.00
4	500–550	531	270.00	270.00
6	550–600	556	274.00	274.00
3	700–750	710	227.00	227.00
3	800–850	808	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	256.00	256.00
8	550–600	566	254.00–255.00	254.49
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	497	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	581	249.00–257.50	254.84
17	600–650	643	236.00	236.00
4	650–700	696	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	331.00	331.00
2	350–400	385	313.00	313.00
16	400–450	420	293.00–301.00	296.89
24	450–500	466	269.50–301.00	280.69
6	500–550	527	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	293.00–299.00	296.02
2	400–450	410	293.00	293.00
10	450–500	454	300.00–301.00	300.50
32	500–550	525	273.00–277.00	276.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	600–650	635	255.50	255.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	331.00–357.00	343.60
10	400–450	433	316.00–335.00	329.50
34	450–500	489	311.00–322.00	318.60
31	550–600	577	285.50–291.00	286.72
12	600–650	624	264.00–272.00	268.02
15	650–700	668	260.00–272.00	266.26
16	700–750	740	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	561	269.00	269.00
73	600–650	641	268.00–272.25	271.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	514	305.00	305.00
17	550–600	595	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	456	319.00	319.00
29	500–550	534	295.00–302.00	298.21
79	650–700	673	260.50–272.00	263.93
59	800–850	813	251.50	251.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	534	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	642	256.00	256.00
12	700–750	738	245.00	245.00
5	800–850	828	232.00	232.00

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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