Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, feeder steers and heifers steady on limited comparisons. Demand moderate to good and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $276.78/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −193.17 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$276.78

55 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$12.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.44

vs MO average

−23.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	283.27	1,532	26
Medium and Large 1-2	565	270.96	1,531	29

One grade step is worth $12.31/cwt here — about $0 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

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 sale55 hd

276.78

—

MO average16 barns · 2,198 hd

279.22

−2.44

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−23.91

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−193.17

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

39 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 1-2	550–600	566	270.20/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,529	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	255.00/cwt	254.00–257.00	1,364	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	510	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,423	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	317.29/cwt	317.00–319.00	965	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	234.75/cwt	234.75–234.75	2,024	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,960	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	254.59/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,523	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,691	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,758	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	716	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,854	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	691	263.96/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,824	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	516	304.33/cwt	303.00–305.00	1,570	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	260.21/cwt	251.50–264.00	1,595	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	647	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,676	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	428	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	395	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	278.26/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,717	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	260.62/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,486	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	415	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	472	321.99/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,520	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	272.56/cwt	272.00–273.00	1,594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	250.94/cwt	243.00–252.75	1,847	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	662	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,576	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	752	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	593	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	518	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,399	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,918	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,043	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,879	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,320	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	272.33/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,411	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	393	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,151	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,293	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 Oct 29, 2024

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

Receipts 770Last week 984Year ago 1,026

Compared to the auction from last week, feeder steers and heifers steady on limited comparisons. Demand moderate to good and supply light.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	544	280.00	280.00
19	550–600	566	266.00–271.00	270.20
18	600–650	615	275.00	275.00
5	700–750	719	254.00–255.00	254.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	329.00	329.00
22	650–700	676	260.00	260.00
15	700–750	745	257.50	257.50
25	750–800	795	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	331.00	331.00
3	400–450	428	327.00	327.00
27	450–500	472	300.00–330.00	321.99
9	500–550	516	303.00–305.00	304.33
7	550–600	585	272.00–273.00	272.56
56	600–650	617	265.00–283.00	278.26
23	650–700	691	258.00–266.00	263.96
13	700–750	716	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	518	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	565	276.00	276.00
7	600–650	647	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	593	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	535	254.00–257.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	243.00	243.00
9	650–700	662	238.00	238.00
2	750–800	752	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	304	317.00–319.00	317.29
2	350–400	350	298.00	298.00
5	500–550	501	284.00	284.00
6	550–600	575	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	530	249.00	249.00
80	700–750	736	243.00–252.75	250.94
6	750–800	798	235.50	235.50
18	850–900	862	234.75	234.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	293.00	293.00
2	400–450	415	276.00	276.00
11	450–500	470	275.00	275.00
14	500–550	518	271.00–274.00	272.33
33	550–600	570	258.00–268.00	260.62
17	600–650	613	251.50–264.00	260.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	632	246.50	246.50

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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