Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, steer calves under 600 lbs traded with higher undertone on a light test, with not enough good comparisons on steers over 600 lbs to establish a trend. Feeder heifers traded steady to firm. The light weight calves are especially popular with the buyers right now with some of the steers reaching the 400.00/cwt mark.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.94/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −150.15 against this barn's trailing median of $431.09.

Average price

$280.94

57 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$13.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.81

vs MO average

+0.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	291.61	1,557	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	560	277.78	1,555	44

One grade step is worth $13.83/cwt here — about $2 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 sale57 hd

280.94

—

MO average19 barns · 5,480 hd

278.12

+2.81

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

+0.64

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.09

−150.15

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,501	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,319	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	282.52/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,325	8
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	468	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,250	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	288.90/cwt	283.00–307.00	1,514	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,653	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	426	368.59/cwt	365.00–373.00	1,570	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,836	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	347	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	318.85/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,652	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	345.00/cwt	342.00–349.00	1,590	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	691	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	354.48/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,645	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,733	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	323.04/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,651	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	841	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,090	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,776	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	242.25/cwt	242.25–242.25	1,921	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	311.71/cwt	302.00–319.00	1,749	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	528	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,510	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	375	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,196	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	593	254.52/cwt	246.00–261.00	1,509	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	293.80/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,428	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	343	332.32/cwt	331.00–333.00	1,140	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,587	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,129	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,844	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	302.57/cwt	289.00–315.00	1,328	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	280.77/cwt	272.00–288.00	1,581	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	534	291.61/cwt	291.00–293.00	1,557	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	439	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,374	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	731	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	605	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,531	3

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 Dec 10, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	615	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	379.00	379.00
8	450–500	469	277.00–286.00	282.52
12	500–550	524	283.00–307.00	288.90
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	468	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	695	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	563	272.00–288.00	280.77
12	700–750	725	245.00	245.00
11	750–800	793	242.25	242.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	528	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	319.00	319.00
18	400–450	439	313.00	313.00
13	500–550	534	291.00–293.00	291.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	593	246.00–261.00	254.52
3	600–650	605	253.00	253.00
4	700–750	731	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	439	289.00–315.00	302.57
14	450–500	486	285.00–305.00	293.80
9	700–750	726	254.00	254.00
64	850–900	855	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	588	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	479	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	389.00	389.00
9	400–450	426	365.00–373.00	368.59
23	450–500	464	345.00–357.00	354.48
23	500–550	518	317.50–325.00	318.85
8	550–600	561	309.00	309.00
5	600–650	618	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	461	342.00–349.00	345.00
13	500–550	511	315.00–335.00	323.04
6	600–650	631	291.00	291.00
11	650–700	680	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	691	265.00	265.00
9	800–850	841	248.50	248.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	307.00	307.00
7	550–600	561	302.00–319.00	311.71
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	331.00–333.00	332.32

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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