Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold with a firm undertone on a light supply. It was customer appreciation day at the barn with a free brisket meal and plenty of door prizes for those in attendance. The afternoon auction also featured the 2024 World Champion Livestock Auctioneer, Wade Leist from the state of Michigan.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.76/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −151.19 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$318.76

34 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.28

vs MO average

−7.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	318.76	1,777	34

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale34 hd

318.76

—

MO average16 barns · 2,909 hd

314.47

+4.28

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−7.87

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−151.19

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	660	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	312.46/cwt	307.00–316.00	1,447	13
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	360	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,134	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	250–300	298	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,006	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,433	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	618	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	880	239.77/cwt	239.50–241.00	2,110	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	259.60/cwt	255.00–260.75	1,994	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	576	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,757	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,818	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	710	271.20/cwt	269.50–274.00	1,926	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	562	289.47/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,627	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	602	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,613	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	492	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,535	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	269.51/cwt	262.00–279.00	1,940	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	275.83/cwt	274.00–279.00	1,867	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	297.52/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,815	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	265.64/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,666	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	278.50/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,599	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,213	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	665	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	453	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,703	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	303.17/cwt	302.00–306.00	1,764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	258.24/cwt	257.00–259.50	1,735	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	657	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	350	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	794	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,981	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	654	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,524	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,860	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,582	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	250–300	273	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	921	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	439	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,427	10

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 656Last week 635Year ago 466

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	618	258.00	258.00
4	650–700	660	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	312.50	312.50
3	400–450	418	323.00	323.00
13	450–500	463	307.00–316.00	312.46
4	500–550	522	292.00	292.00
10	550–600	574	278.00–279.00	278.50
24	600–650	627	264.00–270.00	265.64
64	700–750	725	256.50	256.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	259.00	259.00
4	650–700	657	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	439	325.00	325.00
20	450–500	492	312.00	312.00
17	550–600	562	282.50–297.50	289.47
8	600–650	602	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	586	270.00	270.00
6	650–700	672	257.00–259.50	258.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	337.50	337.50
2	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	298	337.50	337.50
5	350–400	360	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	459	346.00	346.00
2	500–550	507	320.00	320.00
10	550–600	582	302.00–306.00	303.17
29	650–700	677	274.00–279.00	275.83
27	700–750	720	262.00–279.00	269.51
46	750–800	768	255.00–260.75	259.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	654	271.00	271.00
13	750–800	794	249.50	249.50
16	850–900	880	239.50–241.00	239.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	376.00	376.00
12	500–550	530	343.00	343.00
10	550–600	576	305.00	305.00
21	600–650	610	290.00–301.00	297.52
16	700–750	710	269.50–274.00	271.20
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	665	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	375.00	375.00
4	400–450	431	332.50	332.50

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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