Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale of the new year as last week was cancelled due to weather. All weights of steers and heifers trading sharply higher than last month, and at all time record highs. As fat cattle have now surpassed the 2.00/lb price and continue to climb, backgrounders and finishers continue to chase after calves and yearlings to replace inventory. Demand was very good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.86/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −135.09 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$334.86

108 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$18.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.07

vs MO average

−7.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	338.00	1,844	90
Medium and Large 1-2	536	319.19	1,710	18thin

One grade step is worth $18.81/cwt here — about $134 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale108 hd

334.86

—

MO average15 barns · 4,049 hd

336.94

−2.07

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−7.59

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−135.09

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

70 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	350–400	399	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,466	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	326.13/cwt	316.00–340.00	1,872	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	341.45/cwt	337.00–350.00	1,796	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	709	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,964	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	831	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,061	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,141	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,974	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	632	307.40/cwt	295.00–326.00	1,943	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,677	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	292.18/cwt	287.00–295.50	1,774	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	329.13/cwt	319.00–337.50	1,754	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	382	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,478	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	513	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	290.60/cwt	278.00–301.50	2,107	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	295.17/cwt	289.00–301.00	2,031	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	348.32/cwt	327.00–365.00	1,867	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	300.08/cwt	284.00–314.00	2,026	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,140	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	333	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,215	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	277.74/cwt	275.00–281.00	2,044	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	332	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,295	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	647	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	777	269.46/cwt	266.50–274.00	2,094	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	495	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	421	356.13/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,499	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,870	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	729	259.33/cwt	257.50–259.50	1,891	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	576	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,656	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,854	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,782	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	328	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,312	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	395.99/cwt	390.00–412.50	1,283	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	526	305.55/cwt	301.00–312.00	1,607	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	371.23/cwt	362.50–395.00	1,581	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	306.20/cwt	303.00–308.00	1,908	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	327	344.66/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,127	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	513	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	375	337.68/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,266	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	284.93/cwt	284.00–293.00	1,653	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,005	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,238	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	446	342.43/cwt	341.00–343.00	1,527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	302.73/cwt	287.00–319.00	1,741	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	273.02/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,824	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,923	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	684	270.19/cwt	259.00–279.50	1,848	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,817	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,549	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,067	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,474	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	318.85/cwt	309.00–324.00	1,661	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	546	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,507	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	816	244.27/cwt	241.50–246.00	1,993	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,960	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,110	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	778	247.18/cwt	246.00–248.50	1,923	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,809	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	350.27/cwt	349.00–355.00	1,363	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,701	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	336.54/cwt	323.00–342.50	1,488	16

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	390.00–412.50	395.99
6	350–400	399	367.50	367.50
23	400–450	426	362.50–395.00	371.23
7	450–500	460	382.50	382.50
15	500–550	526	337.00–350.00	341.45
15	550–600	574	316.00–340.00	326.13
48	600–650	623	303.00–308.00	306.20
45	650–700	688	289.00–301.00	295.17
5	700–750	729	275.00	275.00
27	750–800	766	279.50	279.50
5	900–950	921	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	709	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	305.00	305.00
5	800–850	831	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	489	343.00	343.00
11	500–550	533	319.00–337.50	329.13
3	550–600	576	315.00	315.00
13	600–650	607	287.00–295.50	292.18
4	650–700	695	284.00	284.00
36	700–750	736	275.00–281.00	277.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	332	390.00	390.00
6	350–400	382	387.00	387.00
16	400–450	421	340.00–395.00	356.13
5	450–500	495	347.50	347.50
41	500–550	536	327.00–365.00	348.32
15	550–600	572	327.00	327.00
62	600–650	632	295.00–326.00	307.40
96	650–700	675	284.00–314.00	300.08
19	700–750	725	278.00–301.50	290.60
10	750–800	777	266.50–274.00	269.46
11	800–850	800	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	295.00	295.00
5	600–650	647	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	365.00	365.00
3	400–450	430	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	546	276.00	276.00
4	550–600	576	281.00	281.00
79	700–750	729	257.50–259.50	259.33
15	750–800	778	246.00–248.50	247.18
13	800–850	816	241.50–246.00	244.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	535	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	375	335.00–340.00	337.68
7	400–450	446	341.00–343.00	342.43
22	500–550	526	301.00–312.00	305.55
27	550–600	575	287.00–319.00	302.73
4	600–650	608	285.00	285.00
37	650–700	684	259.00–279.50	270.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	327	340.00–352.50	344.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	580	284.00–293.00	284.93
25	650–700	668	265.00–279.00	273.02
6	700–750	723	266.00	266.00
12	750–800	770	254.50	254.50
60	800–850	843	250.25	250.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	510	289.00	289.00
3	550–600	570	293.00	293.00
31	650–700	656	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	395.00	395.00
18	350–400	389	349.00–355.00	350.27
16	400–450	442	323.00–342.50	336.54
11	450–500	459	337.50	337.50
12	500–550	521	309.00–324.00	318.85
3	550–600	556	309.00	309.00
13	600–650	623	273.00	273.00
68	750–800	760	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	715	253.00	253.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	611	271.00	271.00
10	650–700	670	266.00	266.00
12	900–950	918	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	400.00	400.00

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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