Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold firm to 5.00 higher. Cash and futures prices continue to set new record highs every week, and cow/calf producers are finally having their turn to bank some well earned profits. Demand was good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $339.01/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −130.94 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$339.01

177 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,885

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$30.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.21

vs MO average

−9.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	340.70	1,900	161
Medium and Large 1-2	543	326.00	1,770	12thin
Medium 1-2	527	310.00	1,634	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.70/cwt here — about $266 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 sale177 hd

339.01

—

MO average17 barns · 4,496 hd

339.21

−0.21

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−9.65

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−130.94

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

65 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	300–350	340	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,329	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,607	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,804	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,594	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,722	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,897	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	771	278.20/cwt	275.00–279.50	2,145	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	533	359.31/cwt	347.00–369.00	1,915	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	334.93/cwt	329.00–342.50	1,933	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	619	323.24/cwt	309.00–325.00	2,001	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,739	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	686	298.44/cwt	288.00–306.00	2,047	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,060	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	474	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,759	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	546	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,802	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	310.84/cwt	304.00–316.50	1,961	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	726	286.38/cwt	278.50–289.50	2,079	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,933	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	306.97/cwt	303.00–309.00	1,931	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	423	377.57/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,597	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,257	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,192	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	385.59/cwt	381.00–395.00	1,473	18
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	527	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	357.50/cwt	349.00–367.00	1,755	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	376.28/cwt	362.50–405.00	1,659	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	342.69/cwt	341.00–345.00	1,789	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	283.09/cwt	280.00–294.50	2,078	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	304.63/cwt	302.00–307.50	2,035	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	264.36/cwt	264.00–266.00	2,107	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	295.14/cwt	281.00–304.75	1,789	39
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	800–850	831	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,936	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	803	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	570	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	677	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	602	280.99/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,692	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	332.10/cwt	318.00–342.50	1,571	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,847	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,007	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	302.58/cwt	289.00–316.00	1,728	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	906	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	264.19/cwt	261.00–267.00	1,915	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	581	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	312.14/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,682	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,765	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,382	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	277.87/cwt	271.00–279.00	1,909	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	345.99/cwt	341.00–349.00	1,470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	319.91/cwt	311.00–326.50	1,680	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	755	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,989	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	281.26/cwt	278.00–284.00	1,704	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,910	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,057	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	282.99/cwt	282.75–283.50	2,182	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,956	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	683	279.08/cwt	278.75–279.25	1,906	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	305.70/cwt	302.00–309.00	1,758	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	614	289.48/cwt	283.00–293.00	1,777	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,243	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	557	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,755	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	337.83/cwt	321.00–345.00	1,909	90

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 Jan 28, 2025

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

Receipts 1,719Last week 1,704Year ago 1,125

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	391.00	391.00
4	450–500	450	357.00	357.00
6	500–550	540	318.00	318.00
3	550–600	586	272.00	272.00
6	600–650	645	267.00	267.00
9	650–700	668	270.00	270.00
10	750–800	768	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	375.00–380.00	377.57
5	450–500	474	371.00	371.00
21	500–550	533	347.00–369.00	359.31
30	550–600	577	329.00–342.50	334.93
46	600–650	619	309.00–325.00	323.24
69	650–700	686	288.00–306.00	298.44
27	700–750	726	278.50–289.50	286.38
21	750–800	771	275.00–279.50	278.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	540	322.00	322.00
56	600–650	629	303.00–309.00	306.97
16	650–700	652	296.50	296.50
3	700–750	728	283.00	283.00
11	750–800	797	264.00–266.00	264.36
8	850–900	873	258.50	258.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	546	330.00	330.00
4	600–650	640	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	382	381.00–395.00	385.59
13	400–450	441	362.50–405.00	376.28
27	450–500	491	349.00–367.00	357.50
20	500–550	522	341.00–345.00	342.69
90	550–600	565	321.00–345.00	337.83
57	600–650	631	304.00–316.50	310.84
34	650–700	668	302.00–307.50	304.63
33	700–750	734	280.00–294.50	283.09
31	750–800	771	282.75–283.50	282.99
3	850–900	863	254.00	254.00
5	950–1000	988	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	527	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	341.00–349.00	345.99
2	450–500	460	335.00	335.00
11	500–550	510	327.00	327.00
19	550–600	575	302.00–309.00	305.70
23	600–650	614	283.00–293.00	289.48
40	650–700	683	278.75–279.25	279.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	377.50	377.50
3	250–300	265	380.00	380.00
6	350–400	376	367.50	367.50
47	450–500	473	318.00–342.50	332.10
48	500–550	525	311.00–326.50	319.91
73	550–600	571	289.00–316.00	302.58
39	600–650	606	281.00–304.75	295.14
16	650–700	684	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	831	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	570	288.00	288.00
8	600–650	602	275.00–287.00	280.99
7	650–700	677	277.00	277.00
3	800–850	803	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	539	310.00–324.00	312.14
5	550–600	573	308.00	308.00
11	600–650	606	278.00–284.00	281.26
25	650–700	687	271.00–279.00	277.87
9	700–750	725	261.00–267.00	264.19
2	750–800	787	248.50	248.50
5	800–850	802	256.50	256.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	581	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	557	315.00	315.00
8	750–800	755	263.50	263.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	725	263.50	263.50

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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