Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, steer calves under 500 lbs sharply higher on a light test, 500-700 lb steers 10.00-20.00 higher, and steers over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers firm to 5.00 higher. Demand for calves continues to be very good, and now that winter is mostly behind us, the prices for the lighter weight grazing cattle are reaching never before seen numbers that multiply out to some phenomenal dollars per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.38/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −120.57 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$349.38

49 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,954

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.84

vs MO average

+1.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	349.38	1,954	49

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 sale49 hd

349.38

—

MO average10 barns · 1,446 hd

343.54

+5.84

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+1.14

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−120.57

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

47 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	650–700	693	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,809	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,695	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	936	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,181	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	637	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,777	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	577	284.17/cwt	273.00–296.00	1,640	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	681	301.96/cwt	300.50–307.50	2,056	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	619	326.13/cwt	315.00–342.50	2,019	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,052	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	320.48/cwt	315.00–326.00	2,009	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	534	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,882	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	559	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,951	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	777	275.08/cwt	268.50–287.50	2,137	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	391.46/cwt	365.00–411.00	1,797	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	442	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,280	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	469.03/cwt	450.00–472.50	1,571	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	200–250	245	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,054	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	250–300	293	452.01/cwt	450.00–452.50	1,324	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	308.06/cwt	304.00–310.00	2,064	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	886	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,277	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	344.06/cwt	341.50–347.50	1,978	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,211	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	361.92/cwt	360.00–369.00	1,936	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,915	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,010	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	511	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,671	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	597	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,878	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	679	284.84/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,934	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	801	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,103	19
Heifers	Medium 1-2	250–300	276	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,028	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	293.50/cwt	290.50–294.00	2,093	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,945	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	483	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	323.91/cwt	317.00–331.00	1,681	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,916	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	498	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,698	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	275.62/cwt	259.00–276.50	1,965	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	383.11/cwt	362.50–395.00	1,264	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,686	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	295.46/cwt	291.00–296.50	1,838	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,070	13

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 Feb 25, 2025

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

Receipts 993Last week 1,355Year ago 1,465

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	552	307.00	307.00
5	650–700	693	261.00	261.00
4	900–950	936	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	577	273.00–296.00	284.17
4	600–650	637	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	362.50–395.00	383.11
9	450–500	483	349.00	349.00
4	500–550	526	329.00	329.00
21	600–650	622	291.00–296.50	295.46
13	750–800	787	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	498	341.00	341.00
9	500–550	511	327.00	327.00
10	550–600	597	314.50	314.50
22	600–650	625	306.50	306.50
8	650–700	665	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	679	275.00–289.00	284.84
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	276	372.50	372.50
3	450–500	483	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	519	317.00–331.00	323.91
4	550–600	556	305.00	305.00
4	600–650	647	277.00	277.00
7	650–700	697	279.00	279.00
59	700–750	713	259.00–276.50	275.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	395.00	395.00
6	500–550	534	352.50	352.50
10	550–600	559	349.00	349.00
30	600–650	619	315.00–342.50	326.13
43	650–700	681	300.50–307.50	301.96
51	750–800	777	268.50–287.50	275.08
4	850–900	886	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	648	287.50	287.50
3	750–800	770	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	710	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	335	450.00–472.50	469.03
3	350–400	378	424.00	424.00
4	400–450	425	377.00	377.00
19	450–500	459	365.00–411.00	391.46
9	500–550	535	360.00–369.00	361.92
24	550–600	575	341.50–347.50	344.06
12	600–650	627	315.00–326.00	320.48
38	650–700	670	304.00–310.00	308.06
79	700–750	713	290.50–294.00	293.50
8	800–850	816	271.00	271.00
4	950–1000	962	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	245	430.00	430.00
10	250–300	293	450.00–452.50	452.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	800–850	801	262.50	262.50

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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