Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, steer calves under 550 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher with instances 30.00 higher, 550-700 lb steers 5.00-10.00 higher, and not enough comparisons with last time for a trend on steers over 700 lbs. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs steady, with no trend established on weights over 650 lbs. Buyers discounting for flesh much more severely than in past weeks. Several loads of yearlings offered this week with a load of 893 lb steers selling for 302.75 and a load of reputation heifers 756 lbs at 307.50. Demand was good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $356.24/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −74.85 against this barn's trailing median of $431.09.

Average price

$356.24

88 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

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

$22.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.96

vs MO average

+16.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	364.24	1,964	57
Medium and Large 1-2	579	341.53	1,978	31

One grade step is worth $22.71/cwt here — about −$14 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

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 sale88 hd

356.24

—

MO average18 barns · 4,077 hd

343.28

+12.96

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

+16.36

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.09

−74.85

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

56 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	450–500	485	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,119	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	463	373.85/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,731	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	526	362.56/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,907	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	551	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,025	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	367.81/cwt	364.00–373.00	2,302	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,024	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	312	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	408	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	727	315.73/cwt	311.50–320.00	2,295	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	373.95/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,787	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	703	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,947	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,189	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	302.75/cwt	302.75–302.75	2,704	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	614	377.72/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,319	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	377.23/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,992	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,325	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,973	10
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	320	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,520	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	386.32/cwt	367.50–397.50	1,677	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	604	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,054	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,937	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	373	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,585	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	467	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,658	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	250–300	286	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,258	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	493	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	664	359.23/cwt	358.00–363.00	2,385	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	727	282.31/cwt	281.50–284.50	2,052	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,969	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	471	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,919	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,231	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,221	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	446	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,784	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	695	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	778	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	359	424.24/cwt	407.50–427.50	1,523	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,839	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	509	425.94/cwt	410.00–432.50	2,168	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	575	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,892	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,268	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	314.21/cwt	314.00–314.50	2,306	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,702	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	551	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,915	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	335.86/cwt	315.00–339.00	1,998	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,460	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	714	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,046	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,230	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	498	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,855	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	397.23/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,272	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,927	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,296	69

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 →

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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
2	400–450	405	485.00	485.00
7	450–500	485	437.00	437.00
32	500–550	528	370.00–387.50	377.23
6	550–600	576	380.00	380.00
30	600–650	626	364.00–373.00	367.81
12	700–750	721	308.00	308.00
60	850–900	893	302.75	302.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	462.50	462.50
8	450–500	471	407.50	407.50
29	500–550	509	410.00–432.50	425.94
42	550–600	572	380.00–402.50	397.23
24	600–650	614	375.00–380.00	377.72
37	650–700	664	358.00–363.00	359.23
38	700–750	727	311.50–320.00	315.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	498	372.50	372.50
6	600–650	604	340.00	340.00
6	650–700	680	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	286	440.00	440.00
7	350–400	373	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	586	387.00	387.00
8	650–700	678	329.00	329.00
17	700–750	734	314.00–314.50	314.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	575	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	312	470.00	470.00
13	350–400	359	407.50–427.50	424.24
8	400–450	446	400.00	400.00
18	450–500	463	365.00–385.00	373.85
25	500–550	526	360.00–370.00	362.56
9	550–600	551	367.50	367.50
4	600–650	623	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	295	490.00	490.00
3	350–400	395	420.00	420.00
10	400–450	434	367.50–397.50	386.32
18	450–500	478	365.00–382.50	373.95
13	500–550	547	370.00	370.00
10	550–600	551	358.00	358.00
68	750–800	756	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	650	298.00	298.00
15	700–750	703	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	467	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	551	347.50	347.50
3	650–700	695	290.00	290.00
75	700–750	727	281.50–284.50	282.31
4	750–800	778	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	623	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	642	286.50	286.50
10	700–750	714	286.50	286.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	485	351.00	351.00
5	500–550	523	364.00	364.00
23	550–600	595	315.00–339.00	335.86
3	600–650	636	303.00	303.00
69	750–800	759	302.50	302.50
23	850–900	885	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	320	475.00	475.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	577	339.00	339.00

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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