Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, feeder steers and heifers steady on a light test. Mostly calves in the offering with plenty of buyers still looking to own more cattle. Demand was good and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.66/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −96.29 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$373.66

64 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$160

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

$1.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.20

vs MO average

−4.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	375.00	1,901	12thin
Medium and Large 1	552	373.35	2,061	52

One grade step is worth $1.65/cwt here — about −$160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale64 hd

373.66

—

MO average15 barns · 4,799 hd

382.86

−9.20

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−4.39

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−96.29

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

37 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 1Fleshy	600–650	604	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,035	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	546	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,058	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	348.77/cwt	337.00–365.00	2,005	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	496	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,984	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	436.67/cwt	385.00–445.00	1,349	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	359.94/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,929	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	382.04/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,841	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	327.00/cwt	324.00–328.00	2,018	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	382.86/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,960	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	726	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,272	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	375.75/cwt	372.50–381.00	2,157	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	576	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,987	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,863	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	392	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,048	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	714	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,942	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	574	333.78/cwt	326.00–337.00	1,916	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	340.23/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,990	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	454.09/cwt	420.00–467.50	1,884	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,288	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	321.70/cwt	319.00–322.00	2,300	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	340	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	343.68/cwt	340.00–344.00	2,227	86
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,322	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	665	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,015	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	398.23/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,904	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,288	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	317.94/cwt	317.50–320.00	2,019	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	517	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,822	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,860	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,901	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	730	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,942	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,994	3

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 May 20, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	546	377.00	377.00
7	550–600	585	335.00–347.50	340.23
6	600–650	604	337.00	337.00
4	650–700	695	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	445.00	445.00
2	350–400	392	460.00	460.00
5	450–500	496	400.00	400.00
3	700–750	726	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	420.00–467.50	454.09
14	450–500	478	390.00–410.00	398.23
16	500–550	512	375.00–392.50	382.86
21	550–600	574	372.50–381.00	375.75
86	600–650	648	340.00–344.00	343.68
9	650–700	654	355.00	355.00
10	700–750	715	319.00–322.00	321.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	507	375.00	375.00
5	600–650	613	337.50	337.50
3	650–700	678	337.50	337.50
35	700–750	743	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	309	385.00–445.00	436.67
2	350–400	355	425.00	425.00
36	450–500	482	370.00–395.00	382.04
13	500–550	536	357.50–365.00	359.94
29	550–600	575	337.00–365.00	348.77
12	600–650	617	324.00–328.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	576	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	398.00	398.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	635	317.50–320.00	317.94
5	700–750	711	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	574	326.00–337.00	333.78
5	700–750	714	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	665	303.00	303.00
4	700–750	730	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	517	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	424	425.00	425.00
4	450–500	468	397.50	397.50
3	500–550	518	385.00	385.00

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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