Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With three weeks since the last feeder special, nearly all weights of feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher as the cattle market continues to leap frog higher every week. Only the heavy weight yearling heifers traded on a more steady to firm basis as that weight sold with some outstanding prices three weeks ago. A record corn crop is predicted for this fall and that should lead to some cheap feed prices, helping support feeder demand even more. 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 $430.04/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −39.91 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$430.04

69 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,409

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

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

$43.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.64

vs MO average

+42.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	443.89	2,511	47
Medium and Large 1-2	549	400.43	2,197	22

One grade step is worth $43.46/cwt here — about $314 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 sale69 hd

430.04

—

MO average15 barns · 1,742 hd

419.40

+10.64

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+42.55

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−39.91

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

39 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	Large 1	600–650	611	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,261	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,926	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	497.45/cwt	467.50–510.00	1,851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	375.59/cwt	366.00–376.00	2,749	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	433.17/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,491	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	405.49/cwt	390.00–412.75	2,676	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	497	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,410	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	469.34/cwt	462.00–480.00	2,534	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	372.93/cwt	371.00–374.75	2,402	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	633	375.56/cwt	368.00–380.00	2,377	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	412.64/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,546	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	497	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,901	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	741	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,512	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	552	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,064	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	376.39/cwt	375.00–377.50	2,108	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	417.08/cwt	397.50–449.00	2,256	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	597	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,688	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,498	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,401	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,787	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	749	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,678	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	666	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,664	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	357.39/cwt	346.00–368.00	2,244	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	789	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,639	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,987	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,586	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,843	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,424	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,898	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	257	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,542	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,345	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,065	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	340.66/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,490	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	396.13/cwt	387.50–405.00	2,111	27

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 Aug 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,129Last week 715Year ago 890

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	611	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	257	600.00	600.00
4	350–400	372	467.50–510.00	497.45
10	400–450	428	450.00	450.00
3	450–500	476	452.50	452.50
2	500–550	522	472.50	472.50
29	550–600	575	420.00–440.00	433.17
23	600–650	633	383.00	383.00
50	650–700	660	390.00–412.75	405.49
72	700–750	732	366.00–376.00	375.59
22	750–800	758	375.00	375.00
9	850–900	896	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	497	485.00	485.00
12	500–550	540	462.00–480.00	469.34
4	550–600	597	431.00	431.00
29	600–650	617	410.00–425.00	412.64
14	650–700	666	400.00	400.00
34	700–750	749	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	541	397.50–449.00	417.08
9	550–600	560	375.00–377.50	376.39
8	600–650	639	367.00	367.00
57	650–700	677	382.00	382.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	789	334.50	334.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	600–650	644	371.00–374.75	372.93
21	700–750	739	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	497	382.50	382.50
7	550–600	552	374.00	374.00
79	600–650	633	368.00–380.00	375.56
28	700–750	741	339.00	339.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	398.00	398.00
17	450–500	477	398.00	398.00
27	500–550	533	387.50–405.00	396.13
11	550–600	566	351.00	351.00
36	600–650	628	346.00–368.00	357.39
4	650–700	692	347.00	347.00
24	700–750	731	335.00–342.50	340.66
5	900–950	920	303.00	303.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	590	350.00	350.00
5	750–800	785	303.00	303.00

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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