Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous auction from two weeks ago, steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady, spots 5.00-10.00 higher on heifers under 550 lbs. Too few yearlings to establish a good trend. Bulk of the receipts calves. The demand for calves remains very good as buyers have plenty of cheap feed along with the expectations of continuing tight supplies. Weather has quickly turned dry with no precipitation over the past month and none in the forecast. Pastures have turned brown and the later planted corn and soybeans are prematurely dying.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $429.40/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −40.55 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$429.40

97 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$33.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.77

vs MO average

+15.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	433.18	2,444	86
Medium and Large 1-2	549	399.82	2,197	11thin

One grade step is worth $33.37/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale97 hd

429.40

—

MO average15 barns · 2,404 hd

425.64

+3.77

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+15.88

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−40.55

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

60 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
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	435	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	582	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,444	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	736	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,910	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,124	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	255	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,893	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	420.90/cwt	420.00–422.50	2,264	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	380.70/cwt	373.00–382.00	2,684	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,557	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,324	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	370.37/cwt	365.00–371.50	2,326	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	165	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	1,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	738	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,768	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	381.81/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,585	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,272	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	446.28/cwt	442.50–450.00	2,120	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,676	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	491	494.40/cwt	465.00–497.50	2,428	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	622	405.87/cwt	387.50–420.00	2,525	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	537	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,323	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	388.53/cwt	377.50–397.00	2,253	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	957	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,005	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	920	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,990	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	423	467.10/cwt	435.00–472.50	1,976	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	477	445.70/cwt	442.50–450.00	2,126	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	341	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,731	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	429.54/cwt	422.50–440.00	2,268	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	858	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,224	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	310	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	547	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,713	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	476	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,118	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,031	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	766	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,276	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	601	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,476	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	728	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,468	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	556	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,057	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,067	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,295	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,087	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	282	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,936	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	607	359.63/cwt	355.00–368.00	2,183	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	291	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,775	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	714	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,628	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	455.29/cwt	455.00–456.00	2,563	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	357	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,571	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	414.19/cwt	412.50–415.00	2,170	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	397	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,094	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,744	9

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 Sep 9, 2025

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

Receipts 1,044Last week 524Year ago 1,219

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	165	685.00	685.00
3	200–250	240	530.00	530.00
6	450–500	475	442.50–450.00	446.28
11	500–550	538	420.00–422.50	420.90
26	550–600	550	422.50	422.50
34	600–650	628	365.00–371.50	370.37
6	850–900	890	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	738	375.00	375.00
5	900–950	920	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	341	507.50	507.50
28	400–450	423	435.00–472.50	467.10
12	450–500	477	442.50–450.00	445.70
21	500–550	528	422.50–440.00	429.54
23	550–600	580	377.50–397.00	388.53
25	600–650	607	355.00–368.00	359.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	601	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	627	363.00	363.00
4	750–800	766	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	728	339.00	339.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	282	560.00	560.00
9	350–400	357	440.00	440.00
4	400–450	433	430.00	430.00
5	450–500	461	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	582	420.00	420.00
4	700–750	736	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	560.00	560.00
3	300–350	310	520.00	520.00
9	350–400	390	530.00	530.00
6	400–450	444	470.00	470.00
17	450–500	471	451.00	451.00
12	500–550	524	412.50–415.00	414.19
8	550–600	553	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	467.50	467.50
25	550–600	596	429.00	429.00
13	650–700	664	403.00	403.00
21	700–750	705	373.00–382.00	380.70
2	800–850	820	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	291	610.00	610.00
36	350–400	397	527.50	527.50
39	450–500	491	465.00–497.50	494.40
7	500–550	537	432.50	432.50
21	550–600	563	455.00–456.00	455.29
54	600–650	622	387.50–420.00	405.87
24	650–700	677	372.50–390.00	381.81
22	700–750	714	368.00	368.00
9	750–800	775	354.00	354.00
6	950–1000	957	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	660	362.50	362.50
3	850–900	858	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	687	392.00	392.00
3	750–800	791	343.00	343.00
3	900–950	925	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	547	411.00	411.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	601	412.00	412.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	556	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	480.00	480.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	524	387.50	387.50
4	550–600	592	355.00	355.00

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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