Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sales for a good comparison, however a lower undertone was noted as has been the case all around the circuit since the sharp selloff in the cattle futures that started last week. The demand was surprisingly good with active bidding, even with some buyers out of the market. Supply consisted of mostly calves and short yearlings with no loads of heavy yearlings offered to test prices.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $369.19/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −61.89 against this barn's trailing median of $431.09.

Average price

$369.19

141 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$16.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.97

vs MO average

−5.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	373.58	2,005	103
Medium and Large 1-2	555	357.29	1,984	38

One grade step is worth $16.29/cwt here — about $21 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 sale141 hd

369.19

—

MO average18 barns · 1,684 hd

354.23

+14.97

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−5.70

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.09

−61.89

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,328	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	685	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	482	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,000	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,519	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	375	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	320	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	578	351.81/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,033	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	375.62/cwt	345.00–382.50	1,803	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,347	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	407.47/cwt	380.00–417.50	2,314	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,136	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	527	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	338.37/cwt	335.00–349.00	2,501	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,838	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	417	440.25/cwt	405.00–460.00	1,836	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	352	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	775	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	601	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,091	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	574	370.75/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,128	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	870	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,593	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,139	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	364.81/cwt	360.00–367.00	2,276	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,643	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	323.55/cwt	318.00–325.00	2,304	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	580	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,007	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	366.81/cwt	357.50–377.50	1,973	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	624	321.87/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,008	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,536	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,985	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	403.74/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,051	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,945	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	360.00/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,495	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,118	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,040	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	639	375.12/cwt	365.00–388.00	2,397	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	529	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,050	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,800	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	336	455.83/cwt	447.50–460.00	1,532	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	381.97/cwt	367.50–387.50	2,193	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	517	392.24/cwt	367.50–406.00	2,028	50

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 Oct 28, 2025

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

Receipts 1,070Last week 305Year ago 770

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	271	490.00	490.00
3	350–400	375	412.50	412.50
3	400–450	446	385.00	385.00
39	450–500	480	345.00–382.50	375.62
14	500–550	500	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	336	447.50–460.00	455.83
2	350–400	352	445.00	445.00
17	400–450	417	405.00–460.00	440.25
50	500–550	517	367.50–406.00	392.24
37	550–600	578	350.00–355.00	351.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	527	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	494	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	538	357.50–377.50	366.81
18	550–600	563	352.50	352.50
19	700–750	712	318.00–325.00	323.55
13	800–850	805	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	580	346.00	346.00
29	600–650	624	315.00–325.00	321.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	480.00	480.00
2	350–400	375	487.50	487.50
15	450–500	482	415.00	415.00
10	500–550	508	400.00–407.50	403.74
52	550–600	568	380.00–417.50	407.47
32	600–650	639	365.00–388.00	375.12
3	650–700	685	357.50	357.50
4	700–750	725	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	465.00	465.00
4	450–500	465	420.00	420.00
10	500–550	521	410.00	410.00
36	550–600	574	367.50–387.50	381.97
4	600–650	643	365.00	365.00
12	650–700	693	357.50–365.00	360.00
12	700–750	739	335.00–349.00	338.37
3	800–850	806	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	574	367.50–375.00	370.75
5	600–650	601	348.00	348.00
2	750–800	775	316.00	316.00
3	850–900	870	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	400.00	400.00
22	550–600	550	385.00	385.00
20	600–650	624	360.00–367.00	364.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	529	387.50	387.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	440.00	440.00
3	450–500	493	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	502	387.50	387.50
2	600–650	632	319.00	319.00
4	700–750	748	286.00	286.00

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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