Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous feeder auction from two weeks ago, steer and heifer calves mostly 25.00-50.00 higher and yearlings 10.00-20.00 higher. A really nice recovery in the cash feeder market over the past couple of weeks as the fed cattle market has been moving higher, and cattle futures prices have bounced up significantly following their steep decline through the month of November. Demand was good and supply light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $410.18/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −59.77 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$410.18

96 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$36.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.30

vs MO average

−20.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	411.31	2,268	93
Medium and Large 1-2	540	375.00	2,025	3thin

One grade step is worth $36.31/cwt here — about $243 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 sale96 hd

410.18

—

MO average20 barns · 5,016 hd

422.47

−12.30

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−20.45

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−59.77

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

33 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 1Fleshy	650–700	660	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,204	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	498	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,253	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	804	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	447.63/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,144	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	342.94/cwt	337.00–347.50	2,452	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	499	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,909	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,205	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,414	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	754	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,292	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	623	334.70/cwt	327.00–337.50	2,085	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	417.26/cwt	385.00–442.50	2,149	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,420	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	723	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,491	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	363.94/cwt	347.50–374.00	2,413	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	381.33/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,808	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	493	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,923	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	581	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,193	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	369.02/cwt	340.00–374.00	2,495	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,861	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	524	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,109	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	367.93/cwt	343.00–370.50	2,233	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	369.99/cwt	366.00–372.00	2,098	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,452	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,385	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	382.69/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,419	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	372.93/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,928	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	830	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,440	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	767	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,470	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	495.91/cwt	492.50–510.00	1,780	5

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 Dec 9, 2025

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

Receipts 771Last week 0Year ago 635

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	623	327.00–337.50	334.70
13	650–700	660	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	754	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	391	402.50	402.50
3	400–450	428	389.00	389.00
11	450–500	474	377.50–385.00	381.33
19	500–550	517	370.00–395.00	372.93
50	550–600	567	366.00–372.00	369.99
43	600–650	607	343.00–370.50	367.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	493	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	758	323.50	323.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	452.50	452.50
9	500–550	524	402.50	402.50
9	550–600	568	426.00	426.00
30	650–700	663	347.50–374.00	363.94
24	700–750	723	344.50	344.50
5	800–850	804	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	525.00	525.00
5	350–400	359	492.50–510.00	495.91
10	450–500	479	430.00–465.00	447.63
35	500–550	515	385.00–442.50	417.26
37	550–600	586	407.00	407.00
52	600–650	632	382.50–385.00	382.69
87	650–700	676	340.00–374.00	369.02
7	700–750	715	337.00–347.50	342.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	540	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	581	377.50	377.50
11	750–800	767	322.00	322.00
7	800–850	830	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	493	377.50	377.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	499	382.50	382.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	639	345.00	345.00
20	750–800	775	311.50	311.50

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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