Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, feeder steers and heifers 10.00-20.00 higher, with some light heifer calves 30.00 higher. Customer appreciation day at the barn with door prize drawings along with a free beef brisket lunch for all in attendance. Sale goers were also treated with the chance to hear the 2025 World Auctioneering Champion, Dean Edge, from Alberta Canada, as he handled much of the afternoon sale. Quality was attractive and buyers were aggressive to get their hands on more cattle before the end of the year.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.71/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −32.24 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$437.71

105 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,428

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.53

vs MO average

−6.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	437.71	2,428	105

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale105 hd

437.71

—

MO average19 barns · 4,066 hd

429.18

+8.53

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−6.39

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−32.24

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

45 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	468.34/cwt	452.50–490.00	2,070	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,986	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,283	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	704	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,204	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	542	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,965	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	312.25/cwt	312.25–312.25	2,713	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	673	374.08/cwt	363.00–390.00	2,518	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	633	406.76/cwt	393.00–428.00	2,575	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	489.81/cwt	482.50–507.50	2,145	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	422.22/cwt	395.00–437.50	2,415	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,757	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	832	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	509	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,151	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	365.58/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,523	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	446.61/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,340	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	477.14/cwt	476.00–478.00	2,309	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	427	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,263	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	517	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,471	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	387	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,916	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	388.51/cwt	386.50–394.00	2,176	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	547	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,133	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,695	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	716	369.66/cwt	354.00–377.50	2,647	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	440.27/cwt	424.00–450.00	2,492	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	404.64/cwt	380.00–413.00	2,043	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,214	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	463.79/cwt	450.00–520.00	1,308	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,867	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,368	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	2,917	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,126	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	327.91/cwt	322.50–331.00	2,453	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	491.86/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	641	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,176	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	478	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,036	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	523.38/cwt	500.00–580.00	1,492	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,009	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	343.91/cwt	335.00–358.00	2,149	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	367.02/cwt	365.00–376.00	2,096	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	443.63/cwt	427.50–455.00	1,832	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,546	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	463.95/cwt	452.50–472.00	1,795	21

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 1,114Last week 771Year ago 656

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	442	452.50–490.00	468.34
9	450–500	475	418.00	418.00
10	650–700	694	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	542	362.50	362.50
6	700–750	704	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	627	339.00	339.00
35	750–800	781	326.00	326.00
63	850–900	869	312.25	312.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	426.00	426.00
2	500–550	547	390.00	390.00
31	550–600	560	386.50–394.00	388.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	548	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	282	450.00–520.00	463.79
6	300–350	317	460.00–510.00	491.86
21	350–400	387	452.50–472.00	463.95
10	400–450	413	427.50–455.00	443.63
11	450–500	465	432.00	432.00
30	500–550	505	380.00–413.00	404.64
41	550–600	571	365.00–376.00	367.02
30	600–650	625	335.00–358.00	343.91
7	650–700	656	337.50	337.50
11	700–750	748	322.50–331.00	327.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	641	339.50	339.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	387	495.00	495.00
2	400–450	427	530.00	530.00
8	500–550	517	478.00	478.00
45	550–600	566	424.00–450.00	440.27
91	600–650	633	393.00–428.00	406.76
45	650–700	673	363.00–390.00	374.08
28	700–750	716	354.00–377.50	369.66
9	750–800	768	359.00	359.00
4	800–850	832	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	732	358.00	358.00
12	750–800	795	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	560.00	560.00
12	250–300	285	500.00–580.00	523.38
7	350–400	359	520.00	520.00
28	400–450	438	482.50–507.50	489.81
26	450–500	484	476.00–478.00	477.14
15	500–550	524	425.00–460.00	446.61
31	550–600	572	395.00–437.50	422.22
8	600–650	640	370.00	370.00
12	650–700	690	360.00–377.00	365.58
65	750–800	779	374.50	374.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	509	422.50	422.50

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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