Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, except heifers over 550 lbs trading 5.00-10.00 higher. A few more yearlings in the mix this week with fantastic prices on anything that walks in the ring. Cattle futures sharply higher across the board on Tuesday with the feeder cattle futures more than 60.00 straight up from their low set back last November. Demand was very good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $423.11/cwt on 63 head, up $27.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 16 comparable sales and sits −7.97 against this barn's trailing median of $431.09.

Average price

$423.11

▲ 27.41 vs prior sale

63 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,317

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

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

$0.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.85

vs MO average

+9.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	423.19	2,286	39
Medium and Large 1-2	560	422.98	2,367	24

One grade step is worth $0.21/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale63 hd

423.11

—

MO average21 barns · 6,037 hd

406.26

+16.85

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

+9.63

This barn, trailing median16 sales

431.09

−7.97

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

52 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	500–550	518	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,007	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,148	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,356	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,040	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,240	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,336	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	350	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,547	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	490.84/cwt	485.00–507.50	2,606	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	734	376.91/cwt	371.00–383.00	2,767	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	503.95/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,469	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	643	425.99/cwt	424.00–428.00	2,739	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,811	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,409	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	669	407.36/cwt	407.00–407.50	2,725	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	507.17/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,130	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,807	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	370.64/cwt	359.00–378.00	2,861	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	409.76/cwt	399.00–419.00	2,733	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	579	454.09/cwt	440.00–459.00	2,629	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	638	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,648	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	662	381.74/cwt	368.00–390.00	2,527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	541	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,245	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	407.99/cwt	365.00–417.50	2,721	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	587	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,392	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	495.47/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,626	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	438.97/cwt	410.00–449.00	2,269	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	602	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,671	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,698	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,459	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	411.89/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,294	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	479.42/cwt	477.50–480.00	2,081	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	360.22/cwt	359.00–361.00	2,403	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	421	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,088	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	716	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,578	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	549	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,372	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,352	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	582	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,241	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	713	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	602	395.18/cwt	395.00–397.00	2,379	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	622	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,612	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,506	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,700	48
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	320	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,520	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	352	459.87/cwt	430.00–490.00	1,619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	444.35/cwt	425.00–490.00	2,124	40
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	449	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,919	6

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 Jan 13, 2026

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

Receipts 879Last week 1,191Year ago 1,704

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	461	442.50	442.50
3	500–550	518	387.50	387.50
2	600–650	605	355.00	355.00
9	650–700	681	329.00	329.00
5	750–800	796	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	675	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	496.00	496.00
8	500–550	541	415.00	415.00
9	550–600	557	405.00–417.50	411.89
34	600–650	602	395.00–397.00	395.18
8	650–700	662	368.00–390.00	381.74
12	700–750	716	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	587	407.50	407.50
4	600–650	602	401.00	401.00
18	650–700	654	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	434	477.50–480.00	479.42
40	450–500	478	425.00–490.00	444.35
16	500–550	517	410.00–449.00	438.97
6	550–600	575	409.00	409.00
13	650–700	667	359.00–361.00	360.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	549	432.00	432.00
17	600–650	622	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	582	385.00	385.00
3	700–750	713	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	600–650	641	391.00	391.00
48	800–850	812	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	475.00	475.00
6	350–400	352	430.00–490.00	459.87
6	400–450	449	427.50	427.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	500.00	500.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	542	470.00	470.00
24	600–650	638	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	420	490.00–525.00	507.17
11	500–550	531	485.00–507.50	490.84
20	550–600	579	440.00–459.00	454.09
16	600–650	643	424.00–428.00	425.99
17	650–700	669	407.00–407.50	407.36
12	700–750	734	371.00–383.00	376.91
2	850–900	855	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	522.50	522.50
10	450–500	490	500.00–510.00	503.95
19	500–550	530	480.00–505.00	495.47
15	600–650	623	433.00	433.00
35	650–700	667	399.00–419.00	409.76
11	700–750	701	381.00	381.00
31	750–800	772	359.00–378.00	370.64
5	800–850	806	354.00	354.00
8	850–900	873	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	577	417.50	417.50
5	600–650	623	420.00	420.00
23	650–700	667	365.00–417.50	407.99
5	800–850	833	337.00	337.00

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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