Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, feeder steers and heifers steady with the sharp advance seen last week. The fed cattle market continues to work higher each week along with the beef futures, giving strength to the feeder market as buyers compete for a tight supply. Demand was once again very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.68/cwt on 92 head, down $49.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −37.27 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$432.68

▼ 49.55 vs prior sale

92 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$908

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$138.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.63

vs MO average

−54.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	454.35	2,504	67
Medium and Large 1-2	577	449.28	2,592	11thin
Medium 2-3	505	315.92	1,595	14thin

One grade step is worth $138.43/cwt here — about $908 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 sale92 hd

432.68

—

MO average18 barns · 3,127 hd

483.31

−50.63

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−54.67

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−37.27

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

50 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	417	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,314	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	478.00/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,404	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	664.20/cwt	655.00–670.00	1,926	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,013	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,416	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,775	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	864	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,076	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,567	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,746	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	842	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,964	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	769	377.06/cwt	350.00–386.00	2,900	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,465	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,276	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	482	517.57/cwt	485.00–532.50	2,495	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	430.16/cwt	422.50–433.50	2,861	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	449.28/cwt	447.50–452.50	2,592	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	523	439.48/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,298	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	397.85/cwt	378.00–425.00	2,518	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	714	400.80/cwt	380.00–412.50	2,862	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	489.27/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,608	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	720	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,498	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	396.82/cwt	372.50–426.00	2,298	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	432.78/cwt	415.00–457.50	2,467	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	843	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,706	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,396	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	533	412.35/cwt	387.50–438.00	2,198	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	435.20/cwt	421.00–460.00	2,502	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	408.00/cwt	404.50–416.00	2,562	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	379.74/cwt	375.00–380.50	2,571	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	464.15/cwt	437.50–482.50	2,404	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	485.48/cwt	470.00–492.50	2,369	28
Steers	Medium 2-3	500–550	505	315.92/cwt	282.50–350.00	1,595	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	672	387.51/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,604	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,049	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,214	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	586	397.18/cwt	372.50–421.00	2,327	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	664	386.19/cwt	370.00–393.00	2,564	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	400.04/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,904	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	480.13/cwt	467.50–492.00	2,694	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	415	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,085	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	457	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,262	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,645	2

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 Feb 17, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	290	655.00–670.00	664.20
3	350–400	366	550.00	550.00
2	400–450	417	555.00	555.00
5	500–550	503	475.00–480.00	478.00
2	550–600	565	435.00	435.00
4	700–750	732	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	482	485.00–532.50	517.57
6	500–550	530	465.00	465.00
11	550–600	580	442.50	442.50
8	600–650	618	449.00	449.00
78	650–700	665	422.50–433.50	430.16
30	700–750	714	380.00–412.50	400.80
45	750–800	769	350.00–386.00	377.06
8	800–850	842	352.00	352.00
12	850–900	864	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	620.00	620.00
2	400–450	410	555.00	555.00
6	450–500	492	472.50	472.50
10	500–550	533	485.00–500.00	489.27
16	550–600	561	467.50–492.00	480.13
7	600–650	617	445.00	445.00
8	650–700	688	411.00	411.00
19	700–750	726	380.00–410.00	400.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	676	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	577	447.50–452.50	449.28
2	600–650	645	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	523	435.00–450.00	439.48
8	550–600	586	372.50–421.00	397.18
25	600–650	633	378.00–425.00	397.85
11	650–700	672	380.00–397.50	387.51
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	505	282.50–350.00	315.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	533	387.50–438.00	412.35
6	700–750	720	347.00	347.00
8	800–850	843	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	673	364.00	364.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	521	425.00	425.00
15	550–600	579	372.50–426.00	396.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	525.00	525.00
5	350–400	383	535.00	535.00
28	450–500	488	470.00–492.50	485.48
8	500–550	513	467.00	467.00
29	550–600	570	415.00–457.50	432.78
22	650–700	677	375.00–380.50	379.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	527	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	502.50	502.50
4	450–500	457	495.00	495.00
43	500–550	518	437.50–482.50	464.15
21	550–600	575	421.00–460.00	435.20
19	600–650	628	404.50–416.00	408.00
35	650–700	664	370.00–393.00	386.19

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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