Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from last week, feeder steers steady and feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Once again a very good demand on a lighter supply this week as marketings have caught up following the cold weather from a few weeks back.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.33/cwt on 79 head, up $28.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 16 comparable sales and sits −8.62 against this barn's trailing median of $469.95.

Average price

$461.33

▲ 28.65 vs prior sale

79 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$8.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.09

vs MO average

−25.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	464.23	2,542	53
Medium and Large 1-2	555	455.40	2,529	26

One grade step is worth $8.83/cwt here — about $13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale79 hd

461.33

—

MO average21 barns · 3,319 hd

489.42

−28.09

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−25.69

This barn, trailing median16 sales

469.95

−8.62

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,451	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	782	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,008	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	419.44/cwt	415.00–423.00	2,835	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	472.99/cwt	465.00–477.50	2,422	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	471.84/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,227	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,513	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,425	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,461	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	521	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,341	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	418.49/cwt	416.00–427.50	2,879	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,846	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	457.19/cwt	442.50–480.00	2,661	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	688	388.14/cwt	383.00–402.50	2,670	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,888	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	709	407.05/cwt	399.00–417.50	2,886	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,609	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	424.34/cwt	417.50–430.00	2,622	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	568.02/cwt	563.00–590.00	2,170	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,577	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,683	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	460.76/cwt	440.00–477.50	2,368	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,594	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,556	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	531.74/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,909	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	682	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,523	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,513	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,532	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	607	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,398	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	406.63/cwt	380.00–427.50	2,354	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,518	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,643	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	453.41/cwt	445.00–462.50	2,389	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	597	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,478	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,104	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	561.52/cwt	560.00–562.50	1,797	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	498.06/cwt	460.00–520.00	2,112	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,512	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	826	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,792	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,765	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,597	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,608	10

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 24, 2026

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

Receipts 715Last week 929Year ago 993

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	580	422.50	422.50
6	750–800	782	360.00	360.00
9	800–850	826	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	625.00	625.00
15	350–400	382	563.00–590.00	568.02
10	400–450	442	590.00	590.00
18	500–550	505	497.50	497.50
10	550–600	582	442.50–480.00	457.19
71	650–700	688	416.00–427.50	418.49
9	750–800	757	376.00	376.00
9	800–850	810	356.50	356.50
7	900–950	946	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	473	495.00	495.00
4	500–550	521	472.50	472.50
7	550–600	558	467.50	467.50
29	650–700	676	415.00–423.00	419.44
7	700–750	709	399.00–417.50	407.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	512	465.00–477.50	472.99
15	550–600	587	442.50	442.50
18	600–650	618	417.50–430.00	424.34
3	750–800	765	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	688	383.00–402.50	388.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	605	457.00	457.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	515.00	515.00
5	450–500	472	460.00–480.00	471.84
4	500–550	533	455.00	455.00
13	550–600	579	380.00–427.50	406.63
4	600–650	623	395.00	395.00
9	650–700	683	368.00	368.00
3	750–800	793	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	400	512.50	512.50
10	500–550	527	445.00–462.50	453.41
6	550–600	597	415.00	415.00
8	600–650	635	422.50	422.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	560.00–562.50	561.52
9	350–400	359	530.00–535.00	531.74
8	400–450	424	460.00–520.00	498.06
53	500–550	514	440.00–477.50	460.76
13	600–650	616	415.00	415.00
5	700–750	708	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	525.00	525.00
3	450–500	495	412.50	412.50
5	500–550	507	415.00	415.00
13	550–600	587	429.00	429.00
7	600–650	610	415.00	415.00
6	650–700	665	390.00	390.00
5	700–750	744	352.50	352.50
7	750–800	775	341.00	341.00
4	800–850	810	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	607	395.00	395.00
5	650–700	682	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	673	382.50	382.50

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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