Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-10-13

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 13
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
Receipts
620 head
▲ 620 vs last sale 0▲ 315 vs year ago 305 · +103.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder special from two weeks ago, steer calves steady to 10.00 lower with heifer calves mostly steady, all on a very light test. Not enough yearlings for a good comparison. Many of the calves sold in small packages with some unweaned and others showing a lot of flesh. Crop harvest still occupying most farmers time here in northeast Missouri.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $408.52/cwt on 77 head, down $33.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −58.47 against this barn's trailing median of $466.99.
Average price
$408.52
▼ 33.82 vs prior sale
77 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,246
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.41
vs MO average
−23.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551408.562,25274
Medium and Large 1-2515407.502,0993thin
One grade step is worth $1.06/cwt here — about $153 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale77 hd
408.52
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MO average19 barns · 1,894 hd
402.11
+6.41
National average190 barns · 30,929 hd
432.29
−23.77
This barn, trailing median15 sales
466.99
−58.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
529484439395median 466.9902/2404/1406/0909/1510/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $515.25, low $408.52, median $466.99 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned358472.55/cwt470.00–477.501,6926
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,8807
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466439.06/cwt435.00–450.002,04624
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473426.20/cwt405.00–455.002,01618
Steers450–500Medium 1-2493375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8494
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0255
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,0993
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526419.61/cwt412.50–447.502,20719
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563415.90/cwt402.50–430.002,34234
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572380.96/cwt380.00–382.502,17916
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,4213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616387.65/cwt382.00–395.002,3889
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy636373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,3726
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned640355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2724
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665379.90/cwt362.00–388.002,52647
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added665365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,42712
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy695352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,4505
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,5102
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,6263
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added756350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,64618
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy767341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,6156
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,70410
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy843325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7403
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8135
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1357472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,6872
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned379450.44/cwt445.00–467.501,70712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423418.68/cwt407.50–430.001,77114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464419.93/cwt397.50–430.001,94836
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned468375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7557
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned500385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9252
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,0328
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527396.30/cwt382.50–407.502,08919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy527385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0294
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added534387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,06911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570372.01/cwt362.50–387.502,12018
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned582347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0222
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned584335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9566
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590371.33/cwt367.50–385.002,19113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy591347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0543
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663349.50/cwt349.50–349.502,31721
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added693323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,2387
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,4204
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2748318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,3798
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned375470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7633
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2631345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1773

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.