Sale reports / Missouri / F&T Livestock Market / 2026-10-27

F&T Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Palmyra, Missouri · Tue, Oct 27
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1816
← Oct 13Oct 27latest
Receipts
658 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 620▼ 412 vs year ago 1,070 · −38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the auction from two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers only lightly tested but trading with a higher undertone. Dry weather has every farmer with crops still busy in the field trying to finish up harvest.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $394.45/cwt on 30 head, up $16.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −33.29 against this barn's trailing median of $427.74.
Average price
$394.45
▲ 16.90 vs prior sale
30 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,141
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+24.02
vs MO average
+19.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543394.452,14130
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale30 hd
394.45
—
MO average18 barns · 1,955 hd
370.43
+24.02
National average168 barns · 18,275 hd
375.43
+19.02
This barn, trailing median15 sales
427.74
−33.29
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
467427387347median 427.7402/2404/1406/0909/1510/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.66, low $361.22, median $427.74 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

44 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1237615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,4582
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,5454
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,8376
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added447490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1908
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added476459.00/cwt459.00–459.002,1854
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,2247
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added521465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,42323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy551397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,1906
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added573413.22/cwt403.00–420.002,36830
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1598406.06/cwt387.50–410.002,42817
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added606390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3633
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy622343.97/cwt332.50–355.002,13910
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy686342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,3504
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689381.50/cwt381.50–381.502,62915
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1701362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,5413
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy703347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,4436
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5834
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added761348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,64810
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782339.50/cwt339.50–339.502,65515
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823330.79/cwt328.00–333.002,7229
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added277560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,5512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added395457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,80711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6596
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432423.33/cwt402.50–440.001,8297
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added432410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457397.51/cwt377.50–411.001,8175
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added466425.83/cwt402.50–430.001,98427
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added514419.82/cwt399.00–427.502,15811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,9895
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added563382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,1533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,17911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy607340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0644
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2204
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657361.50/cwt361.50–361.502,37557
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy674331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,2317
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,56028
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2802334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,68318
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy840313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,62912
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2869321.50/cwt321.50–321.502,79463
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1256
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2589381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,24411
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned641332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1284
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2644346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,2285

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.