Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2019-05-22

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, May 22
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
772 head
▼ 280 vs last sale 1,052▲ 772 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 187▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 83▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 5.00 lower to 3.00 highe with a higher demand for wean and precondition calves. Slaughter cows steady and bulls sold 1.00 higher; Demand uneven and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.23/cwt on 304 head.
Average price
$139.23
304 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.01
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542140.00758253
Medium and Large 1-2475135.4064451
One grade step is worth $4.61/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale304 hd
139.23
—
MO average17 barns · 8,584 hd
139.24
−0.01
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,63076.511,2475thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41858.888357thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15055.3563725
CowsLean 85-90%Low98946.0745522

Every lot, as filed

69 lots · USDA AMS · Farmington Regional Stockyards - Farmington, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%—75530.00/cwt30.00–30.002271
CowsLean 85-90%—91352.73/cwt52.00–53.004814
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02045.45/cwt33.50–49.0046417
BullsMedium and Large 1—665128.24/cwt125.00–140.008535
BullsMedium and Large 1—413154.23/cwt150.00–160.006375
BullsMedium and Large 1—717120.98/cwt117.00–123.008673
BullsMedium and Large 1—779112.02/cwt108.00–114.008735
BullsMedium and Large 1—612129.35/cwt125.00–131.507926
BullsMedium and Large 1—525148.38/cwt145.00–155.0077912
BullsMedium and Large 1—580140.05/cwt129.00–150.0081214
BullsMedium and Large 1—473153.28/cwt150.00–156.0072515
BullsMedium and Large 1—371172.67/cwt167.00–176.0064125
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—540148.00/cwt148.00–148.007993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—595126.50/cwt126.50–126.507533
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—458145.25/cwt145.00–146.006654
HeifersMedium and Large 1—911104.50/cwt104.50–104.509524
HeifersMedium and Large 1—689127.42/cwt120.00–132.508786
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363153.04/cwt146.00–158.505568
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340152.88/cwt149.00–156.005209
HeifersMedium and Large 1—756121.22/cwt119.00–124.0091617
HeifersMedium and Large 1—417147.05/cwt143.00–152.0061323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527140.45/cwt134.50–146.0074025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480144.21/cwt138.00–154.0069226
HeifersMedium and Large 1—614132.26/cwt125.00–139.5081248
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566140.67/cwt133.00–148.0079651
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—370159.00/cwt159.00–159.005884
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—508145.00/cwt145.00–145.0073715
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—458153.00/cwt153.00–153.0070117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—418134.92/cwt130.00–138.005644
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—524135.44/cwt132.50–142.007104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—609124.60/cwt124.00–125.007595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—575130.01/cwt127.00–132.007487
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—389139.10/cwt132.00–148.0054115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—473137.77/cwt125.00–143.0065216
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—618161.50/cwt161.50–161.509988
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—558166.00/cwt166.00–166.0092610
SteersMedium and Large 1—820127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0413
SteersMedium and Large 1—269170.00/cwt170.00–170.004574
SteersMedium and Large 1—321172.61/cwt171.00–176.005548
SteersMedium and Large 1—429164.25/cwt157.00–171.0070511
SteersMedium and Large 1—775131.33/cwt125.00–134.001,01812
SteersMedium and Large 1—369179.84/cwt170.00–194.0066413
SteersMedium and Large 1—736130.22/cwt130.00–133.0095813
SteersMedium and Large 1—462166.89/cwt159.00–173.0077118
SteersMedium and Large 1—624146.82/cwt135.00–151.5091625
SteersMedium and Large 1—664143.49/cwt136.50–147.5095325
SteersMedium and Large 1—526161.56/cwt150.00–172.0085031
SteersMedium and Large 1—575153.70/cwt135.50–158.0088432
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—473168.00/cwt168.00–168.0079511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—778117.00/cwt117.00–117.009103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—564143.00/cwt137.00–147.508074
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—613123.61/cwt121.00–130.007585
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—332152.65/cwt145.00–166.005079
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—511144.65/cwt142.00–147.007399
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—481150.74/cwt145.00–158.0072512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—418152.94/cwt140.00–157.0063915
Bred CowsLarge 2—1,338830.00/cwt830.00–830.0011,1052
Bred CowsLarge 2—1,269731.86/cwt700.00–760.009,2874
Bred CowsLarge 2—1,252653.65/cwt600.00–720.008,1848
Bred CowsLarge 2—1,160746.55/cwt650.00–850.008,6602
Bred CowsMedium 2—1,123632.27/cwt570.00–690.007,1002
Bred CowsMedium 2—1,149627.19/cwt600.00–650.007,2064
Bred CowsMedium 2—1,000675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,7501
Bred CowsMedium 2—1,140668.34/cwt610.00–765.007,6194
Bulls——1,42865.46/cwt57.00–74.009352
Bulls——1,76583.87/cwt78.00–87.501,4803
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14651.38/cwt49.00–55.0058912
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15459.02/cwt55.50–71.5068113
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41858.88/cwt57.00–62.508357

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.