Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand lower and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.37/cwt on 238 head.

Average price

$130.37

238 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$9.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.80

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	132.86	715	172
Medium and Large 1-2	496	123.98	615	56
Large 1	561	123.25	692	10thin

One grade step is worth $9.61/cwt here — about $23 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 sale238 hd

130.37

—

MO average15 barns · 6,012 hd

137.17

−6.80

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,519	80.36	1,220	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,320	64.72	854	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	59.89	680	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	913	44.53	407	4thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	155.03/cwt	149.00–160.00	741	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	161.02/cwt	155.00–173.00	671	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	134.97/cwt	130.50–139.00	908	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	152.27/cwt	149.00–158.00	801	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	147.75/cwt	140.00–154.00	839	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	167.24/cwt	157.50–176.00	642	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	160.83/cwt	159.00–166.00	534	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	996	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	134.66/cwt	131.00–145.00	838	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	125.04/cwt	117.00–131.00	595	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	118.48/cwt	111.00–124.00	690	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	128.68/cwt	120.00–132.00	531	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	133.24/cwt	123.00–136.00	421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	134.45/cwt	130.00–136.00	503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	122.12/cwt	119.00–126.50	760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	377	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	129.12/cwt	123.00–130.25	843	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	144.27/cwt	136.00–155.00	538	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	130.99/cwt	123.00–134.00	693	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	133.83/cwt	130.00–140.00	629	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	138.54/cwt	130.00–143.00	603	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	125.93/cwt	123.50–127.50	766	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	125.94/cwt	121.00–128.50	923	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	126.92/cwt	122.50–132.50	720	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	926	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	584	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	715	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	508	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	635	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	44.53/cwt	40.00–49.00	407	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	64.72/cwt	63.00–70.50	854	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	57.10/cwt	50.00–59.50	644	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	63.47/cwt	60.50–66.50	728	7
Bulls	—	—	1,409	74.56/cwt	64.00–84.50	1,051	6
Bulls	—	—	1,738	91.95/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,598	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,224	793.45/cwt	610.00–850.00	9,712	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,368	863.06/cwt	785.00–950.00	11,807	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,460	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	11,826	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,195	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,485	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,130	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,420	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	15,407	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	140.15/cwt	130.00–143.00	608	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	112.93/cwt	108.50–118.00	743	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	120.26/cwt	118.00–121.00	740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	135.75/cwt	135.00–136.00	524	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	440	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	143.30/cwt	135.00–149.00	737	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	151.48/cwt	140.00–158.00	651	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	131.92/cwt	120.00–138.50	760	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	144.30/cwt	140.00–145.50	698	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	127.79/cwt	125.50–130.00	861	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	887	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	887	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	763	119.67/cwt	119.00–120.00	913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	133.05/cwt	120.00–136.00	760	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	139.69/cwt	130.00–148.00	665	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	125.70/cwt	120.00–148.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	795	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	431	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	131.22/cwt	130.00–132.50	818	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.

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