Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparded to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower and bulls sold 3.00 lower; Demand lower and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.60/cwt on 310 head.

Average price

$121.60

310 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$8.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.94

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	123.94	672	224
Medium and Large 1-2	488	115.52	564	86

One grade step is worth $8.41/cwt here — about $108 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 sale310 hd

121.60

—

MO average18 barns · 8,162 hd

129.54

−7.94

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	—	High	1,552	80.38	1,248	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,315	59.92	788	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,106	53.17	588	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	937	42.35	397	36

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	139.64/cwt	130.00–142.50	469	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	118.41/cwt	115.00–125.00	720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	142.55/cwt	140.00–143.00	396	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	142.29/cwt	142.00–142.50	552	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	118.21/cwt	115.00–122.00	488	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	114.99/cwt	110.00–119.00	540	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	124.29/cwt	120.00–128.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	130.98/cwt	130.00–132.00	606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	136.27/cwt	132.50–137.50	903	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	133.70/cwt	128.50–137.00	833	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	138.75/cwt	130.00–145.00	788	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	142.62/cwt	133.00–152.50	740	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	149.21/cwt	145.00–154.00	713	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	145.15/cwt	140.00–149.00	604	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	130.64/cwt	122.50–137.50	956	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	124.73/cwt	118.00–125.50	1,024	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	116.25/cwt	115.00–120.00	918	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	822	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	117.63/cwt	116.00–123.00	445	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	124.47/cwt	120.00–128.00	414	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	108.77/cwt	105.00–110.00	745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	122.82/cwt	118.00–129.00	575	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	131.21/cwt	121.00–141.00	558	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	125.70/cwt	120.50–132.50	923	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	129.06/cwt	120.00–132.75	498	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	126.47/cwt	118.00–127.75	728	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	118.33/cwt	115.00–120.00	637	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	126.40/cwt	120.00–131.00	787	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	944	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	119.70/cwt	116.50–122.50	818	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	137.82/cwt	131.00–142.00	437	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	583	112.25/cwt	112.25–112.25	654	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	129.52/cwt	125.00–135.00	557	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	121.24/cwt	120.00–125.00	798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	126.39/cwt	115.00–135.00	718	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	982.50/cwt	890.00–1,075.00	10,808	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,000	3
Bulls	—	—	1,616	87.50/cwt	81.00–99.00	1,414	7
Bulls	—	—	1,574	73.88/cwt	71.00–77.50	1,163	5
Bulls	—	—	995	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	117.88/cwt	110.00–123.50	666	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	119.74/cwt	118.00–125.00	589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	405	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	128.96/cwt	120.00–136.00	672	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	134.23/cwt	120.00–141.00	636	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	119.97/cwt	114.00–125.00	691	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	133.92/cwt	128.00–138.00	566	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	122.84/cwt	114.00–126.00	782	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	113.27/cwt	111.00–114.00	765	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,128	740.06/cwt	575.00–935.00	8,348	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	525.23/cwt	520.00–530.00	5,042	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	977	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	7,181	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	890	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,565	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	43.62/cwt	38.00–49.50	411	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	32.10/cwt	30.00–35.00	294	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	46.01/cwt	35.00–51.00	427	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	62.22/cwt	57.50–65.00	861	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,179	55.33/cwt	54.00–57.00	652	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,087	50.16/cwt	42.00–57.00	545	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	59.68/cwt	56.00–63.00	685	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	113.47/cwt	110.00–118.00	587	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	115.54/cwt	110.00–120.00	668	15

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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