Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2019-12-18

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Dec 18
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
433 head
588 vs last sale 1,021 433 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
21 vs last sale 120 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
14 vs last sale 30 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Next sale Jan 8, 2020* Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00-6.00 higher with good quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.47/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$146.47
169 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.27
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539149.20804145
Medium and Large 1-2462130.0360024
One grade step is worth $19.16/cwt here — about $203 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 sale169 hd
146.47
MO average18 barns · 9,888 hd
148.74
−2.27
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
BullsHigh1,41759.5984410
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50751.5077613
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25645.0856645
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12433.343756thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy362177.00/cwt177.00–177.006415
Bulls1,69570.19/cwt68.00–72.501,1902
Bulls1,37348.45/cwt45.00–52.006653
Bulls1,33262.04/cwt60.00–64.008265
BullsMedium and Large 1571133.42/cwt126.00–140.007624
BullsMedium and Large 1634120.00/cwt120.00–120.007614
BullsMedium and Large 1666119.87/cwt119.50–120.007984
Bred CowsMedium 2875528.57/cwt400.00–650.004,6252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,198603.41/cwt450.00–760.007,2295
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,035725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,5041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,303990.93/cwt925.00–1,075.0012,9122
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,237611.67/cwt500.00–700.007,5663
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,280840.00/cwt840.00–840.0010,7521
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1881,017.50/cwt1,000.00–1,035.0012,0882
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2600585.00/cwt585.00–585.003,5101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,198686.68/cwt525.00–810.008,2266
Bred CowsMedium 2900925.00/cwt925.00–925.008,3251
SteersMedium and Large 1343153.00/cwt153.00–153.005254
SteersMedium and Large 1771127.70/cwt121.00–130.009854
SteersMedium and Large 1379143.18/cwt141.00–145.005436
SteersMedium and Large 1282166.83/cwt157.00–179.0047011
SteersMedium and Large 1419166.85/cwt151.00–170.0069913
SteersMedium and Large 1820128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0503
SteersMedium and Large 1712135.93/cwt129.00–138.0096818
SteersMedium and Large 1524152.79/cwt146.00–158.5080115
SteersMedium and Large 1475160.77/cwt153.00–164.0076416
SteersMedium and Large 1621136.69/cwt128.00–142.5084918
SteersMedium and Large 1567148.37/cwt138.00–153.0084123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325137.00/cwt137.00–137.004453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590133.00/cwt133.00–133.007854
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623106.00/cwt106.00–106.006603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2371133.34/cwt130.00–138.004954
BullsMedium and Large 1-2728100.00/cwt100.00–100.007284
BullsMedium and Large 1474142.57/cwt137.00–154.006769
BullsMedium and Large 1369149.40/cwt138.00–156.005519
BullsMedium and Large 1529138.59/cwt134.00–145.007337
BullsMedium and Large 1740116.48/cwt114.00–119.008626
BullsMedium and Large 1-2486120.85/cwt115.00–129.005875
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45543.08/cwt41.50–44.006273
CowsLean 85-90%1,12433.34/cwt30.00–35.003756
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52354.03/cwt49.00–64.0082310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22340.59/cwt34.00–46.0049625
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29850.69/cwt46.50–59.0065820
BullsMedium and Large 1443157.50/cwt157.50–157.506986
HeifersMedium and Large 1563126.35/cwt125.00–127.0071110
HeifersMedium and Large 1724117.51/cwt115.00–120.008516
HeifersMedium and Large 1365140.97/cwt140.00–145.005155
HeifersMedium and Large 1275140.45/cwt139.00–145.003864
HeifersMedium and Large 1848105.00/cwt105.00–105.008903
HeifersMedium and Large 1770115.50/cwt115.50–115.508893
HeifersMedium and Large 1420138.26/cwt130.50–148.005817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463118.28/cwt105.00–122.005485
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381122.60/cwt120.00–127.004675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330118.51/cwt115.00–125.003915
HeifersMedium and Large 1528127.66/cwt118.00–135.0067426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523117.69/cwt110.00–124.0061610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626115.75/cwt115.00–116.007254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418116.32/cwt115.00–120.004864
HeifersMedium and Large 1468134.58/cwt124.00–143.0063026
HeifersMedium and Large 1329140.67/cwt130.00–146.0046314
HeifersMedium and Large 1631121.62/cwt115.00–126.0076713
HeifersMedium and Large 1660121.00/cwt115.00–124.5079911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420131.39/cwt120.00–140.005526
SteersMedium and Large 1673132.71/cwt130.00–138.008939
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468134.52/cwt126.00–140.006304

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.